Uldis Pūcītis
Uldis Pūcītis (April 15, 1937 – December 14, 2000) was a Latvian television, theater and film actor, scriptwriter and film director.
Uldis Pūcītis was born in Ranka parish, Gulbene District to Jānis Pūcītis and his wife Anna Pūcīte. After graduating from school in Ranka he continued his studies in Riga and studied at the Latvian State Conservatory, graduating in 1959. Following his graduation, he worked as schoolteacher in the town of Aizpute for four years while engaged at the Liepāja Theater from 1960 to 1972, the Dailes Theater from 1964 to 1973 and the Youth Theatre from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1973 until 1992.
Pūcītis made his film debut in a small role as a fisherman in the 1959 Ada Neretniece-directed Latvian language Soviet film Svešiniece ciemā (English release title: Stranger in the Village) before his first starring role opposite Latvian actress Vija Artmane in the Leonīds Leimanis-directed period-drama Purva bridējs, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Latvian writer Rūdolfs Blaumanis. He would go on to appear in a number of film and television roles throughout the 1960s and into the 1990s, as well as continuing his stage career.
In 1998, Pūcītis would write the script and co-direct the television mini-series Izpostītā ligzda for Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) with Armands Zvirbulis. The film and both Zvirbulis and Pūcītis would be awarded the Lielais Kristaps; the highest prize awarded for Latvian cinema.
Pūcītis was married to Olīvija Pūcīte (née Poselanova). Their daughter is actress Milēna Gulbe-Kavace, and grandson is professional tennis player Ernests Gulbis. In late 2000, Pūcītis fell ill at his summer home in Jūrmala. After being taken to the hospital in Riga, he was initially diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. However, he died in hospital of a pulmonary embolism and was buried at the Riga Forest Cemetery.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.618 |
Birthday | 1937-04-15 |
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Also Known As | Uldis Pucitis, |
1979
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
6.14/50
The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everything seems to be alright. Suddenly, an avalanche cuts...
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Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1982
Short Tutorial on Loving
4.8/4
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Short Tutorial on Loving
1977
Reflection in the Water
0/0
Based on a story by Janis Lapsa, written by Janis Lapsa and Andris Kolbergs, film is a singular work, filled with human warmth. It is a story about a...
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Reflection in the Water
1976
Keys to Paradise
7.5/2
Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.
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Keys to Paradise
1966
The Swamp Wader
1/2
In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor, loves Kristine, the washerwoman's daughter, although he is...
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The Swamp Wader
1967
Akmens un šķembas
7.6/5
During World War II three best friends are mobilized into the Waffen-SS Latvian Legion. Years later their fates continue to intertwine, as memories of...
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Akmens un šķembas
1978
Special forces unit
3/3
Intelligence-diversionary group of athletes who know how to shoot snipers, run, jump, feel free in the water and under water, to withstand the monstro...
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Special forces unit
1974
Light at the End of the Tunnel
7/3
A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules.
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Light at the End of the Tunnel
1967
Four White Shirts
6/8
Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time receiving the permit from Soviet censorship author...
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Four White Shirts
1968
The Experiment of Dr. Abst
5/3
During WWII Red Army sailor suddenly gets to German underwater swimmers secret base...
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The Experiment of Dr. Abst
1971
The Risk
5/1
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The Risk
1976
To Be Unwanted
7/3
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job. Some of his old friends have abandoned the life of...
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To Be Unwanted
1973
Landing
0/0
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Reinu, but the long separations have tortured her. It seems to her that the man cares more about his wor...
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Landing
1966
Autumn is Still Far Away
7/1
A young girl is puzzled when she has to choose a husband. She cannot decide whether to marry her childhood friend or a recently met nouveau riche.
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Autumn is Still Far Away
1981
Laikmetu griežos
0/0
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around the 16th/17th century when they were under the role...
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Laikmetu griežos
1966
Tobago Changes Course
7/2
Summer, 1940. Foreseeing the collapse of the Ulmanis regime, the owner of a ship sailing off the coast of Latvia decides to flee the country. Subseque...
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Tobago Changes Course
1967
Captain Enrico’s Watch
3.7/3
A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enrico, and adventures begin...
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Captain Enrico’s Watch
1971
Meldru mežs
6/1
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Meldru mežs
1990
Maija and Paija
1/2
Fairytale of the the good girl and the bad girl, who gets the prince?
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Maija and Paija
1967
When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
10/1
The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and fighting against the Soviet regime. Ansis Leinasa...
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When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
1984
Ibsen's Motif
0/0
A meditation on Henrik Ibsen's plays "Brand" and "Peer Gynt".
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Ibsen's Motif
1974
Siberian Grandfather
0/0
Story about one of the leaders of the partisan movement Nestor Kalandarishvili during Russian Civil War in Siberia.
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Siberian Grandfather
1980
Brothers Rico
0/0
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Brothers Rico
1971
Белая земля
0/0
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