George Voskovec
personal-info
known-for
Acting
gender
Male
birthday
1905-06-19
place-of-birth
Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary [now Czech Republic]
also-known-as
Jiří Voskovec
Jiří Wachsmann
Jiri Voskovec
Petr Dolan
F. Formen
Иржи Восковец
Петр Долан
Джордже Восковец
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.