Josef Marsálek was born on January 8, 1920 in Plzen, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic]. He was an actor, known for Uloupená hranice (1947), Bitva o Hedviku (1972) and Divá Bára (1949). He was married to Pavla Marsálková. He died on September 7, 1973 in Praha, Czechoslovakia [now Czech Republic].