Victor Varconi

Personal Info

Birthday

March 30, 1891

Day of Death

1976-06-06

(85 years old)

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

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.

Known For

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Samson and Delilah

Reap the Wild Wind

Unconquered

For Whom the Bell Tolls

Dancing Pirate

The Sea Hawk

The King of Kings

Filmography

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