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