Miodrag Petrović was a Serbian actor who was one the most popular comedians of former Yugoslavia.

He played in theatre, where he found talent for comedy, especially in plays by Branislav Nušić

Branislav Nušic

Branislav Nušić was a Serbian novelist of Aromanian descent, playwright, satirist, essayist and founder of modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil servant.- Biography :...

, his favourite author. However, it was new medium of television that made him famous. Starting from 1959, he appeared in many TV comedy shows: Servisna stanica in 1950s, Dežurna ulica, Spavajte mirno, Sačulatac, Crni sneg, Ljudi i papagaji in 1960s, and later, in seventies and eighties, Ljubav na seoski način,Kamiondžije and Vruć vetar

Vruć vetar

Vruć vetar is one most popular Yugoslav TV series that aired in 1980. The show and movie cut from scenes of the show were popular in neighboring countries -also very popular in...

. Since late 1980s he retired. He spent his last years peacefully. His last public appearance was during the DOS

Democratic Opposition of Serbia

The Democratic Opposition of Serbia was a wide alliance of political parties in Serbia , formed as a coalition against the ruling Socialist Party of Serbia and its leader, Slobodan Milošević in 2000...

 election campaign in 2000 in the overthrow of Slobodan Milošević.

He was born in Kruševac

Kruševac

Kruševac is a city and municipality, and the administrative center of the Rasina District, in central Serbia. According to the 2011 census, the municipality has a population of 127,429, while the town has 57,627....

, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on 1 April 1924 and died in Belgrade, Serbia on 20 October 2003.

In 2005, the statue of Čkalja was placed in front of his birth house in Kruševac. From 2006, one street in Zvezdara

Zvezdara

Zvezdara is a hill, forest, urban neighborhood and one of 17 municipalities which constitute City of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia.- Location :...

 neighborhood in Belgrade

Belgrade

Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...

is named after him.

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