László Bakó
László Bakó (21 November 1872 in Sárközújlak, Kingdom of Hungary – 5 August 1928 in Budapest) was a Hungarian actor, most notable for appearing in Bánk Bán.
Life[]
Bakó was born in Sárközújlak, Szatmár County, (now Livada in Satu Mare County), Romania. After graduating in 1899, he was part of the National Theatre and, in 1920, a life member of the National Theatre.
In 1898, Bakó won the Farkas-Ratkó Prize. At the National Theatre, the large roles he played were: Coriolanus, Marc Antony and Brutus, King Lear, Othello, Shylock of Shakespeare's tragedies, Patúr-Petur bán in the Michael Curtiz film Bánk Bán, and Adam in Madách's The Tragedy of Man. He was also a trained singer who performed as a baritone. He died in Budapest on 5 August 1928, at the age of 55.
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