Gyula Zilahy



Gyula Zilahy (22 January 1859, Zilah – 16 May 1938, Budapest) was a Hungarian stage and film actor. He co-directed several films with Alexander Korda in 1914-1915 including Korda's first film Watchhouse in the Carpathians. Zilahy was born as Gyula Balogh in 1859 in Zilah (today Zalău, Romania) and his career began in 1876. From 1880-84 he worked in Kolozsvár (today Cluj-Napoca, Romania), then in Debrecen (1885–87), and in Szeged (1888).

Selected filmography
Actor
 * Pax vobiscum (1920)
 * Stars of Eger (1923)
 * The Csardas Princess (1927)
 * The Blue Idol (1931)
 * Wine (1933)

Director
 * Watchhouse in the Carpathians (1914)