Július Vašek (* December 29, 1926, Nové Zámky - † May 1, 2009, Bratislava) was a Slovak actor.
After finishing acting at the Bratislava Conservatory in 1954, he made his debut with the film Wooden Village, which was an adaptation of František Heček's novel. He has acted in more than fifty films. He mostly portrayed negative characters - nervous or emotional types of men in borderline situations, e.g. as well as the characters of guardsmen, German soldiers and, paradoxically, partisans in films from the Second World War, where his acting skills were most evident. Unforgettable was his performance in the films Captain Dabač, Romance for flugelhorn and Pacho, Hybské zbojník. However, he was most famous for the character of Prašivec in Martin Hollé's film Copper Tower and especially Orlie Feather. In the 1970s, he was at the peak of his acting career. Undoubtedly, one of the most important tasks of his acting career is the portrayal of the mysterious character of Karol Neuman in the Czech film The Case of the Dead Man, in which he played the main role. He was also excellent in the character of Pančuch in the film Red Wine. He got his last chance in the Czech sci-fi film The Last Move.
Full Filmography
Acting
The Wooden Village
(1955)
Mišo sebepán
(1956)
The Devil Does Not Sleep
(1957)
Štyridsaťštyri
(1958)
Matej Frujak
Kapitán Dabač
(1959)
V hodine dvanástej
(1959)
Officer
Skaly a ľudia
(1960)
Interrupted Song
(1960)
Smrť sa volá Engelchen
(1960)
The Song of the Grey Pigeon
(1961)
Pokorené rieky
(1962)
Korba (voice)
Tam za lesem
(1962)
Bílá oblaka
(1962)
Brothers
(1962)
Kto si bez viny...
(1964)
Lucie
(1964)
Šesť postáv hľadá autora
(1964)
Marína Havranová
(1964)
Prípad pre obhajcu
(1964)
Kubo
(1965)
Námestie svätej Alžbety
(1966)
Ján Flórik
Majster kat
(1966)
Na brehu priezračnej rieky
(1966)
The Pickpockets
(1967)
Romance for Bugle
(1967)
The Deserter and the Nomads
(1968)
Bergman (segment "Zbehovia") (voice)
Smrť Márie Jankovskej
(1968)
The Man Who Lies
(1968)
Vladimir
The Ballad of Seven Hanged Men
(1968)
Commander of executions
Niet inej cesty
(1968)
Symetrála
(1969)
Stopy na Sitne
(1969)
Hübschmann (voice)
Judgement
(1970)
The Copper Tower
(1970)
Prasivec
Hľadači svetla
(1971)
Adrift
(1971)
Jánoš Gabay (voice)
Čarodejný nápoj
(1971)
Kráľ sa zabáva
(1971)
Zlozor
(1971)
Anglická blcha v cárskom Rusku
(1972)
Mŕtve oči
(1972)
Igor a výmyselníci
(1972)
Eagle Feather
(1972)
And Give My Love to the Swallows
(1972)
Father
Letokruhy
(1973)
Maple and Juliana
(1973)
Soldier
The Legend of the Silver Fir
(1973)
Lojzek Hojger
Dvě věci pro život
(1973)
Do zbrane, kuruci
(1974)
Deň, ktorý neumrie
(1974)
Prípad krásnej nerestnice
(1974)
Siroty
(1974)
(voice)
Skrytý prameň
(1974)
People from the Subway
(1974)
Veľké pokušenie
(1974)
Případ mrtvého muže
(1975)
Studené podnebie
(1975)
Strieborný prach
(1975)
Tereza
(1976)
Pacho, the Brigand of Hybe
(1976)
Mišo
One Silver Piece
(1976)
Gabor
Stroskotanie Danubia
(1976)
Dni Turbinovcov
(1976)
Slnko vychádza nad Prašivou
(1977)
Odsúdenie Paganiniho
(1977)
Škola klebiet
(1977)
Druhá láska
(1977)
Veghegyi
Chlapi
(1977)
Sen o Krištofovi Kolumbusovi
(1977)
Zelená košeľa
(1977)
Lvi salónů
(1978)
Súkromná vojna
(1978)
The Lawyer
(1978)
Nie
(1978)
Príbelská vzbura Janka Kráľa
(1978)
Moment kritického zaťaženia
(1979)
Smrť chodí po horách
(1979)
Rosnička
(1979)
Chobotnica
(1979)
Dyk
Pustý dvor
(1979)
Blízke diaľavy
(1979)
Uzlíky nádeje
(1979)
Hordubal
(1980)
Julek
(1980)
Karate-gi
(1980)
Najatý klaun
(1980)
Revenge
(1980)
Dnes platí regulačný stupeň č. 6
(1980)
Prípad Evy Burdovej
(1981)
Syn človeka
(1981)
Fénix
(1981)
Hlúpa rozprávka
(1981)
Cukor
(1982)
Pražská terčovnica
(1982)
Chlapec a husle
(1982)
Pavilón šeliem
(1983)
Man Is Not Desirable
(1984)
Umenie Komédie
(1984)
Hlupákovo šťastie
(1985)
Štvrtá hlava draka
(1985)
Marka Nalezenka
(1985)
Gottšalk
(1987)
Sudca vo vlastnej pasci
(1987)
The Galoshes of Happiness
(1987)
Hody
(1988)
Gabrielin otec
Exemplárny prípad
(1988)
Dirigent
(1988)
Staroružová dráma
(1989)
Muž, ktorý skorumpoval Hadleyburg
(1989)
Letiace tiene
(1989)
Fuente ovejuna
(1990)
Alonso
Koleso osudu
(1991)
Lorenzaccio
(1991)
Vymyslení ľudia
(1992)
Pavilón číslo 6
(1992)
Poslední přesun
(1995)
Obeť
(2000)