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Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi
  • Name: Victor Varconi
  • Birthday: 1891-03-30
  • Also known as: Mihály Várkonyi,Viktor Varkonyi,Victor Varkonyi,Michael Varkonyi,Michal Victor Varconyi,Michael Varconyi,Michael Varconi,Várkonyi Mihály,Виктор Варкони
  • Place of birth: Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
  • Popularity: 0.029
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... Read More

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Title Release date
The Atomic Submarine   as  Clifford Kent 1959-11-29
The Man Who Turned to Stone   as  Dr. Myer 1957-03-01
Samson and Delilah   as  Lord of Ashdod 1949-12-21
Pirates of Monterey   as  Capt. Cordova 1947-12-01
Where There's Life   as  Finance Minister Zavitch 1947-11-21
Unconquered   as  Captain Simeon Ecuyer 1947-10-10
Scotland Yard Investigator   as  Jules 1945-09-30
The Hitler Gang   as  Rudolph Hess 1944-04-26
For Whom the Bell Tolls   as  Primitivo 1943-07-12
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines   as  Enemy Security Officer 1943-01-01
They Raid by Night   as  Col. Otto von Ritter 1942-06-19
My Favorite Blonde   as  Miller 1942-04-02
Reap the Wild Wind   as  Lubbock 1942-03-26
Forced Landing   as  Hendrick Van Deuren 1941-07-11
Federal Fugitives   as  Otto Lieberman 1941-03-29
The Sea Hawk   as  Gen. Aguirre 1940-08-10
Strange Cargo   as  Fisherman 1940-03-01
Pound Foolish   as  Victor Lestrade 1940-01-27
Everything Happens at Night   as  Cavas 1939-12-22
Disputed Passage   as  Dr. LaFerriere 1939-10-25
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation   as  Paul Borodoff 1939-07-07
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle   as  Grand Duke 1939-03-29
Submarine Patrol   as  Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano 1938-11-25
Suez   as  Victor Hugo 1938-10-28
King of the Newsboys   as  Wire Arno 1938-03-18
Big City   as  Paul Roya 1937-09-03
Men in Exile   as  Gomez 1937-04-04
Trouble in Morocco   as  Kamaroff 1937-03-09
The Plainsman   as  Painted Horse 1936-11-16
Dancing Pirate   as  Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards) 1936-05-22
A Feather in Her Hat   as  Paul Anders 1935-10-25
Mister Dynamite   as  Jarl Dvorjak 1935-04-22
Roberta   as  Ladislaw 1935-03-07
When London Sleeps   as  Stephen Ronsart 1934-12-01
The Song You Gave Me   as  Karl Linden 1933-01-01
The Rebel 1932-12-22
The Doomed Battalion   as  Artur Franchini 1932-04-30
Safe in Hell   as  General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez 1931-12-12
Men in Her Life   as  Count Ivan Karloff 1931-11-10
The Black Camel   as  Robert Fyfe 1931-06-21
Doctors' Wives   as  Dr. Kane Ruyter 1931-03-14
Captain Thunder   as  El Captain Thunder 1930-12-27
The Warsaw Citadel 1930-05-28
Mein Herz gehört Dir... 1930-02-23
The Cult of the Body   as  Czeslaw 1930-01-18
Eternal Love   as  Lorenz Gruber 1929-05-11
The Divine Lady   as  Horatio Nelson 1928-12-26
Sinners' Parade   as  Al Morton 1928-09-14
Tenth Avenue   as  Bob Peters 1928-08-06
Chicago   as  Amos Hart 1927-12-23
The Forbidden Woman   as  Col. Gautier 1927-10-28
The Angel of Broadway   as  Jerry Wilson 1927-10-02
The King of Kings   as  Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea 1927-04-19
The Little Adventuress   as  George La Fuente 1927-04-11
Fighting Love 1927-02-14
The Volga Boatman   as  Prince Dimitri 1926-05-23
Silken Shackles 1926-05-13
The Last Days of Pompeii   as  Glauco 1926-03-09
Her Dancing Partner 1925-11-06
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna 1925-04-01
Feet of Clay   as  Bookkeeper 1924-09-27
Changing Husbands   as  Oliver Evans 1924-06-22
Triumph   as  William Silver 1924-04-27
Avalanche   as  George Vandeau 1923-10-16
Young Medardus   as  Medardus Klähr 1923-10-05
Sodom and Gomorrah   as  Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn 1922-10-13
Herren der Meere 1922-02-03
Das Blut 1922-02-02
Arme Violetta 1920-12-25
A skorpió 1918-11-18
Hotel Imperial 1918-11-12
A tanítónö 1917-10-08
A csikós   as  Andris, a csikóslegény 1917-09-10
The Wolf 1917-01-01
Mágnás Miska   as  Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály) 1917-01-01
Havasi Magdolna 1916-01-04
Bánk bán 1915-04-19
The Undesirable   as  Miklós 1915-03-20
The Yellow Foal 1914-01-12