Ljubiša Samardžić
Acting

Ljubiša Samardžić

Born 19 November 1936 · Skopje, Macedonia, Yugoslavia · Died 8 September 2017

​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.

Known for

The Battle of Neretva
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Sky Hook
Visitors from the Galaxy
The Battle of Sutjeska
Special Education
Yu
Wheels
Premeditated Murder
Three Tickets to Hollywood
The Battle of the Eagles
The Hornet
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans
Waning Moon
Black Horses
Goose Feather
Yu
Bare Ground
Natasha
Sky Hook
From Every Man I Loved
Wheels
The Hornet
Blues for Sara
Yugofilm
Premeditated Murder
The Awkward Age
Three Tickets to Hollywood
Say Why Have You Left Me?
The Policeman from Cock's Hill
The Little One
A Night at My Mother's House
Poltroon
Tempting the Devil
Migrations II
Uros the Stupid
The House by the Railway Tracks
Extramarital Travels
Guardian Angel
On the Road to Katanga
Long Live Freedom
Part-Time Divorce
Volunteers
It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men
Life Is Beautiful
Anticasanova
Orchestra of One Youthhood
Hey Babu Riba
Watch Your Step
Jaguar Jump
Honeymoon
The Timok Rebellion
My Part-Time Dad
The Death of Mr Goluza
Two Halves of a Heart
Savamala
Visitors from the Galaxy
Broad Are the Leaves
Some Other Woman
The Train for Kraljevo
High Voltage
Part-Time Work
The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic
The Battle of the Eagles
Boshko Buha
The Tiger
Arrive Before Daybreak
Aller retour
Special Education
The Love Life of Budimir Trajković
Foolish Years
White Grass
A Naive Person
Doctor Mladen
Massacre at Noon
A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja
The Bombers
The Battle of Sutjeska
Walter Defends Sarajevo
Ninth Miracle on the East
In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain
I'm Poor But Angry
X + YY: Formel des Bösen
Zarki
The Cyclists
The Battle of Neretva
Noon
Poor Maria
The Naked Man
Out of Step
Boxers Go to Heaven
The Knife
The Morning
The Demolition Squad
The Climber
Eagles Fly Early
The Dream
The Girl
Don't Come Back by the Same Way
Inspector
Mad Summer
Days
The Descent Upon Drvar
Kozara
Superfluous
A Sand Castle
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