Jirí Steimar was born on 24 April 1887 in Prague, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor and director, known for Pan profesor, neprítel zen (1913), Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera (1964) and Svetlo jeho ocí (1936). He was married to Zofie Dvoráková and Anna Steimarová. He died on 16 December 1968 in Prague, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].