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Turhan Bey (30 March 192230 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. ==Life and career== Turhan was born Turhan Gilbert Selahattin Sahultavy in Vienna, Austria, on 30 March 1922, as the son of a Turkish diplomat and a Czechoslovakian Jewish mother.〔〔http://thegardenisland.com/news/world/s-hollywood-actor-dies-in-austria/article_59f223f6-b319-5a22-93fd-8d56e76a154d.html〕 After the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany and his parents' divorce, he and his mother emigrated to the U.S. in 1940, settling in Los Angeles. Bey was an acting student at Ben Bard's School of Dramatic Art and was active in the Pasadena Playhouse.〔Katz, Ephraim (1979). ''The Film Encyclopedia: The Most Comprehensive Encyclopedia of World Cinema in a Single Volume''. Perigee Books. ISBN 0-399-50601-2. P.118.〕 When he enrolled in classes to improve his English, he also was asked to play a role in a teacher's play. A talent scout from Warner Brothers was in the audience, was impressed and signed him to a contract, under the name of Turhan Bey.〔 He often appeared with María Montez; they appeared in the Universal films ''Raiders of the Desert'', ''Arabian Nights'', ''White Savage'', ''Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'', ''Bowery to Broadway'', ''Follow the Boys'', and ''Sudan''. He also had roles in ''Night in Paradise'', ''The Amazing Mr. X'' and ''Out of the Blue''. In 1944 a poll by exhibitors of "Stars of Tomorrow" listed him at number nine. Turhan's career faded by the late 1940s and, after filming Sam Katzman's ''Prisoners of the Casbah'' in 1953, and facing an unknown scandal,〔Lamparski, p.93.〕 he moved back to Vienna and lived with his mother while working as a photographer for girlie magazines.〔 Turhan returned to the United States in the early 1990s and appeared in two episodes of the science fiction TV series ''Babylon 5'': first as the Emperor of the Centauri Republic (who also had the name Turhan), and later as a Minbari Ranger named Turval. A documentary film about Turhan, ''Vom Glück verfolgt. Wien - Hollywood - Retour'', was made in 2002 by Andrea Eckert. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Turhan Bey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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