Jirí Steimar was born on April 24, 1887 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Pan profesor, neprítel zen (1913), Svetlo jeho ocí (1936) and Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966). He was married to Zofie Dvoráková and Anna Steimarová. He died on December 16, 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].