Gyula Szabó (15 July 1930 – 4 April 2014) was a Hungarian

actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He won two

Mari Jászai Mari Jászai (born Mária Krippel; 24 February 1850, Ászár – 5 October 1926, Budapest) was a Hungarian actress. Life Mari Jászai 24 February 1850 in Ászár, Komárom county, as a daughter of a carpenter. She worked from age 10 as a maid ...

Prizes. He appeared in forty

movie A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, sinc ...

s between 1953 and 2002. He is best known for appearing in movies such as '' Ifjú szívvel'' (1953), '' Kiskrajcár'' (1953), '' Egy pikoló világos'' (1955), ''

A tizedes meg a többiek ''The Corporal and the Others'' () is a 1965 Hungarian comedy film directed by Márton Keleti. The film was chosen to be part of the Budapest Twelve, a list of Hungarian films considered the best in 1968. Cast * Imre Sinkovits - Corporal Ferenc ...

'' (1965) and '' Defekt'' (1977). He was the Hungarian voice of the eponymous American television character

Columbo ''Columbo'' is an American crime drama television series starring Peter Falk as Columbo (character), Lieutenant Columbo, a homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. After two pilot episodes in 1968 and 1971, the show originall ...

and the narrator of the ''

Hungarian Folktales ''Hungarian Folk Tales ased on the main title and cast list of each episode/ref>'' (, ) is a Hungarian animated series and one of the first and biggest successes of Pannonia Film Studio, based on studio head Ferenc Mikulás' original idea and di ...

'' animated television series. He was born in

Kunszentmárton Kunszentmárton is a small town of the county of Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok, central Hungary. Geography Körös River crosses the town from the north-east to the south. Twin towns – sister cities Kunszentmárton is Sister city, twinned with: * Tete ...

, Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County. Szabó died on 4 April 2014 at the age of 83.

Selected filmography

* ''

At the End of September ''At the End of September'' (Hungarian: ''Szeptember végén'') is a 1942 Hungarian historical drama film directed by Kálmán Zsabka and starring Éva Szörényi, László Horváth and Margit Ladomerszky. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios i ...

'' (1942) * '' Lóránd Fráter'' (1942) * '' Black Dawn'' (1943) * '' Muki'' (1944) * '' Boy or Girl?'' (1944) * ''

Wedding March Music is often played at wedding celebrations, including during the ceremony and at festivities before or after the event. The music can be performed live by instrumentalists or vocalists or may use pre-recorded songs, depending on the format ...

'' (1944) * '' Love Travels by Coach'' (1955) * ''

Iron Flower ''Iron Flower'' () is a 1958 Hungarian drama film directed by János Herskó. It was entered into the 1958 Cannes Film Festival. It was shot at the Hunnia Studios in Budapest. Plot The story takes place in Óbuda in the 1930s. István Petters ...

'' (1958) * '' Yesterday'' (1959)

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* 1930 births 2014 deaths Hungarian male film actors Hungarian male stage actors Hungarian male television actors People from Kunszentmárton {{Hungary-actor-stub