--- name: "Charles Puffy" canonical: "https://film.one/person/karoly-huszar" fi1m_id: "karoly-huszar" imdb_id: "nm0403917" tmdb_id: 2911 wikidata_id: "Q907026" roles: ["Actor"] born: "3 November 1884" died: "1 January 1942" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T00:21:29.240322+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Charles Puffy ## Identity Charles Puffy - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/karoly-huszar - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** karoly-huszar - **IMDb ID:** nm0403917 - **TMDB ID:** 2911 - **Wikidata ID:** Q907026 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Puffy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2911 Actor. Born 3 November 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. Died 1 January 1942. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 3 November 1884, Budapest, Hungary - **Died:** 1 January 1942 - **Active:** 1922–1930 - **Also known as:** Károly Huszár, Karl Huszár-Puffy, Karl Huszar, Charles Huszar-Puffy, Huszár Károly, Huszár Pufi, Károly Hochstadt, Pufi, Puffy, Pufi Huszár, Карой Хусар - **Frequently works with:** [Erich Pommer](https://film.one/person/erich-pommer.md) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Puffy, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q907026, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0403917/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2911 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Blue Angel*](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Charles Puffy, also credited as Károly Huszár, Karl Huszár-Puffy and similar variants, was a Hungarian film actor. Born Károly Hochstein in Budapest on 3 November 1884, he began his career in Hungarian theatre and silent films around 1914, becoming the country's leading slapstick comedian under the name Pufi. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1914 and 1938. Puffy worked extensively in Germany, with notable roles as Hawasch in Fritz Lang's *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922) and the Emperor of China in *Destiny* (1921). In the United States he starred in Universal comedy shorts as Charles Puffy from 1925 to 1928, and later played supporting parts in films including *The Man Who Laughs* (1928) and *Mockery* (1927). He returned to Europe for the sound era, appearing as the proprietor in Josef von Sternberg's *The Blue Angel* (1930) and in several Hungarian productions. Jewish by background, he attempted to flee persecution during the Second World War but died in 1942 or 1943, reportedly in a Soviet internment camp. *Sources: wikiland.org, archivalspaces.com, en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Blue Angel* (1930), Fi1m 81, as The Blue Angel's Proprietor — [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) ## Complete filmography (44) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Four and a Half Musketeers* (1935), as Maurer, Musiker - *Little Mother* (1935), as Auctionary - *Ende schlecht, alles gut* (1934), as Neighbor of Polgar - *Room for the Aged* (1934), as Boltos - *Rakoczi March* (1933), as Der Tierarzt - *Scandal in Budapest* (1933), as Ein Herr - *Pardon, tévedtem* (1933), Actor - *The Mad Bomberg* (1932), as Jean Martin - *Five from the Jazzband* (1932), as Ansager beim Ringkampf - *The men around Lucie* (1931), as Wirt - *A Crafty Youth* (1931), as Gregor Pawlowitsch, ein Anarchist - *The adventure in Tunisia* (1931), as Emil Dupont - *My Cousin From Warsaw* (1931), as Tobby - *King Fu's yellow house* (1931), Actor - *Der Nächste, bitte!* (1930), as Ludwig König - *The Blue Angel* (1930), as The Blue Angel's Proprietor — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/the-blue-angel.md) - *Der Erzieher meiner Tochter* (1930), as Sami Goldstein - *Vater und Sohn* (1929), Actor - *I Kiss Your Hand, Madame* (1929), as Percy Talandier - *The Man Who Laughs* (1928), as Innkeeper - *The Yellow Lily* (1928), as Mayor of Tarna - *The Private Life of Helen of Troy* (1927), as Malapokitoratoreadetos - *A Man's Past* (1927), as Prison Doctor - *Love Me and the World Is Mine* (1927), as Coachman - *Mockery* (1927), as Ivan - *Not Guilty!* (1926), as Puffy - *The Mystery Club* (1926), as Alonzo - *The Love Thief* (1926), as Prince's Guard - *The Phoney Express* (1926), as The Express Rider - *Tight Cargo* (1926), as The Silk Hat Salesman - *Kick Me Again* (1925), as Puffy - *Cinema Stars - No. 15* (1925), Actor - *The Rose of Paris* (1924), as Victor - *Open All Night* (1924), as Bibendum - *Das Weib auf dem Panther* (1923), Actor - *Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler* (1922), as Hawasch - *Children of Darkness - 2. Fighting Worlds* (1922), Actor - *Children of Darkness - 1. The Man from Naples* (1921), Actor - *Die Abenteuerin von Monte Carlo* (1921), as Ali - *Destiny* (1921), as Emperor of China - *The Riddle of the Sphinx* (1921), as Fürst Popoff - *Der Sträfling von Cayenne* (1921), Actor - *Spring in Winter* (1918), as Egy báró (as Huszár Károly) - *Puffy Buys Shoes* (1914), as Pufi ## Gallery - ![Charles Puffy](https://film.one/media/person/3849245/gallery-a587cb2eab20.jpg) Charles Puffy — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/39/Husz%C3%A1r_Pufi.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Charles Puffy](https://film.one/media/person/3849245/gallery-af62d4293c95.jpg) Charles Puffy — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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