Stephen Bekassy

Stephen Bekassy
Stephen Bekassy (center)
Born Békássy István
(1907-02-10)February 10, 1907
Nyíregyháza, Hungary
Died October 30, 1995(1995-10-30) (aged 88)
Budapest, Hungary
Other names Istvan Bekassy
Years active 1930–1964
Spouse(s) 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

  1. ↑ Monahan, Kaspar (December 12, 1944). "Show Shops". The Pittsburgh Press. Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh. p. 18. Retrieved August 13, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ 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

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