Actors - Victor Varconi

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Mihaly Barconyi (March 31, 1891 - June 6, 1976) was a highly successful silent film star in Hungary. Born in Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary, he was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States which he did under the name Victor Varconi

He worked under contract to Cecil B. DeMille, and played Pontius Pilate in DeMille's 1927 production of The King of Kings
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Varconi's popularity waned with the advent of the talkie, and he worked on the New York City stage and wrote for radio.

He died from a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California on June 6, 1976, at the age of 85 and was interred there in the Calvary Cemetery.

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