Guy Deghy (born Gedeon Aladar Istvan Deghy; 11 October 1912 – 25 February 1992), was a
Hungarian-born
actor
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who appeared largely in
British
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films and television, as in the 5th episode of the first season of ''
The Saint
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Fiction
* Simon Templar, also known as "The Saint", the protagonist of a book series by Leslie Charteris and subsequent adaptations:
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'' depicting Inspector Oscar Kleinhaus, also making another appearance as the same character in an episode of the 5th series.
His character, Major Wilhelm Wilner, was also one of the few Germans to survive in ''
Where Eagles Dare
''Where Eagles Dare'' is a 1968 war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a joint British-American Special Operations Executive team of paratroopers raiding a castle (shot on lo ...
'' (1968). He also appeared on the London stage.
He died in
London
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, England aged 79.
Selected filmography
* ''
Mister Emmanuel'' (1944) - Police Lieutenant
* ''
Against the Wind'' (1948) - German Sergeant Major
* ''
The Fake'' (1953) - Stranger (uncredited)
* ''
The Divided Heart
''The Divided Heart'' is a 1954 British black-and-white drama film directed by Charles Crichton and starring Cornell Borchers, Yvonne Mitchell and Armin Dahlen. The film is based on a true story of a child, whose father was a member of Sloven ...
'' (1954) - Schoolteacher
* ''
Companions in Crime
''Companions in Crime'' (A.K.A. ''Stryker Strikes Twice'') is a 1954 British crime film directed by John Krish and starring Clifford Evans, George Woodbridge and Kenneth Haigh. The film is a spin-off from the television series '' Stryker of th ...
'' (1954)
* ''
The Colditz Story
''The Colditz Story'' is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton. It is based on the 1952 memoir written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV-C, Colditz ...
'' (1955) - German Soldier
* ''
The Constant Husband
''The Constant Husband'' is a 1955 British comedy film, directed by Sidney Gilliat and starring Rex Harrison, Margaret Leighton, Kay Kendall, Cecil Parker, George Cole and Raymond Huntley. The story was written by Gilliat together with Val ...
'' (1955) - Stromboli
* ''
Little Red Monkey
''Little Red Monkey'', released in the United States as ''Case of the Red Monkey'', is a 1955 British crime film directed by Ken Hughes and starring Richard Conte, Rona Anderson and Russell Napier. Detectives from Scotland Yard investigate a seri ...
'' (1955) - Social Club Recreation Director
* ''
All for Mary'' (1955) - Ski Instructor
* ''
Lost
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'' (1956) - Erikkson (uncredited)
* ''
The Steel Bayonet
''The Steel Bayonet'' is a 1957 British war film directed by Michael Carreras and starring Leo Genn, Kieron Moore and Michael Medwin. Michael Caine also had a small role in the film, early in his career. It is set during the Second World War, in ...
'' (1957) - Artillery N.C.O.
* ''
Carve Her Name with Pride'' (1958) - SS Man (uncredited)
* ''
The Mouse That Roared
''The Mouse That Roared'' is a 1955 satirical novel by Irish-American writer Leonard Wibberley, which launched a series of satirical books about an imaginary country in Europe called the Duchy of Grand Fenwick. Wibberley used the premise to m ...
'' (1959) - Soviet Ambassador (uncredited)
* ''
The House of the Seven Hawks
''The House of the Seven Hawks'' is a 1959 British mystery film directed by Richard Thorpe and starring Robert Taylor, Nicole Maurey and Linda Christian. It was the final film by Robert Taylor under his twenty five-year contract with MGM. The f ...
'' (1959) - Desk Lieutenant
* ''
Follow That Horse!
''Follow That Horse!'' is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Alan Bromly from a screenplay by William Douglas-Home. It stars David Tomlinson, Cecil Parker, Richard Wattis, Mary Peach and Dora Bryan. Various parties including scientists and ...
'' (1960) - German Delegate (uncredited)
* ''
Surprise Package'' (1960) - Tibor Smolny
* ''
A Matter of WHO
''A Matter of WHO'' is a 1961 British comedy thriller film directed by Don Chaffey and starring Terry-Thomas as a World Health Organization employee trying to trail the source of a deadly virus. It also featured Julie Alexander, Sonja Zieman ...
'' (1961) - Ivonovitch
* ''
The Silent Invasion
''The Silent Invasion'' is a low budget 1962 British film.
Plot
During WW II, a German garrison is stationed in the small French town of Mereux. French local Maria falls in love with German captain Eric Von Strafen. However, the romance comes to ...
'' (1962) - Pierre
* ''
Sammy Going South
''Sammy Going South'' (retitled ''A Boy Ten Feet Tall'' for its later US release) is a 1963 British adventure film directed by Alexander Mackendrick, photographed by Erwin Hillier and starring Edward G. Robinson, Fergus McClelland and Constan ...
'' (1963) - Doctor
* ''
The Mouse on the Moon
''The Mouse on the Moon'' is a 1963 British comedy film, the sequel to ''The Mouse That Roared''. It is an adaptation of the 1962 novel ''The Mouse on the Moon'' by Irish author Leonard Wibberley, and was directed by Richard Lester. In it, the p ...
