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
- Forced Landing as Hendrick Van Deuren
- Federal Fugitives as Otto Lieberman
1940
- The Sea Hawk as Gen. Aguirre
- Strange Cargo as Fisherman
- Pound Foolish as Victor Lestrade
1939
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Grand Duke
- Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as Paul Borodoff
- 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
- Trouble in Morocco as Kamaroff
- Men in Exile as Gomez
1936
- Dancing Pirate as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
- The Plainsman as Painted Horse
1935
- Roberta as Ladislaw
- A Feather in Her Hat as Paul Anders
- Mister Dynamite as Jarl Dvorjak
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
- Safe in Hell as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
- The Black Camel as Robert Fyfe
- Doctors' Wives as Dr. Kane Ruyter
- Men in Her Life as Count Ivan Karloff
1930
- Captain Thunder as El Captain Thunder
- The Warsaw Citadel
- The Cult of the Body as Czeslaw
- Mein Herz gehört Dir...
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
- Fighting Love as Gabriel Amari
- The Little Adventuress as George La Fuente
- The Forbidden Woman as Col. Gautier
- The Angel of Broadway as Jerry Wilson
1926
- The Last Days of Pompeii as Glauco
- The Volga Boatman as Prince Dimitri
- Silken Shackles
- For Wives Only as Dr. Rittenhaus
1924
- Feet of Clay as Bookkeeper
- Triumph as William Silver
- Worldly Goods as Clifford Ramsay
- Changing Husbands as Oliver Evans
1923
- Avalanche as George Vandeau
- Young Medardus as Medardus Klähr
1922
- Sodom and Gomorrah as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
- Herren der Meere
- Das Blut
- Eine versunkene Welt
1920
- The Red Peacock as Alfred Germont
- The Merry Widow as Danilo
1918
- 99 as Herr mit vielen Namen
- The Scorpion as Jean Morell
- Magic Waltz as Niki hadnagy
- Hotel Imperial
- The Devil as Száki János, festõmüvész
1917
- The Wolf as Szabó Gyuri
- Mágnás Miska as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
- A tanítónö
- Mágia as Pal
- A csikós as Andris, a csikóslegény
1916
1915
- The Undesirable as Miklós
- Bánk bán