Like several other generici who were active in Italian cinema, Andrea Esterhazy (alias Bondy Esterhazy) was a nobleman - more precisely a count. His full name was Count András Béla Péter Hubert Esterházy and he was born on 19th October 1913 in Bratislava, Slovakia.[1]
Known as Bandi (sometimes spelled Bondy or Bondi) to his friends, Andrea worked at the Foreign Ministery in Budapest before the outbreak of WW2. In 1947, he was sent to Rome as an embassy secretary, and enjoyed life there so much that he remained for the rest of his life.[1]
He embarked on a career as an actor, and because he was a fluent speaker of German, Hungarian, Italian, French and English, he was cast in small roles in a number of international productions shot in Rome, such as War and Peace (1956), 55 Days at Peking (1963), Obsession (1976) and The Salamander (1981). The majority of Andrea's roles were small (though most of them were speaking parts), but he occasionally played larger roles, such as I gabbiani volano basso (1978).
He died in 1984.[1]
Filmography
- Le infedeli .... Party guest (uncredited)
1953 - Roman Holiday .... Embassy staffer (uncredited)
- The Man From Cairo / Dramma nella Kasbah .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
1955 - Addio, Napoli! .... Judge (uncredited)
1956 - Il bigamo .... Member of Principe's entourage (uncredited)
- Totò lascia o raddoppia? .... Nightclub customer (uncredited)
- War and Peace .... Russian officer at the dinner (uncredited)
1957 - A Farewell to Arms .... Tavern customer (uncredited)
1958 - Giovani mariti .... Guest at 3rd wedding reception (uncredited)
- The Naked Maja .... Count De Fuentes (uncredited)
1959 - Annibale .... Slave who betrays Silvia (uncredited)
- Storie d'amore proibiti (Le secret du chevalier d'Eon) .... Foreign ambassador (uncredited)
- Tutti innamorati .... Priest at the opening ceremony (uncredited)
1961 - Il relitto .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Madame Sans-Gêne .... role? (uncredited)
1962 - Il Commissario .... Politician (uncredited)
- La congiura dei Dieci .... Nobleman (uncredited)
- Sodoma e Gomorra .... Man at the banquet (uncredited)
1963 - 55 Days at Peking .... Austrian Minister (uncredited)
- Gidget Goes to Rome .... Butler (uncredited)
- The Cardinal .... Cardinal (uncredited)
- The Pink Panther .... Holiday guest at Cortina d'Ampezzo (uncredited)
1965 - Su e giù - segment 4: "Il Colpo del Leone" .... role?
1966 - I Spy (TV series) S. 2, Ep. 4: "Vendetta" .... Hotel desk clerk (uncredited)
1967 - Arriva Dorellik .... Night club manager (uncredited)
- Il tigre .... Master of ceremonies (uncredited)
- La cintura di castità .... Nobleman (uncredited)
- La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin .... Professor Stevens (uncredited)
- Le dolci signore .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Troppo per vivere, poco per morire .... Man at the award (uncredited)
1968 - Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell .... Friend of the Countess (uncredited)
- Heißer Sand auf Sylt .... Dr. Bauer (credited as "André Esterhazy")
- House of Cards .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Le petit baigneur / Si salvi chi può .... Boat dealer (uncredited)
- Ruba al prossimo tuo .... Mario Marini (credited as "Andrea Esterasy")
- Scusi, facciamo l'amore? .... Man waiting to attend Bebe's funeral (uncredited)
- Tre passi nel delirio - segment "William Wilson" .... Card-playing officer (uncredited)
- Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire .... Townsman (uncredited)
1969 - 5 per l'inferno .... American military officer (uncredited)
- Amarsi male .... Business associate (uncredited)
- Dove vai tutta nuda? .... The minister, a party guest (uncredited)
- Oh dolci baci e languide carezze .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Scacco alla regina .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Una su 13 .... Notary (uncredited)
1970 - Colpo rovente .... Radio announcer (uncredited)
- Hornets' Nest .... General Dohrmann (credited as "Bondy Esterhazy")
- The Adventurers .... Man at fashion show (uncredited)
- Waterloo .... The Duke of Richmond (uncredited)
1971 - Morte a Venezia .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
- Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse ufficio imposte .... Commendator Borgnelli (uncredited)
1972 - Avanti! / Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? .... Hotel guest (uncredited)
- Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma .... Cappellini, fascist (uncredited)
- Ludwig .... Officer (uncredited)
1973 - Ash Wednesday .... Conte d'Arnoud (credited)
- Io e lui .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Polvere di stelle .... Man granting his wife to Americans / American major (uncredited)
1974 - Daisy Miller .... Doctor (credited as "Bondy Esterhazy")
- Identikit .... Airplane passenger (uncredited)
- L'erotomane .... Member on the board of directors (uncredited)
- Nipoti miei diletti .... Brothel client (uncredited)
1975 - A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere .... Party guest (uncredited - pic lost)
- La casa dell'esorcismo .... American tourist (uncredited)
- La parola, il fatto: Anarchia .... role? (credited as André Estherhazy)
- Mahogany .... Man at fashion show (uncredited)
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (TV) .... Footman (uncredited)
1976 - A Matter of Time .... Jeweler (credited)
- Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni .... Nightclub client at the bar (uncredited)
- Bordella .... Bar customer (uncredited)
- Cadaveri eccellenti .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Cassandra Crossing .... Train passenger (uncredited)
- Il comune senso del pudore .... Man at cinema (uncredited)
- L'eredità Ferramonti .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Obsession .... D'Annunzio (credited)
- Quel movimento che mi piace tanto .... Guest at the wedding party (uncredited)
- Tutti possono arricchire tranne i poveri .... Hotel de Paris client (uncredited)
1977 - Il gatto .... Judge (uncredited)
- Il ginecologo della mutua .... Professor Cavendish (uncredited)
- Holocaust 2000 .... Doctor (uncredited)
1978 - I gabbiani volano basso .... Giorgio Calvi (credited)
- Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) .... Judge (uncredited)
- Le témoin / Il testimone .... Monsignore (credited as "Andrea Estherazi")
1980 - Il treno per Istambul (TV mini-series) - ep. 1 .... Sir Henry (credited as "Andrea Estherhazy")
- La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II .... Guest at Manderstam's birthday party (uncredited)
1981 - Lion of the Desert .... Announcer at Italian military ball (uncredited)
- The Salamander .... Minister of Defence (credited as "André Esterhazy")
1982 - Identificazione di una donna .... Party guest (uncredited)
- Morte in Vaticano .... Cardinal (credited)
- Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande .... Card player (uncredited)
- Verdi (TV mini-series) .... Husband of Giuseppina's singing pupil (uncredited)
1983 - Notturno .... Ambassador in Germany (uncredited)
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