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Handsome, dark wavy-haired leading man who appeared on the New York stage, starred in early silent films (1-3 reelers) as well as directed and wrote scenarios. Worked for various studios including Edison, American, Powers, Rex, Big U (Universal), Laemmle, Nestor and Selig. Still working until the year of his death, he passed away at the age of 37 from paralysis associated with multiple sclerosis which affected his spinal cord. He left his wife Ann and their two year old daughter as well as his parents and two sisters.- István Vank was an actor, known for A Dolovai nábob leánya (1916), A Gyurkovics leányok (1917) and A baba (1919). He died on 9 September 1916 in Nagyvárad, Austria-Hungary [now Oradea, Romania].