Béla Barsi

Béla Barsi was born on Jan 24, 1906 in Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]. Béla Barsi's big-screen debut came with Simon Menyhért születése directed by Zoltán Várkonyi in 1954, strarring Espersit József. Béla Barsi is known for The Round-Up directed by Miklós Jancsó, János Görbe stars as Gajdar János and Zoltán Latinovits as Veszelka Imre. The upcoming new movie Béla Barsi plays is Egy magyar nábob which will be released on Dec 22, 1966.

Béla Barsi was a hyper-active thespian who worked without any interruption from the age of 22 to his death in 1968 at the too early age of 62. Barsi started his acting career in 1928 in the Romanian town of Cluj. One year later he settled down in his native Hungary where he landed roles alternately in Budapest and provincial theaters. From 1940 to 1944, he belonged to the Oradea company run by Bálint Putnik, and later (1948-1949) to the Györ Theater. Moving to Szeged, he performed in the town theater between 1949 and 1956. Then he became a member of the Budapest National Theater and played there until the end. As of 1952, he also worked in films, in roles of various importance. Bela Barsi thus had the opportunity to appear in films directed by the greatest names of Hungarian cinema, Zoltan Fábri (8 films), Imre Fehér (5 films), Miklós Jancsó (4 films), Karoly Makk (4 films), Felix Mariassy (3 films) and Istvan Gaal (1 film). One of his best roles is that of Istvan Pataki, a tyrannical farmer who has 'sold' his daughter's hand to his business partner in Fábri's stunning "Merry-Go-Round" (1955).