He was a member of Vlasta Burian's theatre 1926 – 1943, then of the Vinohradské Divadlo (1943-1950) and then of the Městská Divadla Pražská (1950-1954), from where he became a member of the Národní Divadlo (national theatre), where he served for until two years before his death, in 1972.
Jaroslav Tůma | Jaroslav Hašek | Jaroslav Drobný | Jaroslav Vrchlický | Jaroslav Marvan | Jaroslav Pollák | Jaroslav Havlíček | Jaroslav Věšín | Jaroslav Vanek | Jaroslav Skobla | Jaroslav Rudnyckyj | Jaroslav Levinský | Jaroslav Kysela | Jaroslav Katriňák | Jaroslav Jakubovic | Jaroslav Holík | Jaroslav Halák | Jaroslav Halak | Jaroslav Drobný (footballer) | Jaroslav Dietl |
Up to the 1941, he directed 15 films, the most popular of which was (and still is) Přednosta stanice, starring Vlasta Burian and Jaroslav Marvan.
In cast with: Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Adina Mandlová, Čeněk Šlégl, Marie Blažková, Václav Trégl, Ladislav Hemmer, Karel Postranecký, František Filipovský,...