Victor Varconi
Born: 1891-03-30 in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Died: 1976-06-06
Known For: Acting
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
1959
- The Atomic Submarine as Clifford Kent
1957
- The Man Who Turned to Stone as Dr. Myer
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Count d'Auberge
1949
- Samson and Delilah as Lord of Ashdod
1948
1947
- Unconquered as Captain Simeon Ecuyer
- Where There's Life as Finance Minister Zavitch
- Pirates of Monterey as Capt. Cordova
1945
- Scotland Yard Investigator as Jules
1944
- The Hitler Gang as Rudolph Hess
1943
- For Whom the Bell Tolls as Primitivo
- Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines as Enemy Security Officer
1942
- Reap the Wild Wind as Lubbock
- My Favorite Blonde as Miller
- They Raid by Night as Col. Otto von Ritter
1941
- Federal Fugitives as Otto Lieberman
- Forced Landing as Hendrick Van Deuren
1940
- The Sea Hawk as Gen. Aguirre
- Strange Cargo as Fisherman
- Pound Foolish as Victor Lestrade
1939
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Paul Borodoff
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Grand Duke
- Disputed Passage as Dr. LaFerriere
- Everything Happens at Night as Cavas
1938
- Submarine Patrol as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
- Suez as Victor Hugo
- King of the Newsboys as Wire Arno
1937
- Big City as Paul Roya
- Men in Exile as Gomez
- Trouble in Morocco as Kamaroff
1936
- The Plainsman as Painted Horse
- Dancing Pirate as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
1935
- Roberta as Ladislaw
- Mister Dynamite as Jarl Dvorjak
- A Feather in Her Hat as Paul Anders
1934
- When London Sleeps as Stephen Ronsart
1933
- The Song You Gave Me as Karl Linden
1932
- The Rebel
- The Doomed Battalion as Artur Franchini
1931
- The Black Camel as Robert Fyfe
- Safe in Hell as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Kane Ruyter
- Men in Her Life as Count Ivan Karloff
1930
- Captain Thunder as El Captain Thunder
- Mein Herz gehört Dir...
- The Cult of the Body as Czeslaw
- The Warsaw Citadel
1929
- Eternal Love as Lorenz Gruber
1928
- The Divine Lady as Horatio Nelson
- Tenth Avenue as Bob Peters
- Sinners' Parade as Al Morton
1927
- The King of Kings as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
- Chicago as Amos Hart
- The Angel of Broadway as Jerry Wilson
- The Forbidden Woman as Col. Gautier
- Fighting Love as Gabriel Amari
- The Little Adventuress as George La Fuente
1926
- The Volga Boatman as Prince Dimitri
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Glauco
- For Wives Only as Dr. Rittenhaus
- Silken Shackles
1924
- Feet of Clay as Bookkeeper
- Worldly Goods as Clifford Ramsay
- Triumph as William Silver
- Changing Husbands as Oliver Evans
1923
- Young Medardus as Medardus Klähr
- Avalanche as George Vandeau
1922
- Sodom and Gomorrah as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
- Eine versunkene Welt
- Masters of the Sea as Captain Scott
- Das Blut
1920
- The Red Peacock as Alfred Germont
- The Merry Widow as Danilo
1918
- The Scorpion as Jean Morell
- 99 as Herr mit vielen Namen
- Magic Waltz as Niki hadnagy
- The Devil as Száki János, festõmüvész
- Hotel Imperial
1917
- Mágnás Miska as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
- Mágia as Pal
- The Wolf as Szabó Gyuri
- A csikós as Andris, a csikóslegény
- A tanítónö
1916
1915
- The Undesirable as Miklós
- Bánk bán