George Voskovec

Personal Info

Birthday

June 19, 1905

Day of Death

1981-07-04

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]

Also Known As

Jiří Voskovec

Jiří Wachsmann

Jiri Voskovec

Petr Dolan

F. Formen

Иржи Восковец

Петр Долан

Джордже Восковец

George Voskovec

Biography

Jiří Voskovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈvoskovɛts]) (born Jiří Wachsmann), 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

Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

Great Performances

Hawaii Five-O

Dr. Kildare

The Fugitive

Studio One

12 Angry Men

The Defenders

Filmography

1982
Barbarosa
as Herman Pahmeyer
1980
Somewhere in Time
as Dr. Gerald Finney
Happy Days
as Willie
Skag
as Peter Skagska
1978
The Nativity
as Joachim
1974
Nicky's World
as Paul Kaminios
Man on a Swing
as Dr. Nicholas Holnar
1973
The Iceman Cometh
as Piet Wetjoen
1971
Paradise Lost
as Gus Michaels
1968
The Boston Strangler
as Peter Hurkos
1967
The Desperate Ones
as Doctor
1966
Mister Buddwing
as Shabby Old Man
1965
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as East German Defense Attorney
1964
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
as Player King
1962
Arsenic & Old Lace
as Dr. Herman Einstein
1960
BUtterfield 8
as Dr. Tredman
Těžká Barbora
as první žoldnéř
1959
The Velvet Alley
as Steve Pandish
1958
Wind Across the Everglades
as Aaron Nathanson
The Bravados
as Gus Steimmetz
1957
Uncle Vanya
as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
The 27th Day
as Prof. Klaus Bechner
1954
Twelve Angry Men
as Juror #11
1952
The Iron Mistress
as John James Audubon
Affair in Trinidad
as Doctor Franz Huebling
Anything Can Happen
as Pavli
1937
The World Belongs to Us
as kamelot
1932
Your Money or Your Life
as Pepík