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George Voskovec

George Voskovec

Birthday: 1905-06-19 | Place of Birth: Sázava, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary (now Czech Republic)

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1982
Barbarosa

as    Herman Pahmeyer

1981
Nero Wolfe

as    Fritz Brenner

1980
Somewhere in Time

as    Dr. Gerald Finney

1974
Man on a Swing

as    Dr. Nicholas Holnar

1968
The Boston Strangler

as    Peter Hurkos

1966
Mister Buddwing

as    Shabby Old Man

1965
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

as    East German Defense Attorney

1960
BUtterfield 8

as    Dr. Tredman

1957
The 27th Day

as    Prof. Klaus Bechner

1952
Affair in Trinidad

as    Doctor Franz Huebling

1952
The Iron Mistress

as    John James Audubon