George Voskovec

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1905-06-19 (76 years old)

Deathday

1981-07-04

Place of Birth

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

George Voskovec

Biography

Jiří Voskovec (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈvoskovɛts]) (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.

Acting

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 East German 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

1974

Man on a Swing

as Dr. Nicholas Holnar

1980

Skag

as Peter Skagska

1966

Mister Buddwing

as Shabby Old Man

1960

Těžká Barbora

as první žoldnéř

1980

Happy Days

as Willie

1939

1971

Paradise Lost

as Gus Michaels

1954

Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #11

1980

Somewhere in Time

as Dr. Gerald Finney

1959

The Velvet Alley

as Steve Pandish

1958

The Bravados

as Gus Steimmetz

1958

Wind Across the Everglades

as Aaron Nathanson

1967

1957

12 Angry Men

as Juror 11

1962

Arsenic & Old Lace

as Dr. Herman Einstein

1974

Nicky's World

as Paul Kaminios

1957

Uncle Vanya

as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)

Production

1967

Golem

as Theatre Play

1960

1960

Balada z hadrů

as Theatre Play

1937

1932

1932

Powder and Petrol

as Screenplay

1932

1934

Heave-Ho!

as Story

1934

Heave-Ho!

as Screenplay

1932

1934

1936

The Golem

as Theatre Play

1937

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