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.
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Films (87)
The Atomic Submarine
1959 · Clifford Kent
The Man Who Turned to Stone
1957 · Dr. Myer
Samson and Delilah
1949 · Lord of Ashdod
Pirates of Monterey
1947 · Capt. Cordova
Where There's Life
1947 · Finance Minister Zavitch
Unconquered
1947 · Captain Simeon Ecuyer
Scotland Yard Investigator
1945 · Jules
The Hitler Gang
1944 · Rudolph Hess
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · Primitivo
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943 · Enemy Security Officer
They Raid by Night
1942 · Col. Otto von Ritter
My Favorite Blonde
1942 · Miller
Reap the Wild Wind
1942 · Lubbock
Forced Landing
1941 · Hendrick van Deuren (uncredited)
Federal Fugitives
1941 · Otto Lieberman
The Sea Hawk
1940 · Gen. Aguirre
Strange Cargo
1940 · Fisherman
Pound Foolish
1940 · Victor Lestrade
Everything Happens at Night
1939 · Cavas
Disputed Passage
1939 · Dr. LaFerriere
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
1939 · Paul Borodoff
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939 · Grand Duke
Submarine Patrol
1938 · Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
Suez
1938 · Victor Hugo
King of the Newsboys
1938 · Wire Arno
Big City
1937 · Paul Roya
Men in Exile
1937 · Gomez
Trouble in Morocco
1937 · Kamaroff
The Plainsman
1936 · Painted Horse
Dancing Pirate
1936 · Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
A Feather in Her Hat
1935 · Paul Anders
Mister Dynamite
1935 · Jarl Dvorjak
Roberta
1935 · Ladislaw
When London Sleeps
1934 · Stephen Ronsart
The Song You Gave Me
1933 · Karl Linden
The Rebel
1932
The Doomed Battalion
1932 · Artur Franchini
Safe in Hell
1931 · General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
Men in Her Life
1931 · Count Ivan Karloff
The Black Camel
1931 · Robert Fyfe
Doctors' Wives
1931 · Dr. Kane Ruyter
Captain Thunder
1930 · El Captain Thunder
The Warsaw Citadel
1930
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
1930
The Cult of the Body
1930 · Czeslaw
Eternal Love
1929 · Lorenz Gruber
The Divine Lady
1928 · Horatio Nelson
Sinners' Parade
1928 · Al Morton
Tenth Avenue
1928 · Bob Peters
Chicago
1927 · Amos Hart
The Forbidden Woman
1927 · Col. Gautier
The Angel of Broadway
1927 · Jerry Wilson
The King of Kings
1927 · Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
The Little Adventuress
1927 · George La Fuente
Fighting Love
1927 · Gabriel Amari
For Wives Only
1926 · Dr. Rittenhaus
The Volga Boatman
1926 · Prince Dimitri
Silken Shackles
1926
The Last Days of Pompeii
1926 · Glauco
Her Dancing Partner
1925 · Edmund Chauvelin
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
1925
Worldly Goods
1924 · Clifford Ramsay
Feet of Clay
1924 · Bookkeeper
Changing Husbands
1924 · Oliver Evans
Triumph
1924 · William Silver
Avalanche
1923 · George Vandeau
Young Medardus
1923 · Medardus Klähr
Sodom and Gomorrah
1922 · Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
Eine versunkene Welt
1922
Masters of the Sea
1922 · Captain Scott
The Blood
1922
The Red Peacock
1920 · Alfred Germont
The Merry Widow
1920 · Danilo
Magic Waltz
1918 · Niki hadnagy
The Scorpion
1918 · Jean Morell
Hotel Imperial
1918
The Devil
1918 · Száki János, festõmüvész
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1918 · Herr mit vielen Namen
Mágia
1917 · Pal
A tanítónö
1917
A csikós
1917 · Andris, a csikóslegény
The Wolf
1917 · Szabó Gyuri
Mágnás Miska
1917 · Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
Havasi Magdolna
1916
Bánk bán
1915
The Undesirable
1915 · Miklós
The Yellow Foal
1914
