Stephen Bekassy
Stephen Bekassy | |
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 Stephen Bekassy (center) | |
| Born | Békássy István February 10, 1907 |
| Died | October 30, 1995 (aged 88) |
| Other names | Istvan Bekassy |
| Years active | 1930–1964 |
| Spouse | Hanna Hertelendy |
Stephen Bekassy, born Istavan Bekassy in Nyíregyháza, Hungary (February 10, 1907 – October 30, 1995), was a Hungarian born American film actor.
Bekassy immigrated to the US, where he eventually married Beverly Violet Bidwell (1905 - 1971) on October 8, 1941 in Carson City, Nevada. He subsequrnly married Ilona Hanna Landy Zimka (1919–2008), the widow of actor Robert Walker.
Bekassy's American stage debut came in Errand for Berenice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1944. His American film debut was in A Song to Remember (1945).[1]
He appeared in films such as Hell and High Water and Prisoner of War in 1954.[2] On television he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason. In 1958 he played art expert Laslo Kovac in "The Case of the Purple Woman," and in 1959 he played murder victim Rick Stassi in "The Case of the Bartered Bikini."
References
- ^ Monahan, Kaspar (December 12, 1944). "Show Shops". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. p. 18. Retrieved August 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Celluloid wars: a guide to film and the American experience of war. Greenwood Publishing Group. 1992. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-313-26099-5. Retrieved 25 April 2013.
Partial filmography
- Beyond the Time Barrier 1960
- The Racers 1955
- Prisoner of War 1954
- Hell and High Water 1954
- Fair Wind to Java 1953
- The Pathfinder (1952)
- Woman of the North Country (1952)
- Ten Tall Men (1951)
- Secrets of Monte Carlo (1951)
- Black Magic 1949
- Arch of Triumph (1948)
- A Song to Remember 1945
- Tales of Budapest (1937)
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