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Turhan Bey is a Actor and Producer Turquee born on 30 march 1922 at Vienna (Austria)

Turhan Bey

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Birth name Turhan Salahattin Sahultavy Bey
Nationality Turquie
Birth 30 march 1922 at Vienna (Austria)
Death 30 september 2012 (at 90 years) at Vienna (Austria)

Turhan Bey (30 March 1922 – 30 September 2012) was an Austrian-born actor. Turhan was active in Hollywood from 1941 to 1953. He was dubbed "The Turkish Delight" by his fans. After his return to Austria, he pursued careers as a photographer and stage director. Returning briefly to Hollywood to receive an award, he made several guest appearances in 1990s television series including SeaQuest DSV, Murder, She Wrote and Babylon 5 as well as a number of films. After retiring he appeared in a number of documentaries, including a German-language documentary on his life.

Biography

Né à Vienne d'un père diplomate turc alors en poste dans la capitale autrichienne et d'une mère tchécoslovaque, Turhan Bey émigre aux États-Unis en 1940 (à la suite de l'Anschluss) et obtient la citoyenneté américaine. Il débute au cinéma à Hollywood, dans Shadows on the Stairs de D. Ross Lederman (avec Frieda Inescort, Paul Cavanagh et Heather Angel), puis Footsteps in the Dark de Lloyd Bacon (avec Errol Flynn, Brenda Marshall et Ralph Bellamy), sortis en 1941.

Hormis une coproduction américano-mexicaine de 1948 (Les Aventures de Casanova de Roberto Gavaldón, avec Arturo de Córdova et Lucille Bremer), il contribue à trente-deux films américains — où il tient souvent des rôles « exotiques » —, jusqu'à Les Prisonniers de la casbah de Richard L. Bare (avec Gloria Grahame et Cesar Romero). Après le tournage en 1952 de ce film (sorti en 1953), il retourne en Europe, où il produit — unique expérience à ce titre — Stolen Identity de Gunther von Fritsch, film américano-autrichien avec Francis Lederer, dont l'action se situe en grande partie dans sa ville natale, lui aussi sorti en 1953.

De cette première période — comprenant notamment des serials et films d'horreur d'Universal Pictures et des productions de Warner Bros. (dont ses deux premiers films pré-cités) —, mentionnons également Les Mille et Une Nuits de John Rawlins (1942, avec Jon Hall, María Montez et Sabu), Intrigues en Orient de Raoul Walsh (1943, avec George Raft et Brenda Marshall), Les Fils du dragon de Jack Conway et Harold S. Bucquet (1944, avec Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston et Aline MacMahon), ou encore The Amazing Mr. X de Bernard Vorhaus (1948, avec Lynn Bari et Cathy O'Donnell).

Retiré de l'écran pendant une quarantaine d'années, Turhan Bey réapparaît au cinéma dans quatre films américains sortis en 1994 et 1995, dont Possessed by the Night de Fred Olen Ray (1994, avec Shannon Tweed, Sandahl Bergman et Chad McQueen) et Virtual Combat d'Andrew Stevens (son dernier film, 1995, avec Don Wilson et Michael Dorn).

De plus, durant cette seconde période, il collabore pour la télévision à cinq séries américaines, entre 1993 (un épisode de seaQuest, police des mers) et 1998 (un second épisode de Babylon 5, après un premier en 1995).

Best films

Arabian Nights (1942)
(Actor)

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Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Turhan Bey (35 films)

