Trivia

His normal speaking accent sounded almost exactly like that of Transylvanian Bela Lugosi.

He was the first Hungarian actor to make a film in the United States.

He worked on the New York City stage and wrote for radio.

After his successful excursion to the USA he came back to Germany where he played again under the direction of Alexander Korda in the movie "Der Tänzer meiner Frau" (1925) where he played together with Korda's wife Maria Corda. With her he also acted in the two Italian productions.

On the peak of his career he came to an abrupt end with the transition to the talkies. He no longer did become offers for leading roles. For the time being he acted in German versions of American movies.Nevertheless he managed to appear regular on the screen for the next two decades.

From 1920 he also played in some German silent movies and showed an impressive performance in "Jenseits von Gut und Böse" (1920) and "Nachtbesuch in der Northernbank" (1921). It followed the movie "Herren der Meere" (1922), directed by Alexander Korda and "Sodom und Gomorrha" (1922).

Because of his part in "Sodom und Gomorrha" director Cecil B. DeMille became aware of Victor Varconi and engaged him for the movie "Changing Husbands" in 1924, directed by Frank Urson. Victor Varconi got positive critics and was employed by DeMille for the movies "Feet of Clay" (1924) and "Triumph" (1924).

He began his film career in Hungary where he appeared in many movies like "Sarga csiko" (1913), "Bank Ban" (1914) and "Magia" (1917). Unfortunately nearly all his early movies got lost.

He was originally booked to play a Russian officer of the Czar in Love (1927).