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Sándor Pécsi

Hungarian actor (1922–1972)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJun 1, 2026
Entity authorityQ1242830 ↗
Source-derived summary

Sándor Pécsi (18 March 1922 – 4 November 1972) was a Hungarian actor born in Sajószentpéter, Hungary. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1948 and 1972 before dying on 4 November 1972 in Budapest, Hungary.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Sándor Pécsi” as hungarian actor (1922–1972). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Sándor, Pécsi and Hungarian.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1922, 1972, 1948—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1922-03-18. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Sándor, Pécsi and Hungarian providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Sándor Pécsi”, the useful work is to connect “hungarian actor (1922–1972)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 1, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1242830. VIAF identifies the subject as 23586648. The Library of Congress control number is n85242098. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1922, 1972 and 1948.

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This entry incorporates text from “Sándor Pécsi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.