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Victor Varconi

Victor Varconi

Actor · Died June 6, 1976, aged 85 · Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
March 30, 1891
Died
June 6, 1976 (aged 85)
From
Kisvárda, Austria-Hungary
Works as
Actor
Titles
20 on MovieCove · 89 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 39 days to Oct 28Down 36% in 30 days

What are Victor Varconi's films like?

Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Bonds.

Genres

Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 45th percentile
: browse their Drama movies
Adventure3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 72nd percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Adventure movies
Comedy3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
44%
Bonds
22%
Self
13%
Power
12%
Survival
9%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDuty4 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity3 titles, browse their movies with this themeSacrifice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass2 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 12 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 3 · Dark 3

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 3 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 3

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 4 · Charged 4 · Intense 4

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

A split, not a type: Steady 5 · Shifting 7 · Whiplash 0

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 3 · Funny 2

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 2

Casual: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their casual movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 8 · Engaged 4 · Full focus 0

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

2 analyzed roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
7
Thrilling
5
Joyful
4
Absurd
3
Romantic
4
Other
7

How their films linger

Fun8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteRousing5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 2 with a twist

  • Happy8
  • Bittersweet3
  • Ambiguous1

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Victor Varconi's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 7 of their 20 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (5).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Victor Varconi's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

89 credits, 20 with a MovieCove page.

  • The Atomic Submarine(1959)

    as Clifford Kent

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Man Who Turned to Stone (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1957)

    as Dr. Myer

  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents(1955)

    Show 1 episode · as Count d'Auberge

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Samson and Delilah(1949)

    as Lord of Ashdod

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • Studio One (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1948)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Pirates of Monterey (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1947)

    as Capt. Cordova

  • Where There's Life(1947)

    as Finance Minister Zavitch

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • Unconquered(1947)

    as Captain Simeon Ecuyer

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Scotland Yard Investigator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1945)

    as Jules

  • The Hitler Gang (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1944)

    as Rudolph Hess

  • For Whom the Bell Tolls(1943)

    as Primitivo

    Midcredits score: 72nd percentile of all films

  • Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1943)

    as Enemy Security Officer

  • They Raid by Night(1942)

    as Col. Otto von Ritter

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • My Favorite Blonde(1942)

    as Miller

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • Reap the Wild Wind(1942)

    as Lubbock

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Forced Landing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Hendrick van Deuren (uncredited)

  • Federal Fugitives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1941)

    as Otto Lieberman

  • The Sea Hawk(1940)

    as Gen. Aguirre

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Strange Cargo(1940)

    as Fisherman

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all films

  • Pound Foolish (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1940)

    as Victor Lestrade

  • Everything Happens at Night (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Cavas

  • Disputed Passage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1939)

    as Dr. LaFerriere

  • Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation(1939)

    as Paul Borodoff

    Midcredits score: 62nd percentile of all films

  • The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle(1939)

    as Grand Duke

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Submarine Patrol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Italian Naval Chaplain Vanzano

  • Suez(1938)

    as Victor Hugo

    Midcredits score: 63rd percentile of all films

  • King of the Newsboys (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1938)

    as Wire Arno

  • Big City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Paul Roya

  • Men in Exile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Gomez

  • Trouble in Morocco (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1937)

    as Kamaroff

  • The Plainsman(1936)

    as Painted Horse

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Dancing Pirate(1936)

    as Don Balthazar (Monterey Captain of the Guards)

    Midcredits score: 21st percentile of all films

  • A Feather in Her Hat(1935)

    as Paul Anders

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Mister Dynamite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1935)

    as Jarl Dvorjak

  • Roberta(1935)

    as Ladislaw

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • When London Sleeps (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1934)

    as Stephen Ronsart

  • The Song You Gave Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1933)

    as Karl Linden

  • The Rebel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    Actor

  • The Doomed Battalion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1932)

    as Artur Franchini

  • Safe in Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as General Emmanuel Jesus Maria Gomez

  • Men in Her Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Count Ivan Karloff

  • The Black Camel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Robert Fyfe

  • Doctors' Wives (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1931)

    as Dr. Kane Ruyter

  • Captain Thunder (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as El Captain Thunder

  • The Warsaw Citadel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • Mein Herz gehört Dir... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    Actor

  • The Cult of the Body (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1930)

    as Czeslaw

  • Eternal Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1929)

    as Lorenz Gruber

  • The Divine Lady (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Horatio Nelson

  • Sinners' Parade (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Al Morton

  • Tenth Avenue (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1928)

    as Bob Peters

  • Chicago (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Amos Hart

  • The Forbidden Woman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Col. Gautier

  • The Angel of Broadway (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Jerry Wilson

  • The King of Kings(1927)

    as Pontius Pilate - Governor of Judea

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • The Little Adventuress (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as George La Fuente

  • Fighting Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1927)

    as Gabriel Amari

  • For Wives Only (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Dr. Rittenhaus

  • The Volga Boatman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Prince Dimitri

  • Silken Shackles (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    Actor

  • The Last Days of Pompeii (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1926)

    as Glauco

  • Her Dancing Partner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Actor

  • L'uomo più allegro di Vienna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1925)

    Actor

  • Worldly Goods (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Clifford Ramsay

  • Feet of Clay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Bookkeeper

  • Changing Husbands (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as Oliver Evans

  • Triumph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1924)

    as William Silver

  • Avalanche (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as George Vandeau

  • Young Medardus (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1923)

    as Medardus Klähr

  • Sodom and Gomorrah(1922)

    as Priester des Lyzeums - Engel des Herrn

    Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all films

  • Eine versunkene Welt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Actor

  • Masters of the Sea (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    as Captain Scott

  • Das Blut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1922)

    Actor

  • The Red Peacock (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Alfred Germont

  • The Merry Widow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1920)

    as Danilo

  • Magic Waltz (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Niki hadnagy

  • The Scorpion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Jean Morell

  • Hotel Imperial (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    Actor

  • The Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Száki János, festõmüvész

  • 99 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1918)

    as Herr mit vielen Namen

  • Mágia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Pal

  • A tanítónö (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    Actor

  • A csikós (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Andris, a csikóslegény

  • Mágnás Miska (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Baracs (as Várkonyi Mihály)

  • The Wolf (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1917)

    as Szabó Gyuri

  • Havasi Magdolna (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1916)

    Actor

  • Bánk bán (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    Actor

  • The Undesirable (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1915)

    as Miklós

  • The Yellow Foal (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1914)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 93rd percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 89 titles from 1914 to 1959.

Biggest box office

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

$26K worldwide

Highest rated

Roberta (1935)

Midcredits 80th

Most popular right now

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)

Film career

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting89 of 89: 89 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score72nd

By decade

1910s14 · acting1920s28 · acting1930s27 · acting1940s17 · acting1950s3 · acting

Billing

usually 9th · top billed in 0% of 15 roles
273242

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Victor Varconi's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 71st percentile, the median of all 19; across their 12 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 63rd percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

63rdpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Approval · how many liked their films

60thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Reach · how many have seen their films

47thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 12

Midcredits score across 20 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up8
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th1
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

14 of their 20 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser14
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed3

Most divisive · actor

Dancing Pirate (1936)

65th percentile spread · 30% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Sea Hawk (1940)

Midcredits 94th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the acting 61/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 69, detractors 40. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Who does Victor Varconi work with?

People who share at least 2 of Victor Varconi's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Gary Cooper shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers