Victor Varconi
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Victor Varconi (born Mihály Várkonyi, 31 March 1891 – 6 June 1976) was a highly successful silent film actor in Hungary. Born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, Varconi was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States. His normal speaking accent sounded almost exactly like that of Transylvanian Bela Lugosi. He worked under contract to Cecil B. DeMille, and played Pontius Pilate in DeMille's 1927 production of The King of Kings. Because of his accent, Varconi's popularity waned with the advent of sound films and he was cast in smaller parts, often playing Hispanic characters. He worked on the New York City stage and wrote for radio. He died from a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California on 6 June 1976 at the age of 85. He was interred at the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, US.
Known for
Credits
Samson and Delilah (1949)
as Lord of Ashdod
Unconquered (1947)
as Captain Simeon Ecuyer
The King of Kings (1927)
as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
as Primitivo
The Sea Hawk (1940)
as Gen. Aguirre
The Devil (1918)
as Száki János, festõmüvész
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
as Lubbock
Strange Cargo (1940)
as Fisherman
Mágia (1917)
as Pal
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
as Grand Duke
The Plainsman (1936)
as Painted Horse
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation (1939)
as Paul Borodoff
The Scorpion (1918)
as Jean Morell
Sodom and Gomorrah (1922)
as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
Roberta (1935)
as Ladislaw
Eine versunkene Welt (1922)
Actor
Where There's Life (1947)
as Finance Minister Zavitch
Safe in Hell (1931)
as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
My Favorite Blonde (1942)
as Miller
The Atomic Submarine (1959)
as Clifford Kent
99 (1918)
as Herr mit vielen Namen
A Feather in Her Hat (1935)
as Paul Anders
The Hitler Gang (1944)
as Rudolph Hess
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (1943)
as Enemy Security Officer
Magic Waltz (1918)
as Niki hadnagy
Dancing Pirate (1936)
as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
Submarine Patrol (1938)
as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
King of the Newsboys (1938)
as Wire Arno
Mágnás Miska (1917)
as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
The Black Camel (1931)
as Robert Fyfe
Her Dancing Partner (1925)
as Edmund Chauvelin
The Yellow Foal (1914)
Actor
Men in Her Life (1931)
as Count Ivan Karloff
The Song You Gave Me (1933)
as Karl Linden
Chicago (1927)
as Amos Hart
The Man Who Turned to Stone (1957)
as Dr. Myer
Big City (1937)
as Paul Roya
The Volga Boatman (1926)
as Prince Dimitri
Suez (1938)
as Victor Hugo
For Wives Only (1926)
as Dr. Rittenhaus
They Raid by Night (1942)
as Col. Otto von Ritter
The Rebel (1932)
Actor
The Angel of Broadway (1927)
as Jerry Wilson
The Merry Widow (1920)
as Danilo
Mein Herz gehört Dir... (1930)
Actor
The Last Days of Pompeii (1926)
as Glauco
Masters of the Sea (1922)
as Captain Scott
The Red Peacock (1920)
as Alfred Germont
Eternal Love (1929)
as Lorenz Gruber
Men in Exile (1937)
as Gomez
Feet of Clay (1924)
as Bookkeeper
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
as Jules
When London Sleeps (1934)
as Stephen Ronsart
Everything Happens at Night (1939)
as Cavas
Captain Thunder (1930)
as El Captain Thunder
The Divine Lady (1928)
as Horatio Nelson
The Doomed Battalion (1932)
as Artur Franchini
Pirates of Monterey (1947)
as Capt. Cordova
Doctors' Wives (1931)
as Dr. Kane Ruyter
Sinners' Parade (1928)
as Al Morton
Disputed Passage (1939)
as Dr. LaFerriere
Pound Foolish (1940)
as Victor Lestrade
Forced Landing (1941)
as Hendrick van Deuren (uncredited)
Worldly Goods (1924)
as Clifford Ramsay
Tenth Avenue (1928)
as Bob Peters
Mister Dynamite (1935)
as Jarl Dvorjak
Trouble in Morocco (1937)
as Kamaroff
The Little Adventuress (1927)
as George La Fuente
Changing Husbands (1924)
as Oliver Evans
The Forbidden Woman (1927)
as Col. Gautier
Fighting Love (1927)
as Gabriel Amari
Federal Fugitives (1941)
as Otto Lieberman
The Undesirable (1915)
as Miklós
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna (1925)
Actor
Young Medardus (1923)
as Medardus Klähr
Triumph (1924)
as William Silver
Avalanche (1923)
as George Vandeau
Hotel Imperial (1918)
Actor
Bánk bán (1915)
Actor
The Warsaw Citadel (1930)
Actor
The Cult of the Body (1930)
as Czeslaw
The Wolf (1917)
as Szabó Gyuri
Silken Shackles (1926)
Actor
A tanítónö (1917)
Actor
The Blood (1922)
Actor
A csikós (1917)
as Andris, a csikóslegény
Havasi Magdolna (1916)
Actor