Victor Varconi
Age: 85 | From: Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Person Details
Birthday: 1891-03-31 01:36:47
Death: 1976-06-06 01:36:47
Aliases: Mihály Várkonyi , Viktor Varkonyi , Victor Varkonyi , Michael Varkonyi , Michal Victor Varconyi , Michael Varconyi , Michael Varconi , Várkonyi Mihály
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 53
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) Count d'Auberge
Samson and Delilah
(1949) Lord of Ashdod
For Whom the Bell Tolls
(1943) Primitivo
The Sea Hawk
(1940) Gen. Aguirre
The King of Kings
(1927) Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
Reap the Wild Wind
(1942) Lubbock
The Atomic Submarine
(1959) Clifford Kent
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
(1943) Enemy Security OfficerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Clifford Kent | |
| 1957 | Dr. Myer | |
| 1955 | Count d'Auberge | |
| 1949 | Lord of Ashdod | |
| 1948 | N/A | |
| 1947 | Capt. Cordova | |
| Finance Minister Zavitch | ||
| Captain Simeon Ecuyer | ||
| 1945 | Jules | |
| 1944 | Rudolph Hess | |
| 1943 | Primitivo | |
| Enemy Security Officer | ||
| 1942 | Col. Otto von Ritter | |
| Miller | ||
| Lubbock | ||
| 1941 | Hendrick Van Deuren | |
| Otto Lieberman | ||
| 1940 | Gen. Aguirre | |
| Fisherman | ||
| Victor Lestrade | ||
| 1939 | Cavas | |
| Dr. LaFerriere | ||
| Paul Borodoff | ||
| Grand Duke | ||
| 1938 | Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano | |
| Victor Hugo | ||
| Wire Arno | ||
| 1937 | Paul Roya | |
| Gomez | ||
| Kamaroff | ||
| 1936 | Painted Horse | |
| Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards) | ||
| 1935 | Paul Anders | |
| Jarl Dvorjak | ||
| Ladislaw | ||
| 1934 | Stephen Ronsart | |
| 1933 | Karl Linden | |
| 1932 | N/A | |
| Artur Franchini | ||
| 1931 | General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez | |
| Count Ivan Karloff | ||
| Robert Fyfe | ||
| Dr. Kane Ruyter | ||
| 1930 | El Captain Thunder | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Czeslaw | ||
| 1929 | Lorenz Gruber | |
| 1928 | Horatio Nelson | |
| Al Morton | ||
| Bob Peters | ||
| 1927 | Amos Hart | |
| Col. Gautier | ||
| Jerry Wilson | ||
| Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea | ||
| George La Fuente | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1926 | Prince Dimitri | |
| N/A | ||
| Glauco | ||
| 1925 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1924 | Bookkeeper | |
| Oliver Evans | ||
| William Silver | ||
| 1923 | George Vandeau | |
| Medardus Klähr | ||
| 1922 | Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1920 | N/A | |
| 1918 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 1917 | N/A | |
| Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály) | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1916 | N/A | |
| 1915 | N/A | |
| Miklós | ||
| 1914 | N/A | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
