Ferenc Zenthe (born Ferenc Rameshofer; 20 April 1920 â€" 30 July 2006)
was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the
Nation, the Kossuth Prize and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary.
Best known from the historical series A Tenkes Kapitánya and
pioneering soap opera Szomszédok, he was regarded as one of the great
talents of his generation.Ferenc Zenthe was born on 20 April 1920 in
Salgóbánya (now part of Salgótarján) as the only son of a
50-year-old mining engineer. He attended the Cistercian high school of
Eger, then attended four semesters in the University of Economics in
Budapest, which he left to join the Academy of Performing Arts in
1941, but ended his studies after one year because of World War II. He
joined the National Theatre of Pécs in 1945, and after two seasons,
the Kisfaludy Theatre of GyÅ'r (now the National Theatre of GyÅ'r). In
1949 he joined the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen, and in 1952 the
Madách Theatre of Budapest, where he stayed for the rest of his
life.Beloved by the audience from the start of his career, he received
numerous film and television roles in the restarting Hungarian film
industry. His first role was the one of army general Sándor Nagy in
Föltámadott a Tenger, then the leading role of Rákóczi hadnagya.
This followed a series of romantic/comedic roles: a Kétszer kettÅ'
néha 5, Mese a 12 találatról, Kölyök, Fapados szerelem. In 1963
he got the leading role of the first series produced by the Hungarian
Television: A Tenkes kapitánya (The Captain of Tenkes). As the leery
Máté Eke in one of the greatest success of early Hungarian
television, Zenthe's fame grew potentially. He led the cast of the
Oscar-nominated The Revolt of Job in 1983. Beside movies and stage
roles, he was mainly known from TV series like Tüskevár, Fekete
Város, Bors, and particularly Szomszédok: from 1987, he formed the
grumbling old taxi driver Uncle Taki in the first sitcom of the
Hungarian Television, which achieved cult status in its 12-year run.
Ferenc Zenthe also performed numerous voiceovers, and was the cast
member of Europe's longest running radio play, Szabó család, for
which he recorded scenes even from his deathbed . Ferenc Zenthe died
of pneumonia on 30 July 2006, and was buried in the Farkasréti
Cemetery.
was a Hungarian actor, honored with being chosen as an Actor of the
Nation, the Kossuth Prize and the Meritorious Artist Award of Hungary.
Best known from the historical series A Tenkes Kapitánya and
pioneering soap opera Szomszédok, he was regarded as one of the great
talents of his generation.Ferenc Zenthe was born on 20 April 1920 in
Salgóbánya (now part of Salgótarján) as the only son of a
50-year-old mining engineer. He attended the Cistercian high school of
Eger, then attended four semesters in the University of Economics in
Budapest, which he left to join the Academy of Performing Arts in
1941, but ended his studies after one year because of World War II. He
joined the National Theatre of Pécs in 1945, and after two seasons,
the Kisfaludy Theatre of GyÅ'r (now the National Theatre of GyÅ'r). In
1949 he joined the Csokonai Theatre of Debrecen, and in 1952 the
Madách Theatre of Budapest, where he stayed for the rest of his
life.Beloved by the audience from the start of his career, he received
numerous film and television roles in the restarting Hungarian film
industry. His first role was the one of army general Sándor Nagy in
Föltámadott a Tenger, then the leading role of Rákóczi hadnagya.
This followed a series of romantic/comedic roles: a Kétszer kettÅ'
néha 5, Mese a 12 találatról, Kölyök, Fapados szerelem. In 1963
he got the leading role of the first series produced by the Hungarian
Television: A Tenkes kapitánya (The Captain of Tenkes). As the leery
Máté Eke in one of the greatest success of early Hungarian
television, Zenthe's fame grew potentially. He led the cast of the
Oscar-nominated The Revolt of Job in 1983. Beside movies and stage
roles, he was mainly known from TV series like Tüskevár, Fekete
Város, Bors, and particularly Szomszédok: from 1987, he formed the
grumbling old taxi driver Uncle Taki in the first sitcom of the
Hungarian Television, which achieved cult status in its 12-year run.
Ferenc Zenthe also performed numerous voiceovers, and was the cast
member of Europe's longest running radio play, Szabó család, for
which he recorded scenes even from his deathbed . Ferenc Zenthe died
of pneumonia on 30 July 2006, and was buried in the Farkasréti
Cemetery.
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