'' (1963) - Russian Scientist
* ''
Becket
''Becket or The Honour of God'' (french: Becket ou l'honneur de Dieu) is a 1959 play written in French by Jean Anouilh. It is a depiction of the conflict between Thomas Becket and King Henry II of England leading to Becket's assassination in 117 ...
'' (1964) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''
Devil Doll'' (1964) - Hans (uncredited)
* ''
The Comedy Man
''The Comedy Man'' is a 1964 British kitchen sink realism drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw. It depicts the life of a struggling actor in Swinging London.
More later ...
'' (1964) - Schuyster
* ''
The Yellow Rolls-Royce
''The Yellow Rolls-Royce'' is a 1964 British dramatic composite film written by Terence Rattigan, produced by Anatole de Grunwald, and directed by Anthony Asquith, the trio responsible for '' The V.I.P.s'' (1963).
Apparently adapting an idea fr ...
'' (1964) - Mayor
* ''
Operation Crossbow
''Crossbow'' was the code name in World War II for Anglo-American operations against the German V-weapons, long range reprisal weapons (V-weapons) programme.
The main V-weapons were the V-1 flying bomb and V-2 rocket – these were launched aga ...
'' (1965) - Dutch Barge Skipper (uncredited)
* ''
The One Eyed Soldiers
''The One Eyed Soldiers'' is a 1966 United Kingdom/Yugoslavian/Italian/United States international co-production crime film shot in Yugoslavia that was directed and co-written by John Ainsworth under the name of Jean Christophe. The film, shot ...
'' (1966) - Harold Schmidt / Zavo
* ''Spia spione'' (1967)
* ''
Dark of the Sun
''Dark of the Sun'' (also known as ''The Mercenaries'' in the UK) is a 1968 British adventure war film starring Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux, Jim Brown, and Peter Carsten. The film, which was directed by Jack Cardiff, is based on Wilbur Smith's ...
'' (1968) - Delage
* ''
Amsterdam Affair
''Amsterdam Affair'' is a 1968 British crime film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Wolfgang Kieling, William Marlowe, Catherine Schell and Pamela Ann Davy. The plot is about Dutch policeman Van Der Valk, who investigates a novelist who is ...
'' (1968) - Will Munch
* ''
Duffy'' (1968) - Captain Schallert
* ''
Subterfuge'' (1968) - Dr. Lundgren
* ''
Where Eagles Dare
''Where Eagles Dare'' is a 1968 war film directed by Brian G. Hutton and starring Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood and Mary Ure. It follows a joint British-American Special Operations Executive team of paratroopers raiding a castle (shot on lo ...
'' (1968) - Major Wilhelm Wilner (uncredited)
* ''Vendetta for the Saint'' (1969) - Maresciallo
* ''
Before Winter Comes
''Before Winter Comes'' is a 1969 British comedy-drama war film directed by J. Lee Thompson from a screenplay by Andrew Sinclair.
Plot
''Before Winter Comes'' takes place in the immediate aftermath of World War II. British Major Giles Burnside ...
'' (1969) - Kovacs
* ''
A Walk with Love and Death
''A Walk with Love and Death'' is a 1969 American adventure drama historical romance war film directed by John Huston and starring Anjelica Huston and Assi Dayan.
Plot
The story is based on the 1961 novel by Hans Koningsberger, set at the ti ...
'' (1969) - The Priest
* ''
The Looking Glass War
''The Looking Glass War'' is a 1965 spy novel by John le Carré. Written in response to the positive public reaction to his previous novel, ''The Spy Who Came in from the Cold'', the book explores the unglamorous nature of espionage and the da ...
'' (1970) - Fritsche
* ''
The Kremlin Letter
''The Kremlin Letter'' is a 1970 American neo-noir DeLuxe Color espionage thriller in PanavisionSeymour, Gene. "100 Greatest Spy Movies: A Special Collector's Edition from the Editors of American History. 2009. Weider History Group. directed b ...
'' (1970) - Professor
* ''
Cry of the Banshee
''Cry of the Banshee'' is a 1970 British horror film directed by Gordon Hessler and starring Vincent Price as an evil witchhunter. The film was released by American International Pictures. The film costars Elisabeth Bergner, Hilary Dwyer, and Hu ...
'' (1970) - Party Guest
* ''
Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me
''Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me'' is a novel by Richard Fariña. Parts campus novel and travelogue, the book was first published in 1966 and is largely based on Fariña's college experiences and travels. Set variously in an upstat ...
'' (1971) - Kovacs
* ''
Universal Soldier'' (1972) - Timmerman
* ''
March or Die'' (1977) - Ship's Captain
* ''
The Greek Tycoon
''The Greek Tycoon'' is a 1978 American biographical romantic drama film, of the ''roman à clef'' type, directed by J. Lee Thompson. The screenplay by Morton S. Fine is based on a story by Fine, Nico Mastorakis, and Win Wells, who loosely ba ...
'' (1978) - Tablir
* ''
Success Is the Best Revenge'' (1984) - Angry Old Man
References
External links
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1912 births
1992 deaths
British male film actors
British male television actors
Hungarian male film actors
Hungarian male television actors
Male actors from Budapest
20th-century British male actors
Hungarian emigrants to the United Kingdom
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