Stephen Bekassy, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Stephen Bekassy

Hungarian actor

Date of Birth: 10-Feb-1907

Place of Birth: Nyíregyháza, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary

Date of Death: 30-Oct-1995

Profession: film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Stephen Bekassy, born István Békássy in Nyíregyháza, Hungary (February 10, 1907 – October 30, 1995), was a Hungarian-born American film actor. He married to Teri Fejes in 1931, but divorced in 1933.
In 1936 he married to Lívia Neufeld, but as well divorced soon in 1938. Bekassy immigrated to the US, where he eventually married Beverly Violet Bidwell (1905 - 1971) on October 8, 1941 in Carson City, Nevada.
In 1969 he married to Erika Beregi.
He subsequently married Hanna Hertelendy (1919–2008), the widow of actor Robert Walker. Bekassy's American stage debut came in Errand for Berenice in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in 1944.
His American film debut was in A Song to Remember (1945).He appeared in films such as Hell and High Water and Prisoner of War in 1954.
On television he made two guest appearances on Perry Mason.
In 1958 he played art expert Laslo Kovac in "The Case of the Purple Woman," and in 1959 he played murder victim Rick Stassi in "The Case of the Bartered Bikini."