Ljubiša Samardžić
Born: 1936-11-19 in Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia
Died: 2017-09-08
Known For: Acting
Biography
Ljubiša Samardžić (1936-2017), sometimes referred to as Smoki or Smoki Samardi, was a Serbian actor and director. Nowadays he is perhaps best known as Šurda in the Yugoslav TV series 'Vruć Vetar'. Born to the family of a coal miner, his acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with respected director Bojan Stupica. After graduating from the Belgrade Drama Arts Academy, he obtained a role in Igre na skelama (1961). Samardžić was a member of the Central Committee of Yugoslav Communist Party in late 1980s.
Filmography
2016
- Sevdalinka: The Alchemy of Soul as Himself
2011
- The Scent of Rain in the Balkans ... (Director)
2010
- Scent of Rain in the Balkans ... (Director)
2008
- Waning Moon as Deda
2007
- Black Horses as Deda
- Goose Feather as Marijin otac
2004
- Goose Feather as Marijin otac
2003
- Pula Confidential as Himself
- Bare Ground ... (Director)
- Yu
2002
- Visa for the Future as Milan Golijanin
2001
- Natasha ... (Director)
2000
- Sky Hook ... (Producer)
1998
- The Hornet as Profesor Lane Šekularac
- Wheels as Vlasnik hotela
- Blues for Sara as Milivoj
1997
- Yugofilm as Bora
1995
- Premeditated Murder as Vidosav
1994
- The Awkward Age as Jovo 'Skandal'
1993
- Three Tickets to Hollywood as Limijer
- Say Why Have You Left Me? as Rade
- Policajac sa Petlovog brda
1992
- The Policeman from Cock's Hill as Boško
1991
- The Little One as Žika Ajkula
- A Night at My Mother's House as Sreten
1989
- Tempting the Devil as Poštar Đoka
- Migrations II as Trifun Isaković
- Uros the Stupid as Uroš
- Poltroon as Miodrag Krtalić
1988
- Extramarital Travels as Kapetan Tadić
- The House by the Railway Tracks as Staniša
1987
- Long Live Freedom as Komandant
- On the Road to Katanga as Toša Palidrvce
- Guardian Angel as Dragan
- And That You Call Luck as Baca
1986
- Protest Album as Paša
- Volunteers as Kelner
- Part-Time Divorce as Siniša Pantić
1985
- It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men as Ivan Sekulović
- Hey Babu Riba as Glenov otac
- Life Is Beautiful as Valentino
- Orchestra of One Youthhood as Dragiša Kojić
- Anticasanova as Stipe
1984
- Jaguar Jump as Bogdan
- Watch Your Step as Profesor Plavšić
1983
- Honeymoon as Rajko
- Sugar Water as Fotograf
- The Timok Rebellion as Lazar, učitelj
1982
- Savamala as Lampas
- My Part-Time Dad as Siniša Pantić
- Two Halves of a Heart as Kerim, otac
- The Death of Mr Goluza as Goluža
1981
- High Voltage as Ivo Goreta
- Some Other Woman as Gvozden
- Broad Are the Leaves as Marko
- The Train for Kraljevo as Tole
- Visitors from the Galaxy as Toni
1980
- The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic as Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
- Part-Time Work as Siniša Pantić
- Hot Wind as Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
- Boško Buha as Milun
1979
- The Battle of the Eagles as Žare
1978
- Boško Buha as Milun
- Aller retour as Sava
- The Tiger as Šorga 'Tigar'
- Arrive Before Daybreak as Kosta
1977
- Foolish Years as Dr. Lazović
- Special Education as Cane
- The Love Life of Budimir Trajković as Vojislav Trajković
1976
1975
- Wonderful Dust
- Massacre at Noon as Kosta
- A Naive Person as Buzga Miročki
- Doctor Mladen as Staniša
1974
1973
- The Bombers as Kovač
- The Battle of Sutjeska as Stanojlo
1972
- Walter Defends Sarajevo as Zis
- Ninth Miracle on the East as Tomislav Brodarac
1971
- In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain as Zilio
- Where the Wild Boars Go as Crni Rok
1970
- Zarki as Janoš
- I'm Poor But Angry as Sava Kekić
- The Cyclists as Vitomir
- X + YY: Formel des Bösen as Red Mitchell
1969
- The Battle of Neretva as Novak
1968
- Out of Step
- The Naked Man as Špiro
- Poor Maria as Vojislav
- Operation Belgrade as Jasa (voice) (uncredited)
- Noon as Ljubiša
1967
- The Knife as Markov pomoćnik
- The Morning as Mladomir 'Mali'
- The Demolition Squad as Šarac
- Boxers Go to Heaven as Reum
1966
- The Dream as Mali
- The Climber as Ivan Stojanović
- Eagles Fly Early as Nikoletina Bursać
1965
- Inspector as Borivoje Jovanović
- The Girl as Partizan
- Don't Come Back by the Same Way as Abdul
1964
- Mad Summer as Vice
1963
- The Descent Upon Drvar as Milan
- Days as Dragan
1962
- Kozara as Mitar
- A Sand Castle as Smoki
- Superfluous as Mikajlo
1961
- Scaffolding Games as Gvardijan