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Elmyr de Hory

Acting
70 years oldBudapest, 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

Personal Details

Born
April 16, 1906 - December 11, 1976 (age 70)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
Known For
Acting
IMDb Profile

Movies (4)

Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory
0.5

Masterpiece or Forgery? The Story of Elmyr De Hory

as Self

2008

Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery
6.5

Almost True: The Noble Art of Forgery

as Self (archive footage)

1997

Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer

Orson Welles' F for Fake Trailer

as Self

1976

F for Fake
7.4

F for Fake

as Self

1973