Initially, Behçet Nacar graduated from the Istanbul Men's Art Institute and worked as a foundryman, but he also worked as a taxi driver. While driving a taxi, he entered the cinema scenes as an extra in the mid-1960s and appeared in 142 films. He was also involved in the films that featured the first car explosion scene in Turkish cinema and also produced it. He worked together with names such as İlyas Salman, Müslüm Gürses and Fatma Girik.
In the second half of the 1970s, he became a part of the minds of the masses, especially with the movie "Piece Behçet" (1972). This production brought him recognition. He wrote a script in 1987 and starred in his last film again in 1997. He had a producing role in a total of 25 films; one of them included the movie "Gemini" starring Müslüm Gürses.
He received lung treatment at Çapa Hospital for many years until his death. Afterwards, he was admitted to the Geriatrics Service of Balıklı Greek Hospital. The body of the actor, who died at the age of 80, was buried in Topkapı Kozlu Cemetery.
Behçet Nacar was born in Istanbul on April 7, 1934. His real name is Behçet Nacaroğlu. He graduated from Istanbul Men's Art Institute. After graduating from vocational school, he worked as a foundryman. While he later worked as a taxi driver, he started acting as an extra in movies since 1964.
Behçet Nacar, who starred in at least 200 films, also produced 25 films. Behçet Nacar performed the first car explosion scene in Turkish cinema, in a movie he produced. He was beaten a lot by Cüneyt Arkın. He was beaten by everyone other than him.
Behçet Nacar, who was active in almost every branch of cinema, had a costume rental shop in Beyoğlu. Behçet Nacar last took part in a documentary about Turkish Cinema in 2006.
Behçet Nacar's wife, whom he married in 1956, passed away years ago. He has a daughter and a son born in 1959.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 87 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Köroğlu (1968)
- Sky Flag (1968)
- Street Girl (1966)
- Fallow Deer (1969)
- Street of Good Hope (1966)
- Revenge of Giants (1969)
- King Who (1968) — Behçet
- Kanunsuz Sokak (1971) — Debreli Ejder Hasan
- Yıldırım Ajan (1972) — Mahatma
- Garibanlar Mahallesi (1969)
- Death Warrant (1970)
- Tarkan: Sword of Mars (1969) — Kuzmo
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
