Bill Nagy
Biography
Bill Nagy was a Canadian actor who built his career largely in the United Kingdom. Born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1921, he moved to Canada as a child and grew up in Toronto. He trained as a ballroom dancer and later studied acting in New York City at the Actors Studio. In mid-1949 he arrived in London to serve as the understudy to Paul Muni in the debut British staging of Death of a Salesman, and he chose to stay in England once the production closed. Between 1950 and 1973 he took on 140 roles for film and television, usually as an American or Canadian supporting player in British-made productions. He was seen in The Trojan Tanker episode of Department S in 1968, and between 1967 and 1970 he was Gregg Flint on Coronation Street. On the West End stage he took the part of Alvaro in The Rose Tattoo and played Stewpot in South Pacific. He died in 1973.
51years old at death
- Born Hungary
- Died London
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- Also credited as Paul William Nagy
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 15 years1957 to 1972
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First role
Nagy arrived in London in mid-1949 to understudy Paul Muni in the first British staging of Death of a Salesman. Once that run was over, he decided to stay in England.
Bill Nagy movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Patrick Allen appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Patrick Allen's page
Geraldine Chaplin's page
Martin Benson's page
Earl Cameron's page
Carl Jaffe's page
Helen Horton's page
Also two films together1 more actor
- Robert AyresBattle Beneath the Earth (1967) and First Man into Space (1959)
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