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George Voskovec
Acting
Born: June 19, 1905
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
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.
Known For
12 Angry Men
as Juror 11
Somewhere in Time
as Dr. Gerald Finney
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold
as East German Defense Attorney
The Boston Strangler
as Peter Hurkos
The Bravados
as Gus Steimmetz
Affair in Trinidad
as Doctor Franz Huebling
BUtterfield 8
as Dr. Tredman
The Iceman Cometh
as Piet Wetjoen
Wind Across the Everglades
as Aaron Nathanson
Barbarosa
as Herman Pahmeyer
