Victor Varconi

Personal Info

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Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1891-03-30 (85 years old)

Deathday

1976-06-06

Place of Birth

Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary

Victor Varconi

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 t...

Acting

1935

Roberta

as Ladislaw

1937

1959

The Atomic Submarine

as Clifford Kent

1926

The Volga Boatman

as Prince Dimitri

1942

1931

The Black Camel

as Robert Fyfe

1947

Where There's Life

as Finance Minister Zavitch

1940

Strange Cargo

as Fisherman

1935

Mister Dynamite

as Jarl Dvorjak

1937

Big City

as Paul Roya

1931

Safe in Hell

as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez

1947

Unconquered

as Captain Simeon Ecuyer

1924

Changing Husbands

as Oliver Evans

1939

1942

1929

Eternal Love

as Lorenz Gruber

1928

The Divine Lady

as Horatio Nelson

1927

Chicago

as Amos Hart

1938

1937

Men in Exile

as Gomez

1936

Dancing Pirate

as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)

1941

Federal Fugitives

as Otto Lieberman

1915

The Undesirable

as Miklós

1935

A Feather in Her Hat

as Paul Anders

1933

The Song You Gave Me

as Karl Linden

1931

Men in Her Life

as Count Ivan Karloff

1938

Suez

as Victor Hugo

1944

The Hitler Gang

as Rudolph Hess

1917

Mágnás Miska

as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)

1927

The Forbidden Woman

as Col. Gautier

1930

Captain Thunder

as El Captain Thunder

1927

The Little Adventuress

as George La Fuente

1928

Tenth Avenue

as Bob Peters

1927

The Angel of Broadway

as Jerry Wilson

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Lord of Ashdod

1936

The Plainsman

as Painted Horse

1927

The King of Kings

as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

1931

Doctors' Wives

as Dr. Kane Ruyter

1924

Feet of Clay

as Bookkeeper

1930

1941

Forced Landing

as Hendrick Van Deuren

1938

Submarine Patrol

as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano

1923

Young Medardus

as Medardus Klähr

1922

Sodom and Gomorrah

as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn

1923

Avalanche

as George Vandeau

1942

They Raid by Night

as Col. Otto von Ritter

1943

1940

The Sea Hawk

as Gen. Aguirre

1940

Pound Foolish

as Victor Lestrade

1939

Disputed Passage

as Dr. LaFerriere

1947

Pirates of Monterey

as Capt. Cordova

1928

Sinners' Parade

as Al Morton

1924

Triumph

as William Silver

1927

Fighting Love

as Gabriel Amari

1932

The Doomed Battalion

as Artur Franchini

1934

When London Sleeps

as Stephen Ronsart

1917

A csikós

as Andris, a csikóslegény

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