Svatopluk Benes was born on February 24, 1918 in Raudnitz an der Elbe, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Roudnice nad Labem, Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Der brave Soldat Schwejk (1957), Zelary (2003) and Kacenka a zase ta strasidla (1993). He was married to Bozena Benesová, Bozena Benesová and Evelyn. He died on April 27, 2007 in Prague, Czech Republic.
