Victor Varconi
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Series
Studio One
1948
Series
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Count d'Auberge
1955
Film
Samson and Delilah
Lord of Ashdod
1949
Film
Unconquered
Captain Simeon Ecuyer
1947
Film
The King of Kings
Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea
1927
Film
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Primitivo
1943
Film
The Sea Hawk
Gen. Aguirre
1940
Film
The Devil
Száki János, festõmüvész
1918
Film
Reap the Wild Wind
Lubbock
1942
Film
Strange Cargo
Fisherman
1940
Film
Mágia
Pal
1917
Film
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Grand Duke
1939
Film
The Plainsman
Painted Horse
1936
Film
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation
Paul Borodoff
1939
Film
The Scorpion
Jean Morell
1918
Film
Sodom and Gomorrah
Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn
1922
Film
Roberta
Ladislaw
1935
Eine versunkene Welt
1922
Film
Where There's Life
Finance Minister Zavitch
1947
Film
Safe in Hell
General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez
1931
Film
My Favorite Blonde
Miller
1942
Film
The Atomic Submarine
Clifford Kent
1959
Film
99
Herr mit vielen Namen
1918
Film
A Feather in Her Hat
Paul Anders
1935
Film
The Hitler Gang
Rudolph Hess
1944
Film
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
Enemy Security Officer
1943
Film
Magic Waltz
Niki hadnagy
1918
Film
Dancing Pirate
Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)
1936
Film
Submarine Patrol
Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano
1938
Film
King of the Newsboys
Wire Arno
1938
Film
Mágnás Miska
Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)
1917
Film
The Black Camel
Robert Fyfe
1931
Film
Her Dancing Partner
Edmund Chauvelin
1925
Film
The Yellow Foal
1914
Film
Men in Her Life
Count Ivan Karloff
1931
Film
The Song You Gave Me
Karl Linden
1933
Film
Chicago
Amos Hart
1927
Film
The Man Who Turned to Stone
Dr. Myer
1957
Film
Big City
Paul Roya
1937
Film
The Volga Boatman
Prince Dimitri
1926
Film
Suez
Victor Hugo
1938
Film
For Wives Only
Dr. Rittenhaus
1926
Film
They Raid by Night
Col. Otto von Ritter
1942
Film
The Rebel
1932
Film
The Angel of Broadway
Jerry Wilson
1927
The Merry Widow
Danilo
1920
Mein Herz gehört Dir...
1930
Film
The Last Days of Pompeii
Glauco
1926
Masters of the Sea
Captain Scott
1922
Film
The Red Peacock
Alfred Germont
1920
Film
Eternal Love
Lorenz Gruber
1929
Film
Men in Exile
Gomez
1937
Film
Feet of Clay
Bookkeeper
1924
Film
Scotland Yard Investigator
Jules
1945
Film
When London Sleeps
Stephen Ronsart
1934
Film
Everything Happens at Night
Cavas
1939
Film
Captain Thunder
El Captain Thunder
1930
Film
The Divine Lady
Horatio Nelson
1928
Film
The Doomed Battalion
Artur Franchini
1932
Film
Pirates of Monterey
Capt. Cordova
1947
Film
Doctors' Wives
Dr. Kane Ruyter
1931
Film
Sinners' Parade
Al Morton
1928
Film
Disputed Passage
Dr. LaFerriere
1939
Film
Pound Foolish
Victor Lestrade
1940
Film
Forced Landing
Hendrick van Deuren (uncredited)
1941
Film
Worldly Goods
Clifford Ramsay
1924
Tenth Avenue
Bob Peters
1928
Film
Mister Dynamite
Jarl Dvorjak
1935
Film
Trouble in Morocco
Kamaroff
1937
Film
The Little Adventuress
George La Fuente
1927
Film
Changing Husbands
Oliver Evans
1924
Film
The Forbidden Woman
Col. Gautier
1927
Film
Fighting Love
Gabriel Amari
1927
Film
Federal Fugitives
Otto Lieberman
1941
Film
The Undesirable
Miklós
1915
L'uomo più allegro di Vienna
1925
Young Medardus
Medardus Klähr
1923
Film
Triumph
William Silver
1924
Film
Avalanche
George Vandeau
1923
Hotel Imperial
1918
Bánk bán
1915
Film
The Warsaw Citadel
1930
The Cult of the Body
Czeslaw
1930
Film
The Wolf
Szabó Gyuri
1917
Silken Shackles
1926
A tanítónö
1917
The Blood
1922
Film
A csikós
Andris, a csikóslegény
1917
Havasi Magdolna
1916