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name: "George Voskovec"
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born: "19 June 1905"
died: "4 July 1981"
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# George Voskovec

Actor. Born 19 June 1905 in Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]. Died 4 July 1981.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 June 1905, Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
- **Died:** 4 July 1981
- **Also known as:** Jiří Voskovec, Jiří Wachsmann, Jiri Voskovec, Petr Dolan , F. Formen, Иржи Восковец

## Biography

George Voskovec, also known as Jiří Voskovec, was a Czech-American actor born Jiří Wachsmann on 19 June 1905 in Sázava, Bohemia, then part of Austria-Hungary. He was associated for much of his early career with actor and playwright Jan Werich, with whom he formed the Liberated Theatre in Prague. He left Czechoslovakia in 1939 and settled permanently in the United States after 1948, becoming a US citizen in 1955.

In the US he appeared in supporting roles in films including *12 Angry Men* (1957) as Juror #11, *The Bravados* (1958), *BUtterfield 8* (1960), *The Spy Who Came in from the Cold* (1965) and *The Boston Strangler* (1968). He also worked extensively in theatre, winning an Obie Award for his performance in *Uncle Vanya*, and appeared in television series such as *Mission: Impossible* and *Hawaii Five-O*. He died on 1 July 1981.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, nytimes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *12 Angry Men* (1957), Fi1m 91, as Juror 11 — [page](https://film.one/film/12-angry-men.md)

## Also known for

- *Somewhere in Time* (1980), Dr. Gerald Finney
- *The Spy Who Came In from the Cold* (1965), Comrade Karden - Defense Attorney
- *The Boston Strangler* (1968), Peter Hurkos
- *Hawaii Five-O* (1969), Norman Cargill, Durkin
- *The Bravados* (1958), Gus Steimmetz
- *The Untouchables* (1959), Charles Tarasovich, Herman Kihn
- *The Streets of San Francisco* (1972), Angus Ferguson
- *BUtterfield 8* (1960), Dr. Tredman

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