George Voskovec

George Voskovec

Acting

Birthday

1905/06/19

Day of death

1981/07/04 (76 years old)

Gender

Male

Place of Birth

Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

Also know as

Jiří Voskovec, Jiří Wachsmann, Jiri Voskovec, Petr Dolan , F. Formen, Иржи Восковец, Петр Долан, Джордже Восковец

Biography

Founded Czech avantgarde theatre and film group 'Osvobozene divadlo' with actor Jan Werich in 1927. Affiliated with the Poetist movement (Karel Teige). Made succesfull comedy shows with political themes. Voskovec left Czechoslovakia after the German invasion, 1938/39 and emigrated to the US.

Acting
The 27th Day
6.2

(1957) The 27th Day

as Prof. Klaus Bechner

BUtterfield 8
6.3

(1960) BUtterfield 8

as Dr. Tredman

Barbarosa
5.8

(1982) Barbarosa

as Herman Pahmeyer

The Boston Strangler
6.7

(1968) The Boston Strangler

as Peter Hurkos

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
7.1

(1965) The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as East German Defense Attorney

The Iceman Cometh
6.0

(1973) The Iceman Cometh

as Piet Wetjoen

Affair in Trinidad
6.3

(1952) Affair in Trinidad

as Doctor Franz Huebling

The Nativity
6.0

(1978) The Nativity

as Joachim

The Iron Mistress
4.5

(1952) The Iron Mistress

as John James Audubon

Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
6.5

(1964) Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

as Player King

Man on a Swing
5.8

(1974) Man on a Swing

as Dr. Nicholas Holnar

Peníze nebo život
7.0

(1932) Your Money or Your Life

as Pepík

Skag
0.0

(1980) Skag

as Peter Skagska

Mister Buddwing
5.9

(1966) Mister Buddwing

as Shabby Old Man

Pudr a benzin
7.0

(1932) Powder and Petrol

as ---

Hej-Rup!
7.0

(1934) Heave-Ho!

as ---

Svět patří nám
6.8

(1937) The World Belongs to Us

as kamelot

6.2

(1960) Těžká Barbora

as první žoldnéř

Happy Days
0.0

(1980) Happy Days

as Willie

Crisis
0.0

(1939) Crisis

as ---

Paradise Lost
10.0

(1971) Paradise Lost

as Gus Michaels

Twelve Angry Men
8.1

(1954) Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #11

Particular Men
0.0

(1972) Particular Men

as ---

Somewhere in Time
7.5

(1980) Somewhere in Time

as Dr. Gerald Finney

An Enemy of the People
0.0

(1966) An Enemy of the People

as ---

The Velvet Alley
0.0

(1959) The Velvet Alley

as Steve Pandish

The Bravados
6.5

(1958) The Bravados

as Gus Steimmetz

Wind Across the Everglades
6.1

(1958) Wind Across the Everglades

as Aaron Nathanson

The Desperate Ones
0.0

(1967) The Desperate Ones

as Doctor

12 Angry Men
8.5

(1957) 12 Angry Men

as Juror 11

Anything Can Happen
0.0

(1952) Anything Can Happen

as Pavli

Arsenic & Old Lace
6.5

(1962) Arsenic & Old Lace

as Dr. Herman Einstein

0.0

(1929) Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu

as ---

0.0

(1928) Ve spárech upíra

as ---

0.0

(1974) Nicky's World

as Paul Kaminios

Pohádka máje
0.0

(1926) Pohádka máje

as ---

0.0

(1927) Dcerušky paní Petersenové

as ---

Uncle Vanya
6.0

(1957) Uncle Vanya

as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)

Cain's Hundred
4.7

(1961) Cain's Hundred

as Willy Brower

The F.B.I.
5.6

(1965) The F.B.I.

as Dr. Holman

Hawaii Five-O
7.1

(1968) Hawaii Five-O

as Norman Cargill

Naked City
5.3

(1958) Naked City

as Prof. Johann von Bunow

Mannix
6.7

(1967) Mannix

as ---

Studio One
4.7

(1948) Studio One

as Juror #11

General Electric Theater
6.0

(1953) General Electric Theater

as Max

Mission: Impossible
7.6

(1966) Mission: Impossible

as ---

Johnny Staccato
5.6

(1959) Johnny Staccato

as ---

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Einstein

Run for Your Life
7.2

(1965) Run for Your Life

as Colonel Zabian

Espionage
0.0

(1963) Espionage

as ---

The Fugitive
7.2

(1963) The Fugitive

as Max Bodin

Switch
6.7

(1975) Switch

as Lehman

Robert Montgomery Presents
5.2

(1950) Robert Montgomery Presents

as ---

Nero Wolfe
7.4

(1981) Nero Wolfe

as Fritz Brenner

Dr. Kildare
5.4

(1961) Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Charles Hodiak

The Defenders
6.2

(1961) The Defenders

as Louis Astor

The Defenders
6.2

(1961) The Defenders

as Dr. Leo Ladzlow

The Third Man
6.7

(1959) The Third Man

as ---

Channing
7.0

(1963) Channing

as Prof. Thielman

Naked City
5.3

(1958) Naked City

as Jack Selken

The F.B.I.
5.6

(1965) The F.B.I.

as George Havelik

Roots: The Next Generations
7.3

(1979) Roots: The Next Generations

as Mr. Goldstein

Hawaii Five-O
7.1

(1968) Hawaii Five-O

as Durkin

Studio One
4.7

(1948) Studio One

as Zarodin

Studio One
4.7

(1948) Studio One

as Von Schwendi

Hallmark Hall of Fame
8.7

(1951) Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cardinal Bellarmin

0.0

(2005) Tři strážníci

as self

Play of the Week
0.0

(1959) Play of the Week

as Elek Odry

0.0

(2012) Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy

as self

The Streets of San Francisco
7.0

(1972) The Streets of San Francisco

as Angus Ferguson

Studio One
4.7

(1948) Studio One

as Kovac

The Untouchables
7.9

(1959) The Untouchables

as Charles Tarasovich

5.5

(1963) Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre

as Dr. Bensinger

Great Performances
5.2

(1971) Great Performances

as Willie

The Untouchables
7.9

(1959) The Untouchables

as Herman Kihn

12 O'Clock High
7.3

(1964) 12 O'Clock High

as Nicolas Yellich