I was delighted to discover while researching this entry that Turhan Bey (born in 1922 in Austria) is still with us! For some reason, I thought he died many years ago like our last subject Rin Tin Tin.
But, Turhan Bey (not his real name) was the first actor of Turkish heritage to become famous in Hollywood. His father was a Turkish diplomat, and his mom was a czech industrialist.
His first film was "Shadows in the Stairs" in 1941 and his last was "Prisoners of the Casbah" in 1953.
Turhan Bey was also in "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" and "The Amazing Mr.X."
Unbegonest to me, he was also in two episodes of "Babylon 5."
Turhan Bey, who usually played exotic roles, has only two degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon.
The Turkish-Czech actor was in "Prisoners of the Casbah" (1953) with Leonard P. Geer who was in "Hero at Large" (1980) with Bacon.
If anyone has ideas for future entries, feel free to email me at tango74@aol.com
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