George Voskovec

Born: 1905-06-19

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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as Juror 11
Released: 1957-04-10

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide...

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Somewhere in Time

as Dr. Gerald Finney
Released: 1980-10-02

Young writer Richard Collier is met on the opening night of his first play by an old lady who...

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The Bravados

as Gus Steimmetz
Released: 1958-06-25

Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four...

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The Spy Who Came In from the Cold

as East German Defense Attorney
Released: 1965-12-16

British agent Alec Leamas refuses to come in from the Cold War during the 1960s, choosing to...

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The Boston Strangler

as Peter Hurkos
Released: 1968-10-08

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true...

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BUtterfield 8

as Dr. Tredman
Released: 1960-11-04

Gloria Wandrous, a promiscuous fashion model, falls in love with Weston Liggett, the hard...

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Affair in Trinidad

as Doctor Franz Huebling
Released: 1952-07-29

A nightclub singer enlists her brother-in-law to track down her husband's killer.

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The Iceman Cometh

as Piet Wetjoen
Released: 1973-11-10

Set in 1912, inside a dive bar named The Last Chance Saloon, its destitute patrons eagerly await...

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Barbarosa

as Herman Pahmeyer
Released: 1982-02-19

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor,...

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Man on a Swing

as Dr. Nicholas Holnar
Released: 1974-02-24

A small-town police chief investigating a murder is offered help by a self-described psychic....

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The 27th Day

as Prof. Klaus Bechner
Released: 1957-01-07

Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves...

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Wind Across the Everglades

as Aaron Nathanson
Released: 1958-09-11

Set in the early 20th century, the film follows a game warden who arrives in Florida to enforce...

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Twelve Angry Men

as Juror #11
Released: 1954-09-20

Twelve Angry Men is a 1954 teleplay by Reginald Rose for the Studio One anthology television...

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Mister Buddwing

as Shabby Old Man
Released: 1966-07-15

An amnesiac wanders the streets of Manhattan, trying to solve the mystery of who he is.

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The World Belongs to Us

as kamelot
Released: 1937-07-30

One of the few European films of the 30s to criticize the Nazis, even if they couldn't be...

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Heave-Ho!

as uncredited
Released: 1934-10-26

A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and, in his wanderings...

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The Nativity

as Joachim
Released: 1978-12-17

The story of the courtship of Joseph and Mary, and of the events leading up to the first Christmas.

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The Iron Mistress

as John James Audubon
Released: 1952-11-19

In this biopic, Jim Bowie goes to New Orleans, where he falls for Judalon and befriends her...

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Anything Can Happen

as Pavli
Released: 1952-04-03

A quirky relationship unfolds between an immigrant and an all-American folk music fan.

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Arsenic & Old Lace

as Dr. Herman Einstein
Released: 1962-02-05

1962 telefilm adaptation of the classic American play about a deranged family and the string of...

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Hamlet from the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre

as Player King
Released: 1964-09-23

A stage production of Hamlet filmed at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre in New York.

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Skag

as Peter Skagska
Released: 1980-01-06

Pete "Skag" Skagska is a 56-year-old union foreman of a Pittsburgh steel mill until a crippling...

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An Enemy of the People

as uncredited
Released: 1966-12-02

Set in a Norwegian hamlet, an idealistic physician discovers that the town's hot springs are...

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Particular Men

as uncredited
Released: 1972-04-15

A fictitious but powerful look at the dawn of the nuclear age, this stage performance follows...

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The Desperate Ones

as Doctor
Released: 1967-01-01

In 1941, two Polish brothers escape a Soviet gulag. Their only escape route is through the...

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Your Money or Your Life

as Pepík
Released: 1932-10-14

A czech film that focuses on an unfaithful husband who married in to money, as well as an...

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Paradise Lost

as Gus Michaels
Released: 1971-02-25

Playwright Clifford Odets' portrait of the Great Depression unfolds in the modest two-family...

