Gyula Gózon

Gyula Gózon 19 April 1885 Nové Zámky 8 October 1972 Budapest was a Hungarian actor and comedian Gyula Gózon was born on 19 April 1885 in Nové Zámky but grew up in Esztergom With the mentoring of his brother he could fulfill his dream of learning to be a singer actor at the actor school of Szidi Rákosi in Budapest After graduating he joins a group touring the southern part of the country often working under harsh conditions changing location and repertory often During this period he has the chance to polish his prosaic capabilities one that was omitted in Rákosis school After playing in Târgu Mure? and Miercurea Ciuc he gains the attention of Miklós Erdélyi the director of Oradeas theater who offers him contract in 1904 He plays here for six years and befriends Gyula Kabos forming a lifelong comradeship and comedic duo In 1912 Endre Nagy offers him to join his newly forming Cabaret Apolló theatre in Budapest followed by years working in the Népopera and Király Theatre Gózon accepted his first movie role in 1914 the silent film A becsapott újságíró appearing nearly a hundred during his lifetime In 1917 he marries Lili Berky with whom he starts the Muskátli Cabaret often appearing on stage together After the venture failed in 1920 he joins the Belvárosi Theatre in 1927 followed by the Új Theatre two years later With Gyula Kabos he gets a role in Kék Bálvány Hungarys first major motion picture and like his mate Gózon quickly becomes a much used actor of the emerging movie industry appearing in the first hits of Budapests theatres like Hyppolit a lakáj or Meseautó In 1935 along with his wife he is contracted to the National Theatre On the account of Jewlaws he is banned from work in 1941 followed by years of hiding in his Rákosliget home during World War II In 1945 Gózon rejoins the National Theatre enjoying a second flowering of his career for a decade After his wifes death in 1958 the health of the now 73yearold actor began to fail and seven years after his last appearance in the National Theatre he died on 8 October 1972 Gyula Gózon is one of the few entertainers who could be successful and active all along the years of the Monarchy the Horthy regime and the Communist rule Throughout his long career he appeared in over 90 movies including silent ones and was both a pioneer and master of the Hungarian Cabaret He received the Kossuth Prize in 1954 His former home in Rákosliget is now home to the Gózon Gyula Repertory Theater opened in 2005 Description above from the Wikipedia article Gyula Gózon licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia