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
all 72
Movies 44
TV Shows 28
self 4
Writer 4
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Červená (2017)
Movie
Self
Voskovec & Werich, paralelní osudy (2012)
TV
Self
Tři strážníci (2005)
TV
Herman Pahmeyer
Barbarosa (1982)
Movie
Fritz Brenner
Nero Wolfe (1981)
TV
Dr. Gerald Finney
Somewhere in Time (1980)
Movie
Willie
Happy Days (1980)
Movie
Petar Skagska
Skag (1980)
Movie
Petar Skagska
Skag (1980)
TV
Mr. Goldstein
Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
TV
6
Joachim
The Nativity (1978)
Movie
Lehman
Switch (1975)
TV
Paul Kaminios
Nicky's World (1974)
Movie
Dr. Nicholas Holnar
Man on a Swing (1974)
Movie
Piet Wetjoen
The Iceman Cometh (1973)
Movie
The Streets of San Francisco (1972)
TV
6.86
Particular Men (1972)
Movie
Writer
Straw Hat (1972)
Movie
Gus Michaels
Paradise Lost (1971)
Movie
Willie
Great Performances (1971)
TV
1
Peter Hurkos
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Movie
6
Durkin / Norman Cargill
Hawaii Five-O (1968)
TV
5.45
Mannix (1967)
TV
6.38
Theatre Play
Golem (1967)
Movie
Doctor
The Desperate Ones (1967)
Movie
An Enemy of the People (1966)
Movie
Morten Kiil / Narrator / Self - Host
NET Playhouse (1966)
TV
Mission: Impossible (1966)
TV
6.33
Shabby Old Man
Mister Buddwing (1966)
Movie
East German Defense Attorney
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965)
Movie
1
Dr. Holman / George Havelik
The F.B.I. (1965)
TV
Colonel Zabian
Run for Your Life (1965)
TV
Player King
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (1964)
Movie
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
TV
Espionage (1963)
TV
Prof. Thielman
Channing (1963)
TV
Max Bodin
The Fugitive (1963)
TV
3.5
Dr. Herman Einstein
Arsenic & Old Lace (1962)
Movie
Dr. Charles Hodiak
Dr. Kildare (1961)
TV
6
Willy Brower
Cain's Hundred (1961)
TV
Louis Astor / Dr. Leo Ladzlow
The Defenders (1961)
TV
Dr. Tredman
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
Movie
Writer
Balada z hadrů (1960)
Movie
Writer
Těžká Barbora (1960)
Movie
Elek Odry
Play of the Week (1959)
TV
The Third Man (1959)
TV
Steve Pandish
The Velvet Alley (1959)
Movie
Prof. Johann von Bunow / Jack Selken
Naked City (1958)
TV
Aaron Nathanson
Wind Across the Everglades (1958)
Movie
Gus Steimmetz
The Bravados (1958)
Movie
Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
Uncle Vanya (1957)
Movie
Juror 11
12 Angry Men (1957)
Movie
9.2
Prof. Klaus Bechner
The 27th Day (1957)
Movie
6
Juror #11
Twelve Angry Men (1954)
Movie
Max
General Electric Theater (1953)
TV
John James Audubon
The Iron Mistress (1952)
Movie
Doctor Franz Huebling
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
Movie
Pavli
Anything Can Happen (1952)
Movie
Cardinal Bellarmin / Dr. Einstein
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
TV
8.33
Robert Montgomery Presents (1950)
TV
Zarodin / Juror #11 / Kovac / Von Schwendi
Studio One (1948)
TV
Self
Crisis (1939)
Movie
Camlet
The World Belongs to Us (1937)
Movie
Writer
The Golem (1936)
Movie
Lyricist
U nás v Kocourkově (1934)
Movie
Filip Kornet, shuffer
Heave-Ho! (1934)
Movie
Pepík (aka Jirí Voskovec)
Your Money or Your Life (1932)
Movie
Driver
Powder and Petrol (1932)
Movie
Iskariot
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu (1929)
Movie
Actor
Ve spárech upíra (1928)
Movie
Dcerušky paní Petersenové (1927)
Movie
Rísa
Pohádka máje (1926)
Movie
Ratings
Average 5.63
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1954
1963
1958
2017
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1905-06-19
Deathday1981-07-04 (76 years old)
Birth NameJiří Wachsmann
Birth PlaceSázava, Czech Republic
Height
FatherVáclav Voskovec
MotherJiřina Voskovcová
SiblingsProkop Voskovec
RelativesAlois Wachsman, Soběslav Pinkas, Bedřich Wachsmann
CitizenshipsCzechoslovakia, Austria-Hungary, United States of America
Also Known AsJiří Voskovec, Jiří Wachsmann, Jiri Voskovec, Petr Dolan , F. Formen, Иржи Восковец, Петр Долан, Джордже Восковец
AwardsCzech Medal of Merit
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