Ljubiša Samardžić (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубиша Самарџић;
19 November 1936 â€" 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian
actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series,
and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa
Petlovog brda (The Policeman from Petlovo Brdo) and film of the same
name.Samardžić was born in Skopje, the son of an impoverished coal
miner born in Krivošije (in Montenegro) and a mother from Kosovo and
Metohija. His parents met in Priština. He grew up in the village of
Jelašnica near Niška Banja, where his father Dragoljub (died 1948)
also worked in the local mine. He finished gymnasium in Niš.His
acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with
director Bojan Stupica. Samardžić was educated at the Belgrade
Academy of Arts. After graduation, he obtained a role in Igre na
skelama (1961).
19 November 1936 â€" 8 September 2017), nicknamed Smoki, was a Serbian
actor and director, best known as Šurda in the Vruć vetar TV series,
and Inspector Boško Simić in the comedy crime series Policajac sa
Petlovog brda (The Policeman from Petlovo Brdo) and film of the same
name.Samardžić was born in Skopje, the son of an impoverished coal
miner born in Krivošije (in Montenegro) and a mother from Kosovo and
Metohija. His parents met in Priština. He grew up in the village of
Jelašnica near Niška Banja, where his father Dragoljub (died 1948)
also worked in the local mine. He finished gymnasium in Niš.His
acting talent was discovered very early and he won a scholarship with
director Bojan Stupica. Samardžić was educated at the Belgrade
Academy of Arts. After graduation, he obtained a role in Igre na
skelama (1961).
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