Josef Pehr was born on August 14, 1919 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and writer, known for Don't You Know of an Unoccupied Flat? (1947), Music from Mars (1955) and The Avalanche (1946). He was married to Jirina Genzerova and Ljuba Skorepová. He died on August 17, 1986 in Prague.