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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
March 30, 1891
Died
June 6, 1976
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
Victor Varconi
1.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
5.3
Clifford Kent
The Atomic Submarine
1959
4.5
Dr. Myer
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957
7.8
Count d'Auberge
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
6.5
Lord of Ashdod
Samson and Delilah
1949
5.0
Studio One
1948
4.7
Capt. Cordova
Pirates of Monterey
1947
5.8
Finance Minister Zavitch
Where There's Life
1947
6.3
Captain Simeon Ecuyer
Unconquered
1947
5.7
Jules
Scotland Yard Investigator
1945
6.0
Rudolph Hess
The Hitler Gang
1944
Credits
The Atomic Submarine
as Clifford Kent
1959
5.3
The Man Who Turned to Stone
as Dr. Myer
1957
4.5
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Count d'Auberge
1955
7.8
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashdod
1949
6.5
Studio One
1948
5.0
Pirates of Monterey
as Capt. Cordova
1947
4.7
Where There's Life
as Finance Minister Zavitch
1947
5.8
Unconquered
as Captain Simeon Ecuyer
1947
6.3
Scotland Yard Investigator
as Jules
1945
5.7
The Hitler Gang
as Rudolph Hess
1944
6.0
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Primitivo
1943
6.5
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
as Enemy Security Officer
1943
5.7
They Raid by Night
as Col. Otto von Ritter
1942
5.0
My Favorite Blonde
as Miller
1942
6.4
Reap the Wild Wind
as Lubbock
1942
6.4
Forced Landing
as Hendrick Van Deuren
1941
4.0
Federal Fugitives
as Otto Lieberman
1941
5.4
The Sea Hawk
as Gen. Aguirre
1940
7.2
Strange Cargo
as Fisherman
1940
7.0
Pound Foolish
as Victor Lestrade
1940
7.0
Everything Happens at Night
as Cavas
1939
4.1
Disputed Passage
as Dr. LaFerriere
1939
5.5
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
as Paul Borodoff
1939
6.6
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Grand Duke
1939
6.9
Submarine Patrol
as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
1938
6.6
Suez
as Victor Hugo
1938
5.2
King of the Newsboys
as Wire Arno
1938
4.0
Big City
as Paul Roya
1937
7.4
Men in Exile
as Gomez
1937
4.2
Trouble in Morocco
as Kamaroff
1937
6.0
The Plainsman
as Painted Horse
1936
6.3
Dancing Pirate
as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
1936
5.5
A Feather in Her Hat
as Paul Anders
1935
6.8
Mister Dynamite
as Jarl Dvorjak
1935
6.0
Roberta
as Ladislaw
1935
7.0
When London Sleeps
as Stephen Ronsart
1934
0.0
The Song You Gave Me
as Karl Linden
1933
6.0
The Rebel
1932
5.0
The Doomed Battalion
as Artur Franchini
1932
0.0
Safe in Hell
as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
1931
6.6
Men in Her Life
as Count Ivan Karloff
1931
5.2
The Black Camel
as Robert Fyfe
1931
6.1
Doctors' Wives
as Dr. Kane Ruyter
1931
0.0
Captain Thunder
as El Captain Thunder
1930
3.8
The Warsaw Citadel
1930
0.0
🎬
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
1930
0.0
🎬
The Cult of the Body
as Czeslaw
1930
9.0
Eternal Love
as Lorenz Gruber
1929
5.5
The Divine Lady
as Horatio Nelson
1928
5.2
Sinners' Parade
as Al Morton
1928
0.0
Tenth Avenue
as Bob Peters
1928
0.0
Chicago
as Amos Hart
1927
5.5
The Forbidden Woman
as Col. Gautier
1927
0.0
The Angel of Broadway
as Jerry Wilson
1927
0.0
The King of Kings
as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
1927
6.4
The Little Adventuress
as George La Fuente
1927
0.0
Fighting Love
as Gabriel Amari
1927
0.0
For Wives Only
as Dr. Rittenhaus
1926
0.0
The Volga Boatman
as Prince Dimitri
1926
6.3
🎬
Silken Shackles
1926
0.0
The Last Days of Pompeii
as Glauco
1926
5.2
Her Dancing Partner
1925
0.0
🎬
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
1925
0.0
Worldly Goods
as Clifford Ramsay
1924
0.0
Feet of Clay
as Bookkeeper
1924
0.0
Changing Husbands
as Oliver Evans
1924
0.0
Triumph
as William Silver
1924
0.0
Avalanche
as George Vandeau
1923
5.9
🎬
Young Medardus
as Medardus Klähr
1923
4.9
Sodom and Gomorrah
as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
1922
5.8
🎬
Eine versunkene Welt
1922
0.0
🎬
Herren der Meere
1922
0.0
🎬
Das Blut
1922
0.0
The Red Peacock
as Alfred Germont
1920
0.0
🎬
A skorpió
1918
0.0
🎬
Hotel Imperial
1918
0.0
🎬
A tanítónö
1917
0.0
A csikós
as Andris, a csikóslegény
1917
0.0
🎬
The Wolf
1917
0.0
Mágnás Miska
as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
1917
0.0
🎬
Havasi Magdolna
1916
0.0
🎬
Bánk bán
1915
0.0
The Undesirable
as Miklós
1915
4.8
The Yellow Foal
1914
0.0