Jan Beer was born on June 11, 1922 in Slatinka, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]. He was a writer and actor, known for Wenn ich ein Gewehr hätte (1971), Cierna minúta (1970) and Peto, das Eichhörnchen und die Wilddiebe (1978). He died on May 1, 2004 in Dunajská Streda, Slovakia.