Josef Horánek was born on April 12, 1882 in Veliká Ves, Cechy, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Melchiad Koloman (1920), Action B (1952) and The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949). He died on September 14, 1952 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].