Personal Info

  • Known For

    Acting

  • Known Credits

    38

  • Gender

    Male

  • Birthday

    June 19, 1905 ( 76 years old )

  • 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

George Voskovec

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.