Uldis Pūcītis
Date of birth: 1937-04-15
Place of birth:
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Uldis Pucitis
Biography
Uldis Pūcītis (April 15, 1937 – December 14, 2000) was a Latvian television, theater and film actor, scriptwriter and film director. Uldis Pūcītis was born in Ranka parish, Gulbene District to Jānis Pūcītis and his wife Anna Pūcīte. After graduating from school in Ranka he continued his studies in Riga and studied at the Latvian State Conservatory, graduating in 1959. Following his graduation, he worked as schoolteacher in the town of Aizpute for four years while engaged at the Liepāja Theater from 1960 to 1972, the Dailes Theater from 1964 to 1973 and the Youth Theatre from 1962 to 1964 and again from 1973 until 1992. Pūcītis made his film debut in a small role as a fisherman in the 1959 Ada Neretniece-directed Latvian language Soviet film Svešiniece ciemā (English release title: Stranger in the Village) before his first starring role opposite Latvian actress Vija Artmane in the Leonīds Leimanis-directed period-drama Purva bridējs, a film adaptation of the novel of the same name by Latvian writer Rūdolfs Blaumanis. He would go on to appear in a number of film and television roles throughout the 1960s and into the 1990s, as well as continuing his stage career. In 1998, Pūcītis would write the script and co-direct the television mini-series Izpostītā ligzda for Latvijas Televīzija (LTV) with Armands Zvirbulis. The film and both Zvirbulis and Pūcītis would be awarded the Lielais Kristaps; the highest prize awarded for Latvian cinema. Pūcītis was married to Olīvija Pūcīte (née Poselanova). Their daughter is actress Milēna Gulbe-Kavace, and grandson is professional tennis player Ernests Gulbis. In late 2000, Pūcītis fell ill at his summer home in Jūrmala. After being taken to the hospital in Riga, he was initially diagnosed with a stomach ulcer. However, he died in hospital of a pulmonary embolism and was buried at the Riga Forest Cemetery.
Movie Credits
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1979-08-27
The police get a call-out to a lonely hotel in the Alps. When an officer gets to the hotel everythin
Siberian Grandfather
1974-02-10
Story about one of the leaders of the partisan movement Nestor Kalandarishvili during Russian Civil
Ibsen's Motif
1984-09-01
A meditation on Henrik Ibsen's plays "Brand" and "Peer Gynt".
Brothers Rico
1980-05-04
Белая земля
1971-08-21
Operation Holtsauga was a Nazi plan to destroy Soviet ships and aircraft approaching Murmansk, which
Special forces unit
1978-06-01
Intelligence-diversionary group of athletes who know how to shoot snipers, run, jump, feel free in t
Rock and Splinters
1967-04-24
During World War II three best friends are mobilized into the Waffen-SS Latvian Legion. Years later
Light at the End of the Tunnel
1974-10-19
A load of gold is stolen. Detectives make criminals play by their rules.
The Swamp Wader
1966-07-13
In this film, set in Latvia in the late 19th century, Edgars, the coachman of Alaine Manor, loves Kr
Reflection in the Water
1977-01-03
Based on a story by Janis Lapsa, written by Janis Lapsa and Andris Kolbergs, film is a singular work
Keys to Paradise
1976-06-14
Successful work and life of a brave militia captain who does not know much about human psychology.
Short Tutorial on Loving
1982-07-13
Four White Shirts
1967-01-04
Cezars Kalnins installs telephones by day and composes pop songs by night. His band has a hard time
The Experiment of Dr. Abst
1968-12-08
During WWII Red Army sailor suddenly gets to German underwater swimmers secret base...
Risk
1971-03-08
1944. On the Polish front, the fascists are building a secret defensive barrier. The task of obtaini
To Be Unwanted
1977-06-13
Voldis Viters is released after seven years in prison. He is 46 years old and has no family or job.
Landing
1973-01-02
Reet loves her long-distance coxswain husband Rein, but the long separations have tortured her. It s
Laikmetu griežos
1981-01-01
A film based on novels by Latvian writer Andrejs Upīts tells a story about Latvian peasants around t
Autumn is Still Far Away
1966-02-14
A young girl is puzzled when she has to choose a husband. She cannot decide whether to marry her chi
Tobago Changes Course
1966-05-30
Summer, 1940. Foreseeing the collapse of the Ulmanis regime, the owner of a ship sailing off the coa
Captain Enrico’s Watch
1967-11-16
A young boy finds a watch with an engraving in Spanish saying that the watch belongs to Captain Enri
Meldru mežs
1971-12-13
The film is about the fisherman Styopa, who alone survived the sinking of a fishing vessel.
Maija and Paija
1991-07-15
A Latvian fairy-tale film based on Anna Brigadere’s classic play. It follows two stepsisters: gentle
When Rain and Wind Hit Against Your Window
1967-12-18
The Second World War has just ended, but national partisans are still hiding in Latvia's forests and
The Bicycle Tamers
1964-03-10
A comedy about a young inventor girl, a brave veterinarian, his athletic friend and funny cycling ra
On the Track of the Wolf
1977-12-12
The film reproduces the events of the summer of 1921, when Kotovsky, at the head of a separate caval
A Child
1967-01-13
The German-Soviet war. A group of scouts discovers a four-year-old girl at a bombed-out railway stat
Old Plane Tree
1974-10-21
About the family of the old man Achila-Buva, about his children and grandchildren living in an Uzbek
Long Day Morning
1968-12-31
Cottage in the Dunes
1963-03-01
A retired former Master of Marine engines decides to purchase a house by the sea. Dreaming of a quie
