Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi

  • Birthday: 1891-03-30
  • Deathday: 1976-06-06
  • Place of birth: Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
  • Also know as: Mihály Várkonyi

Biography

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.

Filmography

The Cult of the Body

1930

As Czeslaw

Mágnás Miska

1917

As Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)

Sinners' Parade

1928

As Al Morton

When London Sleeps

1934

As Stephen Ronsart

A skorpió

1918

As

Changing Husbands

1924

As Oliver Evans

The Divine Lady

1928

As Horatio Nelson

Chicago

1927

As Amos Hart

The Undesirable

1915

As Miklós

The Song You Gave Me

1933

As Karl Linden

The Forbidden Woman

1927

As Col. Gautier

Captain Thunder

1930

As El Captain Thunder

The Little Adventuress

1927

As George La Fuente

Tenth Avenue

1928

As Bob Peters

The Angel of Broadway

1927

As Jerry Wilson

Sodom and Gomorrah

1922

As Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn

Mister Dynamite

1935

As Jarl Dvorjak

Eternal Love

1929

As Lorenz Gruber

Men in Exile

1937

As Gomez

Federal Fugitives

1941

As Otto Lieberman

Men in Her Life

1931

As Count Ivan Karloff

Doctors' Wives

1931

As Dr. Kane Ruyter

Avalanche

1923

As George Vandeau

They Raid by Night

1942

As Col. Otto von Ritter

Triumph

1924

As William Silver

The Wolf

1917

As

The Volga Boatman

1926

As Prince Dimitri

King of the Newsboys

1938

As Wire Arno

The Hitler Gang

1944

As Rudolph Hess

Pound Foolish

1940

As Victor Lestrade

The Rebel

1932

As

The Doomed Battalion

1932

As Artur Franchini

The Black Camel

1931

As Robert Fyfe

Dancing Pirate

1936

As Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)

Das Blut

1922

As

Bánk bán

1915

As

Big City

1937

As Paul Roya

Safe in Hell

1931

As General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez

Disputed Passage

1939

As Dr. LaFerriere

Roberta

1935

As Ladislaw

The Atomic Submarine

1959

As Clifford Kent

My Favorite Blonde

1942

As Miller

A Feather in Her Hat

1935

As Paul Anders

Feet of Clay

1924

As Bookkeeper

Forced Landing

1941

As Hendrick Van Deuren

Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation

1939

As Paul Borodoff

The Plainsman

1936

As Painted Horse

Trouble in Morocco

1937

As Kamaroff

Where There's Life

1947

As Finance Minister Zavitch

For Whom the Bell Tolls

1943

As Primitivo

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

1943

As Enemy Security Officer

Unconquered

1947

As Captain Simeon Ecuyer

The King of Kings

1927

As Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

Pirates of Monterey

1947

As Capt. Cordova

Strange Cargo

1940

As Fisherman

Young Medardus

1923

As Medardus Klähr

Suez

1938

As Victor Hugo

Samson and Delilah

1949

As Lord of Ashdod

Submarine Patrol

1938

As Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano

Reap the Wild Wind

1942

As Lubbock

The Sea Hawk

1940

As Gen. Aguirre

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