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Powder and Petrol

as uncredited
Released: 1932-01-15

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Crisis

as uncredited
Released: 1939-03-13

A documentary about the conquest of Czechoslovakia by the Nazis just prior to World War 2.

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The Velvet Alley

as Steve Pandish
Released: 1959-01-22

Ernie Pandish has tried to be a writer for years and has never made much money out of it. But...

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Happy Days

as Willie
Released: 1980-06-25

Winnie, a woman in her fifties, is buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth, with just a...

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Uncle Vanya

as Voinitsky (Uncle Vanya)
Released: 1957-12-13

A country doctor (Franchot Tone) loves but cannot have a professor's wife (Clarence Derwent) in...

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Pohádka máje

as uncredited
Released: 1926-12-25

A lyrical tale of the pure, vernal romance between a diffident, somewhat naive girl from a rural...

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Great Performances

as Willie
First aired: 1971-01-28

The best in the performing arts from across America and around the world including a diverse...

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The Fugitive

as Max Bodin
First aired: 1963-09-17

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route...

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Mission: Impossible

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-17

Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by...

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Robert Montgomery Presents

as uncredited
First aired: 1950-01-30

Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Norman Cargill
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Hawaii Five-O

as Durkin
First aired: 1968-09-20

Hawaii Five-O is an American police procedural drama series produced by CBS Productions and...

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Mannix

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-16

Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS....

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Dr. Kildare

as Dr. Charles Hodiak
First aired: 1961-09-27

The story of a young intern in a large metropolitan hospital trying to learn his profession,...

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The Untouchables

as Charles Tarasovich
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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The Untouchables

as Herman Kihn
First aired: 1959-10-15

Special Agent Eliot Ness and his elite team of incorruptible agents battle organized crime in...

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The Defenders

as Louis Astor
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The Defenders

as Dr. Leo Ladzlow
First aired: 1961-09-16

The Defenders is an American courtroom drama series . It starred E. G. Marshall and Robert Reed...

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The F.B.I.

as Dr. Holman
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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The F.B.I.

as George Havelik
First aired: 1965-09-19

The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was...

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Naked City

as Prof. Johann von Bunow
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Naked City

as Jack Selken
First aired: 1958-09-30

Naked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....

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Studio One

as Juror #11
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Zarodin
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Von Schwendi
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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Studio One

as Kovac
First aired: 1948-11-07

An American radio–television anthology series, created in 1947 by Canadian director Fletcher...

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The Streets of San Francisco

as Angus Ferguson
First aired: 1972-09-23

Two police officers, the older Lt. Stone and the young upstart Inspector Keller, investigate...

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Run for Your Life

as Colonel Zabian
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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12 O'Clock High

as Nicolas Yellich
First aired: 1964-09-18

This series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th...

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Switch

as Lehman
First aired: 1975-09-09

Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert...

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The Third Man

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-10-02

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Cain's Hundred

as Willy Brower
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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Nero Wolfe

as Fritz Brenner
First aired: 1981-01-16

Nero Wolfe is a television series based on the characters in Rex Stout's classic series of...

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Roots: The Next Generations

as Mr. Goldstein
First aired: 1979-02-18

Roots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from...

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Johnny Staccato

as uncredited
First aired: 1959-09-10

Johnny Staccato is an American private detective series which ran for 27 episodes on NBC from...

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Channing

as Prof. Thielman
First aired: 1963-09-18

Professor Joe Howe is a Korean War veteran who is hired to teach English at Channing College....

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Play of the Week

as Elek Odry
First aired: 1959-10-12

This syndicated anthology series staged a different play every week covering all genres, dramas,...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Dr. Einstein
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Hallmark Hall of Fame

as Cardinal Bellarmin
First aired: 1951-12-24

Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark...

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Espionage

as uncredited
First aired: 1963-10-02

Espionage is a 1963 Associated Television series, distributed outside the UK by ITC...

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General Electric Theater

as Max
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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