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Actor

Johnny Walker
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Udo Kier, Lynn Bari, Turhan Bey, Astrid Whettnall, Christelle Cornil
Roles Alexis (archive footage)
Rating74% 3.726423.726423.726423.726423.72642
Healer
Healer (1994)
, 1h46
Directed by John G. Thomas
Origin USA
Actors Tyrone Power Jr., Tobey Maguire, Turhan Bey, DeLane Matthews, David McCallum, Lee Patterson
Roles Igor Vostovich
Rating52% 2.6367152.6367152.6367152.6367152.636715
An ex-con has just been paroled to a work-release program where he must work off his final year as an ambulance Emergency Medical Technician in the retirement resort, Seabreeze. David McCallum plays a comedic role as the "Jackal" an opportunistic drifter who uses the emergency system as a personal taxi service to allow him to feed his drug habit and get out of trouble. Turhan Bey came out of an over forty year absence from film acting to play an elderly man confined to a nursing home who provides the main character reason to carry on in an incredibly demanding job. Tobey Maguire had one of his earliest roles as a stoned teenager in a car wreck.
Parole, Inc., 1h11
Directed by Alfred Zeisler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Actors Michael O'Shea, Turhan Bey, Evelyn Ankers, Lyle Talbot, Joseph Kenneth Shovlin, Charles Williams
Roles Barney Rodescu
Rating57% 2.850012.850012.850012.850012.85001
The film opens with a scene of FBI agent Richard Hendricks (Michael O'Shea) bedridden in a hospital bed, dictating the results of his investigation for a report to the California Governor. The dictation scenes are interrupted by long flashback scenes showing how the investigation proceeded.
The Amazing Mr. X, 1h18
Directed by Bernard Vorhaus
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Noir
Actors Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O'Donnell, Richard Carlson, Donald Curtis, Virginia Gregg
Roles Alexis
Rating63% 3.196723.196723.196723.196723.19672
Two years after her husband's death, Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) thinks she hears her late husband (Donald Curtis) calling out of the surf on the beach one night. She meets a tall dark man named Alexis (Turhan Bey) who seems to know all about her.
Out of the Blue, 1h24
Directed by Leigh Jason
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Actors George Brent, Ann Dvorak, Turhan Bey, Virginia Mayo, Carole Landis, Elizabeth Patterson
Roles David Gelleo
Rating62% 3.1459653.1459653.1459653.1459653.145965
Arthur Earthleigh (George Brent) lives in an apartment in Greenwich Village where he is dominated by his wife Mae (Carole Landis) and annoyed by Rabelais, the German Shepherd owned by his neighbour, artist and swinging bachelor David (Turhan Bey). David has a constant parade of attractive women visiting his apartment to pose for him. He currently is being visited by Deborah (Virginia Mayo) who wants David's champion Rabelais to breed with her dog.
Night in Paradise, 1h24
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Merle Oberon, Turhan Bey, Thomas Gomez, Gale Sondergaard, Ray Collins, Ernest Truex
Roles Aesop
Rating53% 2.672412.672412.672412.672412.67241
In 560 BC King Croesus of Lydia incurs the wrath of the sorceress Queen Attossa he had promised to marry, when he chooses the beautiful Delarai of Persia instead. Attossa, in disembodied form, mocks Croesus nearly to the point of madness, so he seeks a solution from the fortune-teller Aesop, who is very young and handsome, but believes that people only receive wisdom with age, arrived from the Isle of Samos in disguise of an old man with a hunch, a limp, and a cane. But Aesop also has eyes for Delarai. One day, Delarai invites Aesop to interpret a charm. As he does, he goes as his young self but with a different name, Jason. Delarai doesn't know at first, but as she sees the same scar on Jason's hand as Aesop's hand, she knows, and reveals that a hunch and a limp may be faked, but a scar remains a scar, and they fall in love with each other, but Atossa and the people in the palace suspect something is going on with Aesop and Delarai. Croesus wanted the Oracle to tell him the truth and sends Aesop to retrieve it. As Aesop is packing, Delarai talks him out of it but fails. Aesop goes anyway, and Delarai cries herself to sleep. Aesop does go fetch it from a priest, but the priest refuses, saying his life is valuable. Aesop claims that if a priest's words do not mean anything, then his life means less and strangles him. He takes the priest's clothes and hides his face in the hood. Delarai comes to the temple, wanting to seek for Aesop, but before she could say anything, Aesop reveals his young face slightly, and Delarai breaks out a smile. As the security guards see her smile, they unmask Aesop, and Aesop and Delarai run hand in hand. They are forced to jump off a cliff. They jump in each other arms, and Attosa reveals her image at sea, saying that Aesop and Delarai actually survived because of their faith, their love, and a little help from Attosa. They live in a small cottage with a lake and a garden. Delarai is mending and Aesop's hand around on her shoulder, 12 boys come out saying "daddy!" which reveals that they got married and have children.
Sudan
Sudan (1945)

Directed by John Rawlins
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors María Montez, Jon Hall, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine, George Zucco, Robert Warwick
Roles Herua
Rating61% 3.0501353.0501353.0501353.0501353.050135
Young, lovely Naila becomes queen of the ancient Egyptian kingdom of Khemis when her father is killed in a slave revolt. Continuing her penchant for going incognito among the people, she seeks out rebel leader Herua. But through palace treachery, she herself is captured and enslaved. After various adventures, she finds herself rescued by (and attracted to) the very rebel she was seeking. Will gratitude or revenge win out? Gorgeous scenery and costumes.
Follow the Boys, 2h2
Directed by John Rawlins, A. Edward Sutherland
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical theatre, Romantic comedy, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors George Raft, Vera Zorina, Jeanette MacDonald, Charley Grapewin, Charles Butterworth, Elizabeth Patterson
Rating58% 2.9499652.9499652.9499652.9499652.949965
Durant la Seconde Guerre mondiale, le studio Universal Pictures, comme les autres studios Hollywoodiens, a soutenu l'effort de guerre et le moral des troupes et des civils en réunissant toutes ses stars devant la caméra pour une comédie musicale.
Dragon Seed, 2h28
Directed by Jack Conway, Harold S. Bucquet, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Katharine Hepburn, Walter Huston, Aline MacMahon, Akim Tamiroff, Turhan Bey, J. Carrol Naish
Roles Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Rating59% 2.9525452.9525452.9525452.9525452.952545
Durant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, un paisible village chinois est occupé par l'armée japonaise. Si la plupart des habitants acceptent le joug nippon, Jade le refuse. La rebelle entrepend de résister à l'envahisseur, au grand dam de son père.
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, 1h27
Directed by Arthur Lubin
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Jon Hall, María Montez, Leif Erickson, Kurt Katch, Turhan Bey, Andy Devine
Roles Jamiel
Rating62% 3.1476753.1476753.1476753.1476753.147675
The story begins right after the successful Mongolian conquest of Bagdad by Hulagu Khan (Kurt Katch). The caliph Hassan (Moroni Olsen) has escaped captivity, together with his young son Ali (Scotty Beckett), and prepares to regroup the renmants of his troops. While staying at the mansion of Prince Cassim (Frank Puglia), Ali and Cassim's daughter Amara (Yvette Duguay), fearing that they will not see each other again, betroth themselves via blood-bond.
The Climax
The Climax (1944)
, 1h26
Directed by George Waggner
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Susanna Foster, Turhan Bey, Gale Sondergaard, Thomas Gomez, June Vincent
Roles Franz Munzer
Rating54% 2.7055652.7055652.7055652.7055652.705565
The physician at the Vienna Royal Theatre, Dr. Hohner (Karloff) murders his fiancee, a prima donna, out of obsession and jealousy. Ten years later, he hears another young singer (Foster) who reminds him of the late diva, and is determined to make her sing only for him, even if it means silencing her forever.