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)
Bibliography Kulik, Karol. Alexander Korda: The Man Who Could Work Miracles. Virgin Books, 1990.
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