Ferdinand Havlík

Ferdinand Havlík (17 June 1928 – 28 October 2013) was a Czech composer, film composer and clarinet player. In 1959, Havlík and actor Jiří Suchý co-founded the Semafor musical theater in Prague.[1] Havlík also became Semafor's head composer following the death of Jiří Šlitr in 1969.[1] In addition to Semafor, he worked as a film composer and started a swing band in the 1970s.[1]

Born in Brno, Czechoslovakia, in 1928, Havlík died on October 28, 2013, at the age of 85.[1]

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