Karel Houska was born on October 15, 1916 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for
Jára Cimrman lezící, spící (1983),
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians (1981) and
Akce B (1952). He died on December 22, 1987 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].