George Voskovec

George Voskovec

  • Birthday: 1905-06-19
  • Deathday: 1981-07-04
  • Place of birth: Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)
  • Also know as: Jiří Voskovec

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.

Filmography

Heave-Ho!

1934

As

The World Belongs to Us

1937

As kamelot

Happy Days

1980

As Willie

Těžká Barbora

1960

As první žoldnéř

Nicky's World

1974

As Paul Kaminios

The 27th Day

1957

As Prof. Klaus Bechner

Crisis

1939

As

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

1965

As East German Defense Attorney

Man on a Swing

1974

As Dr. Nicholas Holnar

Mister Buddwing

1966

As Shabby Old Man

Somewhere in Time

1980

As Dr. Gerald Finney

The Velvet Alley

1959

As Steve Pandish

Arsenic & Old Lace

1962

As Dr. Herman Einstein

The Nativity

1978

As Joachim

Paradise Lost

1971

As Gus Michaels

BUtterfield 8

1960

As Dr. Tredman

Barbarosa

1982

As Herman Pahmeyer

Twelve Angry Men

1954

As Juror #11

The Desperate Ones

1967

As Doctor

Skag

1980

As Peter Skagska

Affair in Trinidad

1952

As Doctor Franz Huebling

The Bravados

1958

As Gus Steimmetz

The Iron Mistress

1952

As John James Audubon

Uncle Vanya

1957

As Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)

The Boston Strangler

1968

As Peter Hurkos

12 Angry Men

1957

As Juror 11

Anything Can Happen

1952

As Pavli

Wind Across the Everglades

1958

As Aaron Nathanson

The Iceman Cometh

1973

As Piet Wetjoen

Production

Powder and Petrol

1932

As Producer

Těžká Barbora

1960

As Writer

Balada z hadrů

1960

As Writer

The World Belongs to Us

1937

As Theatre Play

Your Money or Your Life

1932

As Screenplay

Powder and Petrol

1932

As Story

Powder and Petrol

1932

As Screenplay

Heave-Ho!

1934

As Screenplay

Heave-Ho!

1934

As Story

U nás v Kocourkově

1934

As Lyricist

The Golem

1936

As Theatre Play

The World Belongs to Us

1937

As Screenplay

The World Belongs to Us

1937

As Lyricist

Golem

1967

As Theatre Play

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