George Voskovec: George Voskovec. Actor: 12 Angry Men. Czech actor/producer/director/author George Voskovec was born Jirí Wachsmann on June 19, 1905, the son of Jirina Valentina Marie (nee Pinkasová) and Vilem Eduard Voskovec (Wachsmann). His ancestry was Czech, German, and French. Prior to George's birth, the spelling of the family name was Vaksman (Russian). By the time he was born, which was shortly after their return to Bohemia--then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire--it...
Known For: 12 Angry Men (Juror 11), Somewhere in Time (Dr. Gerald Finney), The Iceman Cometh (Piet Wetjoen), Workers, Let's Go (Filip Kornet, shuffer(as Jiri Voskovec))