Josef Rovenský

Josef Rovenský (17 April 1894 – 5 November 1937) was a Czech-Jewish film actor and director. He appeared in 74 films between 1914 and 1936. He starred in the 1929 film Father Vojtech, which was the directorial debut of Martin Frič. He died during filming of Virginity. According to Otakar Vávra he died of a cocaine overdose. His last film Watchman No. 47 was then completed by Jan Sviták.

Actor

 * Little Red Riding Hood (1920)
 * Tu ten kámen (1923)
 * White Paradise (1924)
 * Schweik in Civilian Life (1927)
 * Kainovo znamení (1928)
 * Father Vojtech (1929)
 * Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)
 * The Call of the North (1929)
 * The Girl with the Whip (1929)
 * Sin of a Beautiful Woman (1929)
 * Když struny lkají (1930)
 * A Girl from the Reeperbahn (1930)
 * The Caviar Princess (1930)
 * Imperial and Royal Field Marshal (1930)
 * Chudá holka (1930)
 * Tonka of the Gallows (1930)
 * The Last Bohemian (1931)
 * Business Under Distress (1931)
 * The Affair of Colonel Redl (1932)
 * Sister Angelika (1932)
 * The Undertaker (1932)
 * Wehe, wenn er losgelassen (1932)
 * Public Not Admitted (1933)
 * The Inspector General (1933)
 * Daughter of the Regiment (1933)