Géza Steinhardt

Géza Steinhardt (né Géza Szekeres; 1873–1944) was a Hungarian stage and film actor, theater director, film producer, screenplay writer, and author. He was a Jewish and known for his comic roles. Steinhardt was murdered in the Holocaust during World War II.

Biography

Géza Steinhardt was born with the name Géza Szekeres on 1873 in Levice, Austria-Hungary (now Slovakia). Some records have his name at birth as Géza Goldstein.

He began his career in 1890 at the Folies Caprices, where he partnered with actor Sándor Rott and he remained for 18 years. In 1908, he opened the Trocadero amusement park on Rákóczi Avenue, which he operated until 1917.

Filmography

As actor Dódi karrierje (1915) Link és Flink (1927), as Léha Dezsõ, Dódi

As producer

Prisoner Number Seven (1929)

As writer

Dódi karrierje (1915)