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Known For
Acting
Born
1905-06-19
Place of Birth
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
George Voskovec
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.
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Acting History
2012
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy as self
2005Tři strážníci as self
1982Barbarosa as Herman Pahmeyer
1981Nero Wolfe as Fritz Brenner
1980Somewhere in Time as Dr. Gerald Finney
1980Happy Days as Willie
1980Skag as Peter Skagska
1979Roots: The Next Generations as Mr. Goldstein
1978The Nativity as Joachim
1975Switch as Lehman
1974Nicky's World as Paul Kaminios
1974Man on a Swing as Dr. Nicholas Holnar
1973The Iceman Cometh as Piet Wetjoen
1972The Streets of San Francisco as Angus Ferguson
1972Particular Men
1971Paradise Lost as Gus Michaels
1971Great Performances as Willie
1968The Boston Strangler as Peter Hurkos
1968Hawaii Five-O as Norman Cargill
1968Hawaii Five-O as Durkin
1967Mannix
1967The Desperate Ones as Doctor
1966An Enemy of the People
1966Mission: Impossible
1966Mister Buddwing as Shabby Old Man
1965The Spy Who Came In from the Cold as East German Defense Attorney
1965The F.B.I. as Dr. Holman
1965The F.B.I. as George Havelik
1965Run for Your Life as Colonel Zabian
1964Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre as Player King
196412 O'Clock High as Nicolas Yellich
1963Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre as Dr. Bensinger
1963Espionage
1963Channing as Prof. Thielman
1963The Fugitive as Max Bodin
1963Arrest and Trial as George Kazar
1962Arsenic & Old Lace as Dr. Herman Einstein
1961Dr. Kildare as Dr. Charles Hodiak
1961Cain's Hundred as Willy Brower
1961The Defenders as Louis Astor
1961The Defenders as Dr. Leo Ladzlow
1960BUtterfield 8 as Dr. Tredman
1959The Untouchables as Charles Tarasovich
1959The Untouchables as Herman Kihn
1959Play of the Week as Elek Odry
1959The Third Man as Anton Radek
1959Johnny Staccato
1959The Velvet Alley as Steve Pandish
1958Naked City as Prof. Johann von Bunow
1958Naked City as Jack Selken
1958Wind Across the Everglades as Aaron Nathanson
1958The Bravados as Gus Steimmetz
1957Uncle Vanya as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
195712 Angry Men as Juror 11
1957The 27th Day as Prof. Klaus Bechner
1954Twelve Angry Men as Juror #11
1953General Electric Theater as Max
1952The Iron Mistress as John James Audubon
1952Affair in Trinidad as Doctor Franz Huebling
1952Anything Can Happen as Pavli
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Dr. Einstein
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as Cardinal Bellarmin
1950Robert Montgomery Presents
1948Studio One as Juror #11
1948Studio One as Zarodin
1948Studio One as Von Schwendi
1948Studio One as Kovac
1939Crisis
1937The World Belongs to Us as kamelot
1934Heave-Ho!
1932Your Money or Your Life as Pepík
1932Powder and Petrol
1929Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu
1928Ve spárech upíra
1927Dcerušky paní Petersenové
1926Pohádka máje