Petr Svojtka

Petr Svojtka (25 September 1946 – 9 May 1982) was a Czechoslovak actor who was active in Czech television and film during the 1970s and early 1980s.^[1] In 1968 he graduated from the Department of Dramatic Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts, Prague. From 1968 through 1975 he was a resident actor at the Jiřího Wolkera Theatre [cs]. He left there to join the roster of resident actors at the National Theatre, Prague in 1975. He remained there until his death in a tram accident in 1982. His first wife was the actress Kateřina Macháčková [cs]; followed by his second marriage to the actress Jana Boušková.^[2]