Turhan Bey
Born: 1922-03-30 in Vienna, Austria
Died: 2012-09-30
Known For: Acting
Biography
Turhan Bey (born Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Sahultavy; 30 March 1922 – 30 September 2012) was an Austrian-born actor of Turkish and Czech Jewish origin. 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 to Hollywood after a 40-year hiatus, 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.
Filmography
2020
2015
- Johnny Walker as Alexis (archive footage)
2007
- Hollywood Chinese as Self
2000
1998
- Universal Horror as Self - Interviewee
1997
- The Visitor as Rusha
1995
- VR.5 as Abernathy
- Virtual Combat as Dr. Cameron
- The Skateboard Kid II as Zeno
1994
- Babylon 5 as Centauri Emperor
- Possessed by the Night as Calvin
- Healer as Igor Vostovich
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Dimitri Rossovich
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Sherif Faris
1953
- Prisoners of the Casbah as Ahmed
- Stolen Identity ... (Producer)
1949
- Song of India as Gopal
1948
- The Amazing Mr. X as Alexis
- Parole, Inc. as Barney Rodescu
- Adventures of Casanova as Lorenzo
1947
- Out of the Blue as David Gelleo
1946
- Night in Paradise as Aesop
1945
- Sudan as Herua
- Frisco Sal as Dude Forante
1944
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Jamiel
- Dragon Seed as Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
- The Climax as Franz Munzer
- Twenty Years After as (archive footage)
- Follow the Boys as Turhan Bey (uncredited)
- Bowery to Broadway as Ted Barrie
1943
- Captive Wild Woman as End Narrator (voice)(uncredited)
- Background to Danger as Hassan
- White Savage as Tamara
- The Mad Ghoul as Eric Iverson
- Crazy House as Cameo Appearance
- The Adventures of Smilin' Jack as Kageyama [Chs. 1-5, 12-13]
1942
- The Falcon Takes Over as Jules Amthor (Uncredited)
- Arabian Nights as Captain of the Guard
- The Mummy's Tomb as Mehemet Bey
- Danger in the Pacific as Tagani
- Junior G-Men of the Air as Henchman Araka
- Unseen Enemy as Ito
- Bombay Clipper as Captain Chundra
- Dead End Kids Go To War as Araka
- Destination Unknown as Captain Muto
- Drums of the Congo as Juma, Henchman
1941
- The Gay Falcon as Manuel Retana
- Footsteps in the Dark as Ahmed
- Burma Convoy as Mr. Yuchau
- Shadows on the Stairs as Ram Singh
- Raiders of the Desert as Hassen Mohammed