Sandor Elès

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Sandor Elès sometimes credited as Sandor Eles without the grave accent born Hungarian Éles Sándor 15 June 1936 1 September 2002 was a Hungarianborn actor Born at Budapest Elès was orphaned during World War II and emigrated to the United Kingdom during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956 against the former USSR He began his acting career on stage and went on to appear in a host of television roles These included the ITC series Danger Man The Baron The Saint and Jason King He also made appearances in The Avengers and The Professionals Often cast in generic foreigner roles diplomats waiters desk clerks he most often played Frenchmen One of his most memorable film roles was as the mysterious Paul in the Brian Clemens thriller And Soon the Darkness He also had major roles in the Hammer Horror movies Countess Dracula 1971 and The Evil of Frankenstein 1964 as well as appearing for four years in the 1980s as the scheming restaurant manager Paul Ross in the UK soap opera Crossroads In 1996 Sandor Elès returned to his cultural roots appearing as the narrator in the Bartók opera Bluebeards Castle The concert performances given by the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra under Bernard Haitink were recorded for CD Description above from the Wikipedia article Sandor Elès licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia