Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1891-03-30 (85 years old)
Deathday
1976-06-06
Place of Birth
Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Also known As
Mihály Várkonyi
Viktor Varkonyi
Victor Varkonyi
Michael Varkonyi
Michal Victor Varconyi
Michael Varconyi
Michael Varconi
Várkonyi Mihály
Виктор Варкони
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...
1935
as Ladislaw
1937
as Kamaroff
1957
as Dr. Myer
1917
1959
as Clifford Kent
1926
as Prince Dimitri
1914
1918
1942
as Lubbock
1931
as Robert Fyfe
1947
as Finance Minister Zavitch
1939
as Grand Duke
1940
as Fisherman
1935
as Jarl Dvorjak
1937
as Paul Roya
1931
as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
1947
as Captain Simeon Ecuyer
1924
as Oliver Evans
1939
as Paul Borodoff
1942
as Miller
1929
as Lorenz Gruber
1915
1918
1928
as Horatio Nelson
1917
1927
as Amos Hart
1939
as Cavas
1938
as Wire Arno
1937
as Gomez
1936
as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
1941
as Otto Lieberman
1915
as Miklós
1935
as Paul Anders
1933
as Karl Linden
1931
as Count Ivan Karloff
1938
as Victor Hugo
1944
as Rudolph Hess
1917
as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
1926
as Glauco
1927
as Col. Gautier
1930
as El Captain Thunder
1927
as George La Fuente
1928
as Bob Peters
1927
as Jerry Wilson
1949
as Lord of Ashdod
1936
as Painted Horse
1927
as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
1931
as Dr. Kane Ruyter
1924
as Bookkeeper
1930
as Czeslaw
1941
as Hendrick Van Deuren
1938
as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
1916
1923
as Medardus Klähr
1922
as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
1923
as George Vandeau
1942
as Col. Otto von Ritter
1943
as Primitivo
1940
as Gen. Aguirre
1945
as Jules
1940
as Victor Lestrade
1939
as Dr. LaFerriere
1947
as Capt. Cordova
1943
as Enemy Security Officer
1932
1928
as Al Morton
1924
as William Silver
1922
1920
1927
as Gabriel Amari
1932
as Artur Franchini
1922
1926
1934
as Stephen Ronsart
1917
as Andris, a csikóslegény
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