Josef Elsner was born on April 4, 1914 in Novaya Bukhara, Bukhara, Russian Empire [now Uzbekistan]. He was an actor, known for
Noc nevesty (1967),
Soukromá vichrice (1967) and
Kolonie Lanfieri (1969). He died on August 16, 1972 in Pardubice, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].