Artúr Somlay (28 February 1883, in

Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the second-largest city on the Danube river; the city has an estimated population ...

– 10 November 1951, in Budapest) was a Hungarian

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film actor An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

Selected filmography

* '' Today and Tomorrow'' (1912) * ''

Faun The faun (, grc, φαῦνος, ''phaunos'', ) is a half-human and half-goat mythological creature appearing in Greek and Roman mythology. Originally fauns of Roman mythology were spirits (genii) of rustic places, lesser versions of their c ...

'' (1918) * ''

Princess Woronzoff ''Princess Woronzoff'' (German: ''Die Fürstin Woronzoff'') is a 1920 German silent adventure film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Hugo Flink and Rudolf Forster.Bock & Bergfelder p.130 The film's sets were designed by th ...

'' (1920) * '' The Clan'' (1920) * '' The Railway King'' (1921) * ''

The Adventuress of Monte Carlo ''The Adventuress of Monte Carlo'' (german: Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo) is a 1921 German silent adventure film directed by Adolf Gärtner and starring Ellen Richter, Anton Pointner and Eduard von Winterstein. It was released in three part ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Riddle of the Sphinx A sphinx ( , grc, σφίγξ , Aeolic Greek, Boeotian: , plural sphinxes or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of a falcon. In Culture of Greece, Greek tradition, the sphinx has the he ...

'' (1921) * ''

Ilona ''Ilona'' is a Hungarian female given name, the traditional name of the Queen of the Fairies in Magyar folklore. Its etymology is uncertain. A common theory is that Ilona is cognate with the Greek given name ''Helen''. Diminutive forms include ...

'' (1921) * '' Harvest'' (1936) * ''

Deadly Spring ''Deadly Spring'' (Hungarian: ''Halálos tavasz'') is a 1939 Hungarian drama film directed by László Kalmár and starring Pál Jávor, Katalin Karády and Éva Szörényi.Virginás p.35 It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. The film's ...

'' (1939) * ''

Duel for Nothing ''Duel for Nothing'' (Hungarian: ''Párbaj semmiért'') is a 1940 Hungarian drama film directed by Emil Martonffy and starring Gyula Csortos, Lili Berky and Alice Nagy. It was based on a novel by Sándor Hunyady. Plot summary Cast * Gyula C ...

'' (1940) * '' Végre!'' (1941) * '' The Relative of His Excellency'' (1941) * ''

Valahol Európában ''Somewhere in Europe'' ( hu, Valahol Európában) is a 1948 Hungarian drama film directed by Géza von Radványi. It depicts the aftermath of World War II and specifically the lives of a gang of orphaned children in a postwar setting. The gang of ...

'' (1948) * '' Lúdas Matyi'' (1950) * ''

Különös házasság ''Különös házasság'' (''A Peculiar Marriage'') is a 1951 Hungarian drama film directed by Márton Keleti, based on the novel of the same name (first published in 1900) by Kálmán Mikszáth. It was entered into the 1951 Cannes Film Festiva ...

'' (1951)

Bibliography

* Simon, Andrew L. ''Made in Hungary: Hungarian Contributions to Universal Culture''. Simon Publications, 1998.

External links

* 1883 births 1951 deaths Hungarian male film actors Hungarian male silent film actors 20th-century Hungarian male actors Male actors from Budapest 1951 suicides Drug-related suicides in Hungary Alcohol-related deaths in Hungary {{Hungary-actor-stub