Miodrag Petrović Čkalja

Miodrag Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Петровић, pronounced [mîodraːɡ pětroʋitɕ], 1 April 1924 – 20 October 2003), known by his stage name Čkalja (Чкаља), was a Serbian actor and one of the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia.

Miodrag Petrović Čkalja
Миодраг Петровић Чкаља
Čkalja in 1963.
Born
Miodrag Petrović

(1924-04-01)1 April 1924
Kruševac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died20 October 2003(2003-10-20) (aged 79)
Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
NationalitySerbian
OccupationActor

Biography

He performed in the theatre, where he displayed a talent for comedy, especially in plays by Branislav Nušić, his favourite author. However, it was the new medium of television that made him famous. From 1959 until the 1980s, he appeared in many TV comedy shows: Servisna stanica, Dežurna ulica, Spavajte mirno, Sačulatac, Crni sneg, Ljudi i papagaji, Ljubav na seoski način (in which Silvana Armenulić guest starred), Kamiondžije and Vruć vetar.

Čkalja retired in the late 1980s and spent his last years peacefully. His last public appearance was during the DOS election campaign in 2000 in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.

In 2005, a statue of Čkalja was placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. In 2006, a street in the Zvezdara neighborhood in Belgrade was named after him.

Partial filmography
  • Jezero (1950) - Crkvenjak
  • Crveni cvet (1950) - Profa
  • Cetiri kilometra na sat (1958) - Profesor psihologije
  • Dilizansa snova (1960) - Kir Janja (voice, uncredited)
  • Ljubav i moda (1960) - Komercijalni direktor
  • Zajednicki stan (1960) - Pepi
  • Nema malih bogova (1964) - Jordan
  • Sreca u torbi (1961) - Jordan
  • Put oko sveta (1964) - Jovance Micic
  • Na mesto, gradjanine Pokorni! (1964) - Bora Munja
  • Orlovi rano lete (1966) - Poljar Lijan
  • Zlatna pracka (1967) - Sibin
  • Kad golubovi polete (1968) - Zika Afrika
  • Visnja na Tasmajdanu (1968) - Profesor francuskog jezika
  • Bog je umro uzalud (1969) - Predrag & Nenad
  • Ubistvo na svirep i podmukao nacin i iz niskih pobuda (1969) - Miodrag Petrovic-Ckalja (uncredited)
  • Silom otac (1969) - Jovance Micic
  • Lepa parada (1970) - Krojac
  • Biciklisti (1970) - Jirzi Mencl
  • Paja i Jare (1973) - Zivadin Jaric 'Jare'
  • Avanture Borivoja Surdilovica (1980) - Blagoje Popovic 'Firga'
  • Kamiondzije opet voze (1984) - Zivadin Jaric 'Jare'
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