Name
George Voskovec
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1905-06-19
Deathday
1981-07-04 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Biography
Jiří Voskovec (born Jiří Wachsmann; June 19, 1905 – July 1, 1981), known in the United States as George Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor. Throughout much of his career, he was associated with actor and playwright Jan Werich. In the U.S., he is known for his role as the polite Juror #11 in the 1957 film 12 Angry Men.
Known For
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The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to d...
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Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady ...
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Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of th...
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British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing ...
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When a young schoolteacher is found dead in her car in a parking lot in broad daylight, po...
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Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the ...
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Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find them...
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Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly...
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Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard ...
- 1957 The 27th Day as Prof. Klaus Bechner
- 1960 BUtterfield 8 as Dr. Tredman
- 1982 Barbarosa as Herman Pahmeyer
- 1968 The Boston Strangler as Peter Hurkos
- 1965 The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as Comrade Karden - Defense Attorney
- 1973 The Iceman Cometh as Piet Wetjoen
- 1952 Affair in Trinidad as Doctor Franz Huebling
- 1978 The Nativity as Joachim
- 1952 The Iron Mistress as John James Audubon
- 1964 Hamlet as Player King
- 1974 Man on a Swing as Dr. Nicholas Holnar
- 1932 Your Money or Your Life as Pepík
- 1980 Skag as Peter Skagska
- 1966 Mister Buddwing as Shabby Old Man
- 1932 Powder and Petrol
- 1937 The World Belongs to Us as kamelot
- 1934 Heave-Ho!
- 1980 Happy Days as Willie
- 1939 Crisis
- 1971 Paradise Lost as Gus Michaels
- 1954 Twelve Angry Men as Juror #11
- 1972 Particular Men as Dr. Alborg
- 1980 Somewhere in Time as Dr. Gerald Finney
- 1966 An Enemy of the People
- 1959 The Velvet Alley as Steve Pandish
- 1958 The Bravados as Gus Steimmetz
- 1958 Wind Across the Everglades as Aaron Nathanson
- 1967 The Desperate Ones as Doctor
- 1957 12 Angry Men as Juror 11
- 1952 Anything Can Happen as Pavli
- 1962 Arsenic & Old Lace as Dr. Einstein
- 1928 Ve spárech upíra
- 1929 Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu
- 1974 Nicky's World as Paul Kaminios
- 1926 Pohádka máje
- 1927 Dcerušky paní Petersenové
- 1957 Uncle Vanya as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
- 1983 Echoes of the Blue Room
- 1961 Cain's Hundred ( 1 episode ) as Willy Brower
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 2 episodes ) as Dr. Holman
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Norman Cargill
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Johann von Bunow
- 1967 Mannix ( 1 episode )
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Juror #11
- 1953 General Electric Theater ( 1 episode ) as Max
- 1966 Mission: Impossible ( 1 episode )
- 1959 Johnny Staccato ( 0 episode )
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Einstein
- 1965 Run for Your Life ( 1 episode ) as Colonel Zabian
- 1963 The Fugitive ( 1 episode ) as Max Bodin
- 1975 Switch ( 1 episode ) as Lehman
- 1950 Robert Montgomery Presents ( 2 episodes )
- 1981 Nero Wolfe ( 14 episodes ) as Fritz Brenner
- 1961 Dr. Kildare ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Charles Hodiak
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Louis Astor
- 1961 The Defenders ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Leo Ladzlow
- 1963 Channing ( 1 episode ) as Prof. Thielman
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Jack Selken
- 1965 The F.B.I. ( 1 episode ) as George Havelik
- 1969 Hawaii Five-O ( 1 episode ) as Durkin
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Zarodin
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Von Schwendi
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Cardinal Bellarmin
- 2005 Tři strážníci ( 3 episodes ) as self
- 1959 Play of the Week ( 1 episode ) as Elek Odry
- 2012 Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy ( 3 episodes ) as self
- 1972 The Streets of San Francisco ( 1 episode ) as Angus Ferguson
- 1948 Studio One ( 1 episode ) as Kovac
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Charles Tarasovich
- 1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Bensinger
- 1971 Great Performances ( 1 episode ) as Willie
- 1959 The Untouchables ( 1 episode ) as Herman Kihn
- 1964 12 O'Clock High ( 1 episode ) as Nicolas Yellich
- 1963 Arrest and Trial ( 1 episode ) as George Kazar
- 1959 The Third Man ( 1 episode ) as Anton Radek
- 1979 Roots: The Next Generations ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Goldstein
- 1955 Appointment with Adventure ( 1 episode ) as Curt
- 1963 Espionage ( 1 episode ) as Professor Kuhn
