Theodore Zichy

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Theodore Zichy in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)

Count Theodore Bela Rudolf Zichy de Zich et Vásonkeő (Hungarian: zichi és vásonkeői gróf Zichy Tivadar Béla Rudolf; 13 June 1908–February 1988) was a British actor, photographer, film director, producer and playboy[1] of Hungarian descent.

Born in Eastbourne in Sussex in 1908, the son of Count Béla Maria Rudolf Zichy (1868-1944), a Hungarian aristocrat and an American mother, Mabel Elizabeth (née Wright) (1865-1926), his brother was Edward George Bela Maria Zichy (1898-1958). A great-nephew of Mihály Zichy, Theodore Zichy held joint British and Hungarian citizenship. He married Xenia V Howard Johnston (1904-1931) on 20 February 1928 in Paris, France; the couple divorced in 1930.[2] For a brief period in 1932 he tried racing in Bugattis.[3][4]

As a photographer he mainly took pictures of women’s legs, feet and shoes. His 1948 photograph portfolio Chiaroscuros (from the Italian "chiaroscuro") contained images of foot and shoe fetishism.[1] In the mid-1950s he worked as a photographer for Baron Studios in London. His autobiography That Was No Gentleman, That Was Zichy was published in 1974.[5]

Acring career

As an actor Zichy appeared as 2nd in Command in Gasbags (1941), Colonel Borg in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), as the Duel Referee in the TV movie Liebelei (1954), and as a German Agent in Private's Progress (1956).[6]

As Director and Producer

He directed and produced the shorts Death Was a Passenger (1958), Portrait of a Matador (1958) and Mingaloo (1958), also writing the latter, as well as directing and producing the films Night Without Pity (1961) and Doomsday at Eleven (1963).[6] He produced the film Bomb in the High Street (1961).[7]

Count Theodore Zichy committed suicide in London in 1988 aged 79.[3][8]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Theodore Zichy on 'Art & Popular Culture' website
  2. ↑ Zichy's Family Tree
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Zichy on the Golden Era of GP Racing 1934-40 -Drivers website
  4. ↑ Competitors in the Grand Prix Miasta Lwowa 1932
  5. ↑ Zichy, Count Theodore That Was No Gentleman, That Was Zichy Polybooks, London (1974) ISBN 0284985619
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Zichy on the Internet Movie Database
  7. ↑ Cast list for Bomb in the High Street
  8. ↑ Anderson, J. (2011) 'Obsession: Peter Saville' - Another Man Issue 13 Autumn/Winter (2011) p.76

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