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Atıf Kaptan
Actor
Born April 8, 1908Died April 22, 1977 (69 years)
Atıf Kaptan (21 May 1908 – 22 April 1977) was a Turkish film and theater actor.
He began his artistic career in 1928 with the play “Hamlet” at Dar-ül bedayi. That same year, he also took his first steps into cinema acting. He gained widespread acclaim for his role as “Yahya Kaptan” in the first Turkish sound film, “Bir Millet Uyanıyor” (A Nation Awakens). He founded a troupe called “Kaptan Tiyatrosu” (Captain's Theater) and toured throughout Anatolia. After leaving theater to focus on cinema, the artist starred in over 300 films.
He began his artistic career in 1928 with the play “Hamlet” at Dar-ül bedayi. That same year, he also took his first steps into cinema acting. He gained widespread acclaim for his role as “Yahya Kaptan” in the first Turkish sound film, “Bir Millet Uyanıyor” (A Nation Awakens). He founded a troupe called “Kaptan Tiyatrosu” (Captain's Theater) and toured throughout Anatolia. After leaving theater to focus on cinema, the artist starred in over 300 films.
Atıf Kaptan Filmography
| 1993 | |
| 1977 | Tövbekar · as Cast |
| 1975 | The Legend of Ararat Mountain · as Sufi |
| 1975 | Nöri Kantar Ailesi · as Nuriye Kantar'ın Babası |
| 1975 | |
| 1975 | Sezercik: Küçük Mücahit · as Türk Generali |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Kara Murat: Ölüm Emri · as Çandarlı Halil Paşa |
| 1974 | Battal Gazi'nin Oglu · as Büyücü |
| 1974 | |
| 1974 | Blood Money · as Salim'in Babası |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | Kara Orkun · as Kesis |
| 1973 | World of Hope · as Fuat Sami |
| 1973 | Savulun Battal Gazi Geliyor · as Oba Beyi |
| 1973 | Hazreti Ömer'in Adaleti · as Cast |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Bitirimler Sosyetede · as Nurullah |
| 1973 | Tatlim · as Adil |
| 1973 | Kara Murat: Fatih'in Fermani · as Cast |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | Gönülden Yaralilar · as Savci |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 | Suçlu · as Ayla'nın Amcası |
| 1972 | Kara Murat: Fatih'in Fedaisi · as Vezir Çakırcı Hamza Paşa |
| 1972 | Sezercik: Aslan Parçasi · as Avukat |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Gülizar · as Atıf |
| 1972 | |
| 1972 | Zehra · as Hüseyin |
| 1972 | Karaoglan Geliyor · as Cast |
| 1972 | Battal Gazi'nin Intikami · as Kahin |
| 1971 | Battal Gazi Destani · as Ömer Bey |
| 1971 | Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings · as Kral Gero |
| 1971 | Sezercik: Yavrum Benim · as Memduh |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Altin Prens Devler Ülkesinde · as Kral |
| 1971 | Beklenen Sarki · as Selim'in Babası |
| 1971 | |
| 1971 | Mistik · as Hekimbasi |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | Alpago: Alpaslanin fedaisi · as Vezir Nizamülmülk |
| 1970 | Cilali Ibo: Avrupada · as General Gogenhaffen |
| 1970 | Linç: Arap Kadir · as Savci |
| 1970 | Tarkan: Gümüs Eyer · as Kahin |
| 1970 | |
| 1970 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | Alageyik · as Hüseyin |
| 1969 | Vatan ve Namik Kemal · as Miralay Ahmet Sıtkı |
| 1969 | |
| 1969 | |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | Ezo Gelin · as Dinar Usta |
| 1967 | |
| 1966 | Battal Gazi · as Cast |
| 1966 | The Armless Hero · as Hiyoug Tu Siyong |
| 1966 | |
| 1965 | Before the Ice Thaws · as Mahmut |
| 1965 | Star Hill · as Kılıçoğlu Ahmet |
| 1964 | Fatosun Fendi Tayfuru Yendi · as Cast |
| 1964 | The Guilty Are Among Us · as Halis Bey |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Uçurumdaki kadin · as Ömer |
| 1964 | |
| 1964 | Duvarlarin Ötesi · as Cast |
| 1963 | |
| 1963 | |
| 1961 | The Bus Passengers · as Mahmut |
| 1960 | |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | The Golden Cage · as Süleyman |
| 1955 | Battal Gazi Geliyor · as Amuryan Beyi Mihriyabil |
| 1954 | |
| 1952 | The Red Plume · as Şeyhülcebel Hasan Sabbah |
| 1952 | Dracula in Istanbul · as Dracula |
| 1951 | Yavuz Sultan Selim agliyor · as Alanbay |
| 1949 | |
| 1940 | |
| 1932 | A Nation Is Awaking · as Yahya Kaptan |
| 1994 | Siyaset Meydani (TV Series) · as Self(archive Footage) |