Born
1905-06-19 (age 120)
Birthplace
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
Known For
Acting
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The 27th Day
as Prof. Klaus Bechner
1957
BUtterfield 8
as Dr. Tredman
1960
Barbarosa
as Herman Pahmeyer
1982
The Boston Strangler
as Peter Hurkos
1968
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as East German Defense Attorney
1965
The Iceman Cometh
as Piet Wetjoen
1973
Affair in Trinidad
as Doctor Franz Huebling
1952
The Nativity
as Joachim
1978
The Iron Mistress
as John James Audubon
1952
Hamlet
as Player King
1964
Man on a Swing
as Dr. Nicholas Holnar
1974
Your Money or Your Life
as Pepík
1932
Skag
as Peter Skagska
1980
Mister Buddwing
as Shabby Old Man
1966
Powder and Petrol
1932
The World Belongs to Us
as kamelot
1937
Heave-Ho!
1934
Happy Days
as Willie
1980
Crisis
1939
Paradise Lost
as Gus Michaels
1971
TV Appearances
Cain's Hundred
as Willy Brower
1961
The F.B.I.
as Dr. Holman
1965
Hawaii Five-O
as Norman Cargill
1968
Naked City
as Prof. Johann von Bunow
1958
Mannix
1967
Studio One
as Juror #11
1948
General Electric Theater
as Max
1953
Mission: Impossible
1966
Johnny Staccato
1959
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as Dr. Einstein
1951
Run for Your Life
as Colonel Zabian
1965
The Fugitive
as Max Bodin
1963