Muzaffer Tema

Muzaffer Tema (born June 15, 1919 in Istanbul , † October 4, 2011 in Çeşme , Turkey ) was a Turkish actor .

Life

After completing school , Tema studied flute , violin and piano at the Istanbul City Conservatory and then found a job as a musician at the Ankara State Conservatory and in the President's Philharmonic Orchestra.

He made his acting debut in 1949 in the films Çığlık , Fato - Ya istiklal ya ölüm and Uçuruma dogru and starred in over 130 films during his acting career. In the late 1950s he was the first Turkish actor, who is also in the film industry of Hollywood was role offers, and supporting roles in the films A certain smile ( A Certain Smile , 1958) by Jean Negulesco with Rossano Brazzi and Joan Fontaine and 12 to the Moon ( 1960) by David Bradley played with Ken Clark and Michi Kobi , where he appeared in Bradley's film under the stage name Tema Bey.

The German public was Tema early 1970s known when he was in two episodes of the ZDF -Dreiteilers 11:20 by Wolfgang Becker alongside Joachim Fuchsberger played a Turkish police officer. Most recently he appeared alongside Gianni Rizzo , Giancarlo Prete , Brad Harris and Hüseyin Zan in the Italian- Turkish film The Tomato War ( Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga , 1975) by Giorgio Ferroni .

In addition to his acting activities, he has also worked as a director , film producer and screenwriter in a few films .

Filmography (selection)

• 1950: Parmaksız Salih
• 1951: İstanbul Kan Ağlarken
• 1952: Kanun Namına
• 1952: İngiliz Kemal Lawrence'e Karşı
• 1953: Hıçkırık
• 1961: Yumurcak
• 1965: Dudaktan Kalbe
• 1967: Dokuzuncu Hariciye Koğuşu
• 1972: The Deathless Devil (Yilmayan seytan)
• 1974: Yaban
• 1975: The Tomato War (Antonio e Placido - Attenti ragazzi… chi rompe paga)

Web links

• Muzaffer Tema in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• TÜRKIYE GAZATESI: Karakter oyuncusu Muzaffer Tema, vefat etti (October 4th 2011)