Gyula Gózon

Gyula Gózon (19 April 1885 – 8 October 1972) was a Hungarian actor and comedian.

Life

Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885, in Érsekújvár, but grew up in Esztergom. With the mentoring of his brother, he could fulfill his dream of learning to be a singer actor at the actor school of Szidi Rákosi in Budapest. After graduating, he joins a group touring the southern part of the country, often working under harsh conditions, changing location and repertory often. During this period he has the chance to polish his prosaic capabilities, one that was omitted in Rákosi's school. After playing in Târgu Mureş and Miercurea Ciuc, he gains the attention of Miklós Erdélyi, the director of Oradea's theater, who offers him contract in 1904. He plays here for six years, and befriends Gyula Kabos, forming a lifelong comradeship, and comedic duo. In 1912 Endre Nagy offers him to join his newly forming Cabaret (Apolló theatre) in Budapest, followed by years working in the Népopera and Király Theatre. Gózon accepted his first movie role in 1914 (the silent film ''A becsapott újságíró''), appearing nearly a hundred during his lifetime. In 1917 he marries Lili Berky, with whom he starts the Muskátli Cabaret, often appearing on stage together. After the venture failed in 1920, he joins the Belvárosi Theatre in 1927, followed by the Új Theatre two years later.

With Gyula Kabos he gets a role in ''Kék Bálvány'', Hungary's first major motion picture, and like his mate, Gózon quickly becomes a much used actor of the emerging movie industry, appearing in the first hits of Budapest's theatres, like ''Hyppolit a lakáj'' or ''Meseautó''. In 1935, along with his wife, he is contracted to the National Theatre). On the account of Jew-laws, he is banned from work in 1941, followed by years of hiding in his Rákosliget home during World War II. In 1945 Gózon re-joins the National Theatre, enjoying a second flowering of his career for a decade. After his wife's death in 1958, the health of the now 73-year-old actor began to fail, and seven years after his last appearance in the National Theatre, he died on 8 October 1972.

Legacy

Gyula Gózon is one of the few entertainers who could be successful and active all along the years of the Monarchy, the Horthy regime, and the Communist rule. Throughout his long career, he appeared in over 90 movies (including silent ones), and was both a pioneer and master of the Hungarian Cabaret. He received the Kossuth Prize in 1954. His former home in Rákosliget is now home to the Gózon Gyula Repertory Theater, opened in 2005.

Filmography

*1914 ''A becsapott újságíró'' (silent)
*1931 ''A kék bálvány''
*1931 ''Hyppolit, a lakáj''
*1932 ''Tavaszi zápor''
*1932 ''Csókolj meg, édes''
*1933 ''Pardon tévedtem''
*1933 ''Rákóczi induló''
* '' A Night in Venice'' (1934)
*1933 ''Mindent a nőért''
*1934 '
*1934 '' Az új rokon''
* '' The Dream Car'' (1934)
*1934 ''Lila akác''
* '' Romance of Ida'' (1934)
*1934 ''Iglói diákok''
*1934 ''Emmy''
*1934 ''Márciusi mese''
*1935 ''Köszönöm, hogy elgázolt''
*1935 ''Szerelmi álmok''
*1935 '' Villa for Sale''
*1935 ''Budai cukrászda''
*1935 ''Édes mostoha''
*1935 ''Szent Péter esernyője''
*1935 ''Nem élhetek muzsikaszó nélkül''
*1935 ''A királyné huszárja''
*1935 ''A csúnya lány''
*1936 ''Három sárkány''
*1936 ''Zivatar Kemenespusztán''
*1936 ''Mária nővér''
*1936 ''A titokzatos idegen''
*1937 ''Lovagias ügy''
*1937 ''Az ember néha téved''
*1937 ''Egy lány elindul''
*1937 ''Segítség, örököltem''
*1938 ''A Noszty fiú esete Tóth Marival''
* '' Rézi Friday'' (1938)
*1938 ''Borcsa Amerikában''
*1938 ''Tizenhárom kislány mosolyog az égre''
*1938 ''János vitéz''
*1939 ''Semmelweis''
*1940 ''A szerelem nem szégyen''
*1940 ''Szarajevo''
*1940 ''Zavaros éjszaka''
*1940 ''Erdélyi kastély''
*1940 ''Rózsafabot''
*1945 ''Aranyóra''
*1945 ''Hazugság nélkül''
*1945 ''Tanítónő''
*1946 ''Mesél a film''
*1947 ''Könnyű múzsa''
*1948 ''Beszterce ostroma''
*1949 '' Janika''
*1950 ''Dalolva szép az élet''
*1951 ''Tűzkeresztség''
*1951 ''Különös házasság''
*1951 ''Déryné''
*1951 ''Civil a pályán''
* ''The State Department Store'' (1953)
*1953 '' Ifjú szívvel''
*1954 ''Rokonok''
*1954 ''Én és a nagyapám''
*1954 ''Fel a fejjel''
*1954 ''Simon Menyhért születése''
*1955 ''Különös ismertetőjel''
*1956 ''A csodacsatár''
*1957 ''Gerolsteini kaland''
*1959 ''Pár lépés a határ''
*1959 ''Tegnap''
*1960 ''Három csillag''
* '' I'll Go to the Minister'' (1962)
*1961 ''Puskák és galambok''
*1961 ''Nem ér a nevem''
*1961 ''Amíg holnap lesz''
*1962 ''Esős vasárnap''
*1963 ''Pacsirta''
*1963 ''Új Gilgames''
*1964 ''A kőszívű ember fiai I-II.''
*1964 ''Aranysárkány''

Sources

*Bálint, Lajos. ''Mind csak Színház''. Budapest: Szépirodalmi Könyvkiadó, 1975.
Gyula Gózon in the Hungarian Theatrical Lexicon
(György, Székely. ''Magyar Színházművészeti Lexikon''. Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1994. ), freely available on mek.oszk.hu

External links

Official site of the Gózon Gyula Repertory Theater
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gozon, Gyula
1885 births
1972 deaths
Hungarian male film actors
Hungarian male silent film actors
20th-century Hungarian male actors
Hungarian male stage actors
Hungarian comedians
People from Nové Zámky
20th-century comedians