Actor

Elmyr de Hory

Acting1906Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Biography

Elmyr de Hory (1905 – December 11, 1976) was a Hungarian-born painter and art forger who claimed to have sold over a thousand forgeries to reputable art galleries all over the world. His forgeries garnered much celebrity from a Clifford Irving book, Fake!, and from F for Fake (1974), a documentary essay film by Orson Welles. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Credits

2008Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Horyas SelfMovie
1997Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgeryas Self (archive footage)Movie
1973F for Fakeas SelfMovie

Details

Known for: Acting
Born: April 16, 1906
Age: 70
Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Gender: Male
Known credits: 3

Known for

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Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery poster

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Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory poster

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