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Karl Huszar-Puffy


Foto: Gregory Harlip (?-1945)

1884 - 1942

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The actor Karl Huszar-Puffy was born as Karoly Huszar in Budapest.

He began his stage acting career in Hungary in 1905. He became a popular stage comedian in the 10s with his figure "Pufi". The figure became so popular that he added it to his real name.

Karl Huszar-Puffy also made his film debut in Hungary. To his first movies belong "Pufi cipöt vesz" (14), "Szent Péter esernyöje" (17) and "Az ezredes" (17).

He went to Germany in 1918 where he soon became a busy actor in German silent movies. Beside it he continued to appear on stage.
To his well-known movies of those years belong "Putschliesel" (20), "Der Mann ohne Namen" (21), "Der Roman eines Dienstmädchens" (21), "Der Sträfling von Cayenne" (21), "Der müde Tod" (21), "Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo" (21), "Kinder der Finsternis" (21), "Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler" (22), "Der Graf von Essex" (22), "Das Weib auf dem Panther" (23) and "Die grosse Unbekannte" (24).

Despite his numerous engagements in Germany he went to the USA in 1924 where he continued his film career. There he was normally engaged for short movies besides few feature movies.
So his works in the USA belong "The Rose of Paris" (24), "Rolling Stones" (25), "The Lucky Accident" (25), "The Milky Way" (25), "By the Sea" (25), "Tight Cargo" (26), "Help Wanted" (26), "Mixed Doubles" (26), "The Mystery Club" (26), "Wild Bill" (26), "The Lost Soul" (27), "The Party Man" (27), "Love Me and the World Is Mine" (27), "The Private Life of Helen of Troy" (27) and "The Man Who Laughs" (28).

Afterwards he returned to Germany where he again impersonated numerous support roles in popular movies like "Das Land ohne Frauen" (29), "Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame" (29), "Der blaue Engel" (30), "Zweimal Hochzeit" (30), "Der König von Paris" (30), "Das gelbe Haus des King-Fu" (31), "Fünf von der Jazzband" (32), "Der tolle Bomberg" (32), "Kleine Mutti" (35) and "Viereinhalb Musketiere" (35).

His last cinematical works came in Hungary into being with "Az ember néha téved" (38) and "Nehéz apénak lenni" (38).

With the outbreak of World War II he fled to the Sovjet Union. When he wanted to go to the USA he was arrested and he came via the labor camp Kokusekt to the camp Spassk - both were located in Kazakhstan. There he died in 1942.

 
Other movies with Karl Huszar-Puffy (Actor):
Vig egyveleg, avagy Pufi és tarsai (14) Tavasz a télben (17) Lili (18) Der Mord ohne Täter (21) Die drei Tanten (21) Miss Beryll...die Laune eiens Millionärs (21) Um den Sohn (21) Das Mädchen, das wartet (21) Aus den Memoiren einer Filmschauspielerin (21) Das Rätsel der Sphinx (21) Das Mädel von Picadilly (21) Seine Exzellenz von Madagaskar (22) Bardame (22) Sie und die Drei (22) Lebenshunger (22) Arctic Adventure (22) Die Frau mit den Millionen (23) Freund Ripp (23) Open All Night (24) City Bound (25) Nearly Rich (25) Unwelcome (25) Nicely Rewarded (25) The Greenhorn (25) Speak Easy (25) Pleasure Bent (25) Westward Whoa! (25) Muddled Up (25) Back to Nature (25) Kick Me Again (25) Faint Heart (25) Horse Laugh (26) Badly Broke (26) The Phoney Express (26) Tune Up! (26) Taking the Heir (26) The Optimist (26) The Love Thief (26) Wise or Otherwise (26) The Thirteenth Man (26) Wide Open Faces (26) Wives and Women (26) Nobody Loves Me (26) Babes in the Sawdust (26) Hook or Crook (26) Not Guilty! (26) High and Dizzy (27) Hot Air (27) Smother o' Mine (27) Do or Diet (27) Under the Bed (27) Ah! Gay Vienna! (27) Mockery (27) Honest and Truly (27) A Man's Past (27) Horns and Orange Blossoms (28) The Prince and the Papa (28) All Balled Up (28) Rhythms of a Great City in Minor (28) His In-Laws (28) Some Babies (28) Married Bachelors (28) Yellow Lily (28) Mein Herz ist eine Jazzband (29) Der Held aller Mdächenträume (29) Der lustige Witwer (29) Meine Schwester und ich (29) Vater und Sohn (29) Der Erzieher meiner Tochter (30) Polizeispionin 77 (30) Der Nächste, bitte! (30) Der König von Paris (30) Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies (30) Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies (30) Meine Cousine aus Warschau (31) Die Abenteurerin von Tunis (31) Ein ausgekochter Junge (31) Die Männer um Lucie (31) Pardon, tévedtem (33) Iza néni (33) Skandal in Budapest (33) Rakoczy-Marsch (33) Helyet az öregeknek (34) Ende schlecht, alles gut (34) Segitseg, örököltem! (37)
 
Writer
Freund Ripp (23)

Producer:
Freund Ripp (23)


 
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