Ernö Verebes
Verebes Erno ( Ernst Verebes; born December 6, 1902 in New York City; † June 13, 1971 in Los Angeles ) was an actor and singer, who temporarily lived in Hungary, Germany and the USA and worked.
Life and work
Erno Verebes was indeed born in the beginning of the last century in New York, but returned to his Come as immigrants to the United States in 1914 family back to Hungary. After training at the Theatre Academy in Budapest and performing as a stage actor Verebes 1922 started in the film A hetedik fátyol his career as a film actor. Soon he was (under the name Ernst Verebes ) in German silent films a sought-after and popular protagonist. 1928 Verebes in the large-format book film artists. We represent ourselves. In an amusing article, he confessed: "Bringing Elegant humor in the film expressed, to get the people that a hearty laugh from her pearl white Chlorodontzähnen penetrates, I consider my role in the film. "
Verebes was one of those actors who transition to talkies coped seamlessly because of her voice and charisma. He was seen in the subsequent period in numerous music and entertainment films, including in Va Banque ( on the side of Gustav Gründgens and Lil Dagover ), the film operetta Das Blaue vom Himmel ( Music by Paul Abraham, screenwriter Billy Wilder), the comedy mystery of the red cat and the operetta films Countess Maritza (Music Emmerich Kálmán ), Victoria and ihr Husar and The flower of Hawaii (Music respective Paul Abraham). Until 1936, movie on film, the actor was forced to emigrate. He went to his country of birth United States and there was under his old name Erno Verebes continue to work in the film, but mostly in smaller roles. He never reached the popularity of which he had enjoyed in Europe. Was Verebes often seen in Germany and Hungary in the role of the nobles or of the officer, so he was now occupied often as a typical German or even as an SS officer. An exception was his role as a stage manager in Ernst Lubitsch's film to be or not.
After the Second World War Verebes turned on in filmed entertainment, but the roles were always modest. He played in 1952 in the film version of the operetta The Merry Widow (music by Franz Lehar ) a waiter, without being included in the list of the actors. Similarly, it went to him in 1953 in the role of Prof. Alligari in Houdini, king of vaudeville. He took the consequences and retired at the age of only 51 years of film work. After all, he could look back on the impressive track record of more than 140 rolls of film. He spent his final years, retired from the film business, in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles.