What happened to Turhan Bey?

What happened to Turhan Bey?

Turhan died on 30 September 2012 from Parkinson’s disease.

Did Turhan Bey marry?

Bey never married. He wished to marry the actress Lana Turner in 1944, but gave her up because his mother disapproved.

How old is Turhan Bey?

90 years (1922–2012)
Turhan Bey/Age at death
He was 90. Marita Ruiter, who exhibited Bey’s photos in her Luxembourg gallery, told the Austria Press Agency on Tuesday that Bey died in the Austrian capital on Sept. 30 after a long struggle with Parkinson’s disease.

Is Turhan Bey still alive?

VIENNA (AP) — Turhan Bey, an actor whose exotic good looks earned him the nickname of “Turkish Delight” in films with Errol Flynn and Katherine Hepburn before he left Hollywood for a quieter life in Vienna, has died. He was 90.

What is Turhan Bey famous for?

Turhan Bey (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.

Was Turhan Bey a sheik in ‘Sudan’?

When “Sudan,” a romantic adventure about a princess whose life and throne are saved by the leader of liberated slaves, was released, Bosley Crowther wrote in The New York Times, “Turhan Bey gives a boyish imitation of Rudolph Valentino as the desert sheik.” Turhan Bey in a publicity photo from “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” in 1944.

Who is Turhan sahultavy?

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. After the annexation of Austria to Nazi Germany and his parents’ divorce, he and his mother emigrated to the U.S., initially settling in New Hampshire.