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.
Known For
12 Angry Men
(1957)
Juror 11
Somewhere in Time
(1980)
Dr. Gerald Finney
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
East German Defense Attorney
The Boston Strangler
(1968)
Peter Hurkos
The Bravados
(1958)
Gus Steimmetz
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Doctor Franz Huebling
BUtterfield 8
(1960)
Dr. Tredman
Full Filmography
Acting
Pohádka máje
(1926)
Dcerušky paní Petersenové
(1927)
Ve spárech upíra
(1928)
Paní Katynka z vaječného trhu
(1929)
Your Money or Your Life
(1932)
Pepík
Powder and Petrol
(1932)
Heave-Ho!
(1934)
The World Belongs to Us
(1937)
kamelot
Crisis
(1939)
Affair in Trinidad
(1952)
Doctor Franz Huebling
The Iron Mistress
(1952)
John James Audubon
Anything Can Happen
(1952)
Pavli
Twelve Angry Men
(1954)
Juror #11
The 27th Day
(1957)
Prof. Klaus Bechner
12 Angry Men
(1957)
Juror 11
Uncle Vanya
(1957)
Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
The Bravados
(1958)
Gus Steimmetz
Wind Across the Everglades
(1958)
Aaron Nathanson
The Velvet Alley
(1959)
Steve Pandish
BUtterfield 8
(1960)
Dr. Tredman
Těžká Barbora
(1960)
první žoldnéř
Arsenic & Old Lace
(1962)
Dr. Herman Einstein
Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre
(1964)
Player King
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
(1965)
East German Defense Attorney
Mister Buddwing
(1966)
Shabby Old Man
An Enemy of the People
(1966)
The Desperate Ones
(1967)
Doctor
The Boston Strangler
(1968)
Peter Hurkos
Paradise Lost
(1971)
Gus Michaels
Particular Men
(1972)
The Iceman Cometh
(1973)
Piet Wetjoen
Man on a Swing
(1974)
Dr. Nicholas Holnar
Nicky's World
(1974)
Paul Kaminios
The Nativity
(1978)
Joachim
Happy Days
(1980)
Willie
Somewhere in Time
(1980)
Dr. Gerald Finney
Skag
(1980)
Peter Skagska
Barbarosa
(1982)
Herman Pahmeyer
Writing
Your Money or Your Life
(1932)
Screenplay and Story
Powder and Petrol
(1932)
Story and Screenplay
Heave-Ho!
(1934)
Screenplay and Story
U nás v Kocourkově
(1934)
Lyricist
The Golem
(1936)
Theatre Play
The World Belongs to Us
(1937)
Theatre Play, Screenplay, and Lyricist
Balada z hadrů
(1960)
Writer
Těžká Barbora
(1960)
Writer
Golem
(1967)
Theatre Play
Production