Witold Pyrkosz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Witold Pyrkosz

Polish actor

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1926

Place of Birth: Krasnystaw, Lublin Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 22-Apr-2017

Profession: stage actor, television actor, film actor

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Witold Pyrkosz (24 December 1926 – 22 April 2017) was a Polish actor. He was best known as Lucjan Mostowiak in Polish TV series "M jak milosc", as Pyzdra in "Janosik", as Wichura in "Czterej pancerni i pies" and as Balcerek in "Alternatywy 4". His official birth certificate says that he was born on 1 January 1927 in Lwów; however, he stated that this was done purposely: the date was changed to delay his compulsory conscription for a year, while his mother registered his birthplace as Lwów because it "sounded more regal". In 1974, Pyrkosz was decorated with the Gold Cross of Merit and in 1984, with the Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.
In 2009, he received the Medal for Merit to Culture – Gloria Artis.