Bill Nagy (actor)

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| name = Bill Nagy

| image = Bill Nagy in One Step Beyond (The Stranger).jpg

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| caption = Nagy in an episode of One Step Beyond (1961)

| birth_date = 21 February 1921

| birth_place = Budapest, Hungary

| death_date = 19 January 1973(aged 51)

| death_place = London, England

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1951–1973 (film & TV)

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Bill Nagy (1921–1973) was a Hungarian-born Canadian film and television actor who settled and worked in Britain.Hare p.189, 204 He began working on the London stage, appearing in the West End production of ''South Pacific.{{cite news |title=Theatre in Britain |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/63996680/?terms=%22Bill%20Nagy%22%2C%20canadian&match=1 |access-date=9 June 2021 |work=The Lethbridge Herald |date=February 9, 1952}}

Selected filmography

=Film=

A Tale of Five Cities (1951) - G.I. at Table (uncredited)
River Beat (1954) - Eddie
Hands of Destiny (1954) - Captain Scott
The Brain Machine (1955) - Charlie
Shadow of a Man (1955) - Paul Bryant
Joe MacBeth (1955) - Marty
The Stolen Airliner (1955) - Luiz
Cloak Without Dagger (1956) - Mario Oromonda
Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956) - U.S.Officer (uncredited)
Assignment Redhead (1956) - Marzotti
The Eternal Question (1956)
High Tide at Noon (1957) - Sandy McNab (uncredited)
Confess, Killer (1957) - John Digby
Across the Bridge (1957) - Paul Scarff
A King in New York (1957) - Television Announcer (uncredited)
The Mark of the Hawk (1957) - Fred
Man with a Gun (1958) - Joe Harris
I Was Monty's Double (1958) - American Captain
Dial 999 (TV series), ('Picture Puzzle', episode) (1959) - West
First Man Into Space (1959) - Police Chief Wilson
The Mouse That Roared (1959) - U.S. Policeman (uncredited)
Bobbikins (1959) - Rogers - The Butler
Our Man in Havana (1959) - Man at Blue Moon Club (uncredited)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960) - Clarence Olderberry Jr
The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) - Police Chief
Surprise Package (1960) - Johnny Stettina (uncredited)
Transatlantic (1960) - Fabroni
The Long Shadow (1961) - Garity
Crosstrap (1962) - Gaunt
The Road to Hong Kong (1962) - Agent (uncredited)
The Longest Day (1962) - Major in Ste. Mère-Eglise (uncredited)
Danger by My Side (1962) - Sam Warren
Night of the Prowler (1962) - Paul Conrad
The Girl Hunters (1963) - Georgie
Goldfinger (1964) - Mr. Midnight
Boy with a Flute (1964, Short)
Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965) - American Journalist (uncredited)
Where the Spies Are (1966) - Aeradio
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) - Crawford
You Only Live Twice (1967) - USAF General at Pentagon (uncredited)
The Man Outside (1967) - Morehouse
Battle Beneath the Earth (1967) - Col. Talbot Wilson
The White Bus (1967)
Subterfuge (1968) - Embassy Attache
The Adding Machine (1969) - Lawyer
The Revolutionary (1970) - Gansard
Z.P.G. (1972) - The President
Scorpio (1973) - The owner of the pet shop (uncredited) (final film role)

=Television=

Overseas Press Club - Exclusive! (1957) - Pierre J. Huss
The Adventures of Clint and Mac (1957) - Clint's Father
Coronation Street (1961-1970) - Gregg Flint / Joe Baumgarten
Sir Francis Drake (1962) - Corsia
The Saint (1962-1964) - Tony Unciello / Joe Sholto / David Stern
The Avengers (1963) - Johnson
Crane (1964) - Venza
Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (1969) - Lyndon
Madigan (1972) - Ross

References

Bibliography

Hare, William. Early Film Noir: Greed, Lust and Murder Hollywood Style. McFarland, 2010.

External links

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Category:1921 births

Category:1973 deaths

Category:Canadian male film actors

Category:British male film actors

Category:Canadian male television actors

Category:British male television actors

Category:Canadian emigrants to the United Kingdom