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Marian Kociniak

Marian Kociniak (11 January 1936 – 17 March 2016) was a film, television, voice and radio actor and comedian. He was best known from portraying Franciszek Dolas, a main character in the 1969 film How I Unleashed World War II. Kociniak also had main and secondary roles in films such as Morning Stars (1979), Danton (1983), Fucha, Bermuda Triangle (1987), Circus is Leaving (1987), Yesterday Goodbye (1993), Sir Thaddeus (1999), Kalipso (2000), and The Last Action (2009), as well as in television series such as Janosik (1974), Jan Serce (1981), Sukces (1995), and The Deep End (2013).

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Name
Marian Kociniak
Born
11 January 1936
Birthplace
Warsaw, Poland
Died
17 March 2016
Education
Aleksander Zelwerowicz National Academy of Dramatic Art
Occupation
Actor
Spouse
Grażyna Kociniak
Nationality
Second Polish Republic · Polish People's Republic · Poland
Honours
Knight of the Order of Polonia Restituta · Golden Medal for Merit to Culture · Gold Cross of Merit‎ · Officer of the Order of Polonia Restituta
Languages
Polish

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Marian Kociniak (11 January 1936 – 17 March 2016) was a film, television, voice and radio actor and comedian. He was best known from portraying Franciszek Dolas, a main character in the 1969 film How I Unleashed World War II. Kociniak also had main and secondary roles in films such as Morning Stars (1979), Danton (1983), Fucha, Bermuda Triangle (1987), Circus is Leaving (1987), Yesterday Goodbye (1993), Sir Thaddeus (1999), Kalipso (2000), and The Last Action (2009), as well as in television series such as Janosik (1974), Jan Serce (1981), Sukces (1995), and The Deep End (2013).

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