Sándor Tompa

Sándor Tompa
Tompa in 1964
Born22 December 1903
Kézdivásárhely, Austro-Hungarian Empire
Died18 December 1969 (aged 65)
Budapest, Hungary
OccupationActor
Years active1938–1969 (film)

Sándor Tompa (1903–1969) was a Hungarian film and stage actor.[1][2] He was born in Transylvania, part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire which was ceded to Romania after the First World War and acted in the Hungarian language theatre in Cluj.[3] In cinema he was a character actor, appearing often in supporting roles although he played the title character in the 1940 film Gábor Göre Returns.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Nemeskürty & Szántó p.111
  2. ^ Laura p.81
  3. ^ Bíró p.605

Bibliography

  • Bíró, Sándor. The Nationalities Problem in Transylvania, 1867-1940: A Social History of the Romanian Minority Under Hungarian Rule, 1867-1918 and of the Hungarian Minority Under Romanian Rule, 1918-1940. Social Science Monographs, 1992.
  • Laura, Ernesto G. Tutti i film di Venezia, 1932–1984. La Biennale, Settore cinema e spettacolo televisivo, 1985.
  • Nemeskürty, István & Szántó, Tibor. A Pictorial Guide to the Hungarian Cinema, 1901-1984. Helikon, 1985.


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