Turhan Bey(1922-2012)

Actor
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The Amazing Mr. X stars Turhan Bey as Alexis, a mystery man who claims to communicate with spirits. Appearing on the beach one night, Alexis easily charms a depressed widow and her sister (Lynn Bari and Cathy O'Donnell). The sly Alexis makes a living by separating gullible people from their money, but before this tale is over, he will learn that the living are far more dangerous than the dead.

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The Amazing Mr. X (1948)

Popular leading man in 1940's Hollywood who, with his suave demeanor, exotically handsome looks and well-modulated voice, was first called upon to portray mysterious or villainous characters. Soon he would be teamed with other "exotics" (e.g. Maria Montez and Sabu) in a series of escapist adventures, filmed in glorious Technicolor and set in lands of fable, which proved most popular with movie audiences of the World War II years. But with the end of the war, his career (like that of Montez) would decline. He ultimately returned to his city of birth to pursue opportunities in commercial photography.

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Known for

The Mummy's Tomb

5.5

Mehemet Bey

1942

Night in Paradise

5.3

Aesop

1946

The Amazing Mr. X

6.4

Alexis

1948

The Adventures of Smilin' Jack

6.4

Kageyama

1943

Credits

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Actor

Babylon 5
8.4
TV Series
- Turval
- Centauri Emperor
- 1995–1998
The Visitor
6.9
TV Series
- Rusha
- 1997
Virtual Combat
3.9
Video
- Dr. Cameron
- 1995
VR.5
7.2
TV Series
- Abernathy
- 1995
Murder, She Wrote
7.2
TV Series
- Sherif Faris
- 1995
The Skateboard Kid 2
3.8
- Zeno
- 1994
Possessed by the Night
4.2
Video
- Calvin
- 1994
Healer
4.7
- Igor Vostovich
- 1994
SeaQuest 2032
6.7
TV Series
- Dimitri Rossovich
- 1993
Prisoners of the Casbah
4.7
- Ahmed
- 1953
Song of India
5.9
- Prince Gopal
- 1949
Parole, Inc.
5.7
- Barney Rodescu
- 1948
The Amazing Mr. X
6.4
- Alexis
- 1948
Adventures of Casanova
6.3
- Lorenzo
- 1948
Out of the Blue
6.4
- David Galleo
- 1947

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Personal details

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Height
- 5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
Born
- March 30, 1922
- Vienna, Austria
Died
- September 30, 2012
- Vienna, Austria(Parkinson's disease)
Other works
He acted in Edward Chodorov's play, "The Spa," at the Cape Playhouse in Dennis, Massachusetts with Gloria Vanderbilt in the cast.
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Trivia
As a young boy newly arrived in the US, Bey was introduced to Albert Einstein, as Bey's uncle was a mathematician who worked with Einstein. Bey and Einstein kept up a close friendship over the years.

Quotes
It was quite wonderful in those years [mid-1940s]. One was young and good-looking, and it seems those were the very two things everyone was looking for.