Hungarian-Russian-Japanese mystery

[Prof Steven P Hill]

Dear colleagues:

Has anyone tracked down the fate of the obese Hungarian comic actor KAROLY 
"PUFI-PUFFY" HUSZAR ( 1884- ? )?  Similar to Raoul Wallenberg, who disappeared in 
Hungary in the hands of the Red Army at the end of WW2, Mr Huszar disappeared 
around the start of WW2, and his end, even the year of his death, seems shrouded 
in uncertainty.

Some sources claim Huszar left Hungary (perhaps 1940-41) and travelled through 
Russia to the Far East, but was interned by the Russians when WW2 began, and 
died in a Soviet camp in 1942, supposedly of starvation.  

Other sources claim he died in Tokyo (?) in 1940, but with no indication of the date 
or cause of his death.

Huszar may not have been as celebrated as Wallenberg, but he did have a certain 
popularity on the screen, especially in Germany (1920-24, 1929-35) and the US 
(1924-28).  Altogether, "Pufi-Puffy" acted (usually as a fat comic) in at least 113 
films between 1914 and 1938.

Gratefully,
Steven P Hill,
University of Illinois (USA).
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