Alias: Bondy Esterhazy
Like several other generici who were active in Italian cinema, Andrea 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]].
[1. de.esterhazy.net]
Filmography
- Le infedeli (uncredited) .... Party guest
1953 - Roman Holiday (uncredited) .... Embassy staffer
1955 - Addio, Napoli! (uncredited) .... Judge
1956 - War and Peace (uncredited) .... Dolokhov's second at duel
1958 - The Naked Maja (uncredited) .... Count De Fuentes
1959 - Annibale (uncredited) .... Slave who betrays Silvia
- Storie d'amore proibiti (Le secret du chevalier d'Eon) (uncredited) .... Foreign ambassador
1961 - Madame Sans-Gêne (uncredited) .... role?
1962 - Il Commissario (uncredited) .... Politician
- La congiura dei Dieci (uncredited) .... Nobleman
1963 - 55 Days at Peking (uncredited) .... Austrian Minister
- Gidget Goes to Rome (uncredited) .... Butler
- The Pink Panther (uncredited) .... Holiday guest at Cortina d'Ampezzo
1965 - Su e giù - Episode 4: "Il Colpo del Leone" (uncredited) .... role?
1967 - Arriva Dorellik (uncredited) .... Night club manager
- Il tigre (uncredited) .... Master of ceremonies
- La cintura di castità (uncredited) .... Nobleman
- Le dolci signore (uncredited) .... Party guest
- La morte viene dal pianeta Aytin (uncredited) .... Professor Stevens
- Scusi facciamo l'amore? (uncredited) .... Man waiting the funeral
- Troppo per vivere, poco per morire (uncredited) .... Man at the award
1968 - Buona Sera, Mrs. Campbell (uncredited) .... Friend of the Countess
- Heißer Sand auf Sylt (credited as André Esterhazy) .... Dr. Bauer
- House of Cards (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Ruba al prossimo tuo (credited as Andrea Esterasy) .... Mario Marini
- Tre passi nel delirio (uncredited) .... Card-playing officer (segment "William Wilson")
- Un minuto per pregare, un istante per morire (uncredited) .... Townsman
1969 - 5 per l'inferno (uncredited) .... American military officer
- Amarsi male (uncredited) .... Business associate
- Dove vai tutta nuda? (uncredited) .... The minister, a party guest
- Oh dolci baci e languide carezze (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Scacco alla regina (uncredited) .... Party guest
- 12 + 1 (uncredited) .... Notary
1970 - Colpo rovente (uncredited) .... Radio announcer
- Hornets' Nest (credited as Bondy Esterhazy) .... General Dohrmann
- The Adventurers (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show
- Waterloo (uncredited) .... The Duke of Richmond
1971 - Morte a Venezia (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
- Stanza 17-17 palazzo delle tasse ufficio imposte (uncredited) .... Commendator Borgnelli
1972 - Avanti! / Che cosa è successo tra mio padre e tua madre? (uncredited) .... Hotel guest
- Girolimoni, il mostro di Roma (uncredited) .... Cappellini, fascist
- Ludwig (uncredited) .... Officer
1973 - Ash Wednesday (credited) .... Conte d'Arnoud
- Io e lui (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Polvere di stelle (uncredited) .... Man granting his wife to Americans / American major
1974 - Daisy Miller (credited as Bondy Esterhazy) .... Doctor
- Identikit (uncredited) .... Airplane passenger
- L'erotomane (uncredited) .... Member on the board of directors
- Nipoti miei diletti (uncredited) .... Brothel client
1975 - A mezzanotte va la ronda del piacere (uncredited) .... Party guest (pic lost)
- La casa dell'esorcismo (uncredited) .... American tourist
- Mahogany (uncredited) .... Man at fashion show
- Quel movimento che mi piace tanto (uncredited) .... Party guest
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (TV) (uncredited) .... Footman
1976 - A Matter of Time (credited) .... Jeweler
- Bluff storia di truffe e di imbroglioni (uncredited) .... Nightclub client at the bar
- Bordella (uncredited) .... Bar customer
- Cadaveri eccellenti (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Cassandra Crossing (uncredited) .... Train passenger
- Il comune senso del pudore (uncredited) .... Man at cinema
- L'eredità Ferramonti (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Languidi baci... perfide carezze (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Obsession (credited) .... D'Annunzio
- Tutti possono arrichire tranne i poveri (uncredited) .... role? (uncertain identification)
1977 - Il gatto (uncredited) .... Judge
- Il ginecologo della mutua (uncredited) .... Professor Cavendish
- Holocaust 2000 (uncredited) .... Doctor
1978 - I gabbiani volano basso (credited) .... Calvi
- Il furto della Gioconda (TV mini-series) (uncredited) .... Judge
- Le témoin / Il testimone (credited as Andrea Estherazi) .... Monsignore
1980 - Il treno per Istambul (TV mini-series, episode 1) (credited as Andrea Estherhazy) .... Sir Henry
- La cage aux folles II / Il vizietto II (uncredited) .... Guest at Manderstam's birthday party
1981 - Lion of the Desert (uncredited) .... Announcer at Italian military ball
- The Salamander (credited as André Esterhazy) .... Minister of Defence
1982 - Identificazione di una donna (uncredited) .... Party guest
- Morte in Vaticano (credited) .... Cardinal
- Ricchi, ricchissimi... praticamente in mutande (uncredited) .... Card player
- Verdi (TV mini-series) (uncredited) .... Husband of Giuseppina's singing pupil
1983 - Notturno (uncredited) .... Ambassador in Germany