Ljubiša Samardžić

Biography

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

Visa for the Future

Milan Golijanin

Hot Wind

Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'

Goose Feather

Marijin otac

Policajac sa Petlovog brda

Life Is Beautiful

Valentino

Where the Wild Boars Go

Crni Rok

The Battle of Neretva

Novak

Walter Defends Sarajevo

Zis

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2016	Sevdalinka: The Alchemy of Soul	Himself
2008	Waning Moon	Deda
2007	Black Horses	Deda
2007	Konji vrani
2004	Goose Feather	Marijin otac
2003	Pula Confidential	Himself
2003	Yu
1999	From Every Man I Loved
1998	Wheels	Vlasnik hotela
1998	The Hornet	Profesor Lane Šekularac
1998	Blues for Sara	Milivoj
1997	Yugofilm	Bora
1995	Premeditated Murder	Vidosav
1994	The Awkward Age	Jovo 'Skandal'
1993	Three Tickets to Hollywood	Limijer
1993	Say Why Have You Left Me?	Rade
1992	The Policeman from Cock's Hill	Boško
1991	The Little One	Žika Ajkula
1991	A Night at My Mother's House	Sreten
1989	Poltroon	Miodrag Krtalić
1989	Tempting the Devil	Poštar Đoka
1989	Migrations II	Trifun Isaković
1989	Uros the Stupid	Uroš
1988	The House by the Railway Tracks	Staniša
1988	Extramarital Travels	Kapetan Tadić
1987	Guardian Angel	Dragan
1987	On the Road to Katanga	Toša Palidrvce
1987	Long Live Freedom	Komandant
1986	Part-Time Divorce	Siniša Pantić
1986	Volunteers	Kelner
1986	Protest Album	Paša
1985	It Isn't Easy to Get Along with Men	Ivan Sekulović
1985	Life Is Beautiful	Valentino
1985	Anticasanova	Stipe
1985	Orchestra of One Youthhood	Dragiša Kojić
1985	Hey Babu Riba	Glenov otac
1984	Watch Your Step	Profesor Plavšić
1984	Jaguar Jump	Bogdan
1983	Honeymoon	Rajko
1983	Sugar Water	Fotograf
1983	The Timok Rebellion	Lazar, učitelj
1982	My Part-Time Dad	Siniša Pantić
1982	Visitors from the Galaxy	Toni
1982	The Death of Mr Goluza	Goluža
1982	Two Halves of a Heart	Otac
1982	Savamala	Lampas
1981	Broad Are the Leaves	Marko
1981	Some Other Woman	Gvozden
1981	The Train for Kraljevo	Tole
1981	High Voltage	Ivo Goreta
1980	Part-Time Work	Siniša Pantić
1980	The Adventures of Borivoje Surdilovic	Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
1979	The Battle of the Eagles	Žare
1978	Boško Buha	Milun
1978	The Tiger	Šorga 'Tigar'
1978	Arrive Before Daybreak	Kosta
1978	Aller retour	Sava
1977	Special Education	Cane
1977	The Love Life of Budimir Trajković	Vojislav Trajković
1977	Foolish Years	Dr. Lazović
1976	White Grass
1975	A Naive Person	Buzga Miročki
1975	Doctor Mladen	Staniša
1975	Massacre at Noon	Kosta
1975	Wonderful Dust
1974	A Performance of Hamlet in the Village of Mrdusa Donja	Mačak
1973	The Bombers	Kovač
1973	The Battle of Sutjeska	Stanojlo
1972	Walter Defends Sarajevo	Zis
1972	Ninth Miracle on the East	Tomislav Brodarac
1971	In Love, Every Pleasure Has Its Pain	Zilio
1970	I'm Poor But Angry	Sava Kekić
1970	X + YY: Formel des Bösen	Red Mitchell
1970	Zarki	Janoš
1970	The Cyclists	Vitomir
1969	The Battle of Neretva	Novak
1968	Noon	Ljubiša
1968	Poor Maria	Vojislav
1968	The Naked Man	Špiro
1968	Operation Belgrade	Jasa (voice) (uncredited)
1968	Out of Step
1967	Boxers Go to Heaven	Reum
1967	The Knife	Markov pomoćnik
1967	The Morning	Mladomir 'Mali'
1967	The Demolition Squad	Šarac
1966	The Climber	Ivan Stojanović
1966	Eagles Fly Early	Nikoletina Bursać
1966	The Dream	Mali
1965	The Girl	Partizan
1965	Don't Come Back by the Same Way	Abdul
1965	Inspector	Borivoje Jovanović
1964	Mad Summer	Vice
1963	Days	Dragan
1963	The Descent Upon Drvar	Milan
1962	Kozara	Mitar
1962	Superfluous	Mikajlo
1962	A Sand Castle	Smoki
1961	Scaffolding Games	Gvardijan

Year	TV Show	Role
2007	Goose Feather	Marijin otac
2002	Visa for the Future	Milan Golijanin
1994	Policajac sa Petlovog brda
1987	And That You Call Luck	Baca
1980	Hot Wind	Borivoje Šurdilović 'Šurda'
1974	Walter Defends Sarajevo	Zis
1971	Where the Wild Boars Go	Crni Rok
	Evening School