Facts: - death place: tokyo now kazahstan -rrb- , japan or karaganda , soviet union -lrb- - birth name: karoly hochstadt - yearsactive: 1914-1938 - death date: 1942 or 1943 - othername: karl huszar charles huszar-puffy karl huszar-puffy karoly huszar - birth date: 3 november 1884 - name: charles puffy - birth place: budapest , hungary - occupation: actor Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of charles puffy .
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charles puffy -lrb- 3 november 1884 -- 1942 or 1943 -rrb- born karoly hochstadt in budapest , was a hungarian film actor .he appeared in 134 films between 1914 and 1938 .he was the earliest -lrb- and only -rrb- slapstick star in hungary 's silent film era , appearing under the name '' pufi '' -lrb- meaning '' fatty '' in hungarian , referring to his weight -rrb- .his other stage names were '' karoly huszar '' or '' pufi huszar '' .besides his work on films , he frequently appeared on stage , mostly in comical roles .later , he worked in films in both germany and the united states , including such classics as fritz lang 's '' dr. mabuse , der spieler '' -lrb- '' dr. mabuse , the gambler '' -rrb- -lrb- 1922 -rrb- and josef von sternberg 's '' der blaue engel '' -lrb- '' the blue angel '' -rrb- -lrb- 1930 -rrb- .he used the names '' karl huszar '' , '' karl huszar-puffy '' or '' charles puffy '' .in the sound era , he returned to his native hungary , where he was featured in smaller roles in a number of films .puffy was jewish , and decided to flee hungary when the holocaust started .he and his wife tried to get away to the united states , but puffy died mid-way , in tokyo , japan .other sources say that he and his wife were captured by the red army and imprisoned in a gulag in karaganda , kazahstan .puffy participated in the camp 's amateur acting company , but after one year in capture , he died of diphtheria .