“He died the night after a long illness,” Hemerkova told the media. “Another wonderful actor and man has left,” said his colleague, actor Jiří Klem, who shared an acting locker room with him for many years, in response to Fišer’s death.
Fišer was born in Hořice v Podkrkonoší as an illegitimate child of an actress of a nomadic theater company and an antiquarian from Vysoké Mýto. He started theater very early as an amateur, he left for Prague at the age of fifteen.
After the Second World War, he first performed at the Youth Theater or in Vinohrady, after his engagement at the Jiří Wolker Theater and at Burian’s D34 Theater, Jan Werich accepted him into the ABC Theater in 1959. It was later merged with the Municipal Theaters of Prague, where Fišer remained engaged until 1993 and later played as a regular guest.
The cancer deprived him of his voice
He has created over eighty roles in the Municipal Theaters of the Prague Fišer in more than half a century. He appeared on stage for many years after a serious illness deprived him of the opportunity to speak. In 2004, doctors discovered his laryngeal cancer, which required him to have his vocal cords removed, and he lost his typical voice.
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