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Theodor Pištěk (actor)

Czech actor (1895–1960)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7781613 ↗
Source-derived summary

Theodor Pištěk (13 June 1895 – 5 August 1960) was a Czech actor and film director. He appeared in more than 230 films between 1921 and 1959. He is the father of the painter and costume designer Theodor Pištěk.

Editorial summary

“Theodor Pištěk (actor)” enters the record as czech actor (1895–1960). Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Theodor, Pištěk and actor can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1895, 1960, 1921, 1959—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1895-06-13. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Theodor, Pištěk and actor.
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Why this record matters

“Theodor Pištěk (actor)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Theodor, Pištěk and actor provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 4, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7781613. VIAF identifies the subject as 68447422. The Library of Congress control number is nb2005000385. 3 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1895, 1960, 1921 and 1959.

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This entry incorporates text from “Theodor Pištěk (actor)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.