People
Victor Varconi
Biography:
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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... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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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 |