Senih Orkan is a theatre, cinema and TV series actor who was born on June 6, 1932 in Istanbul and died on February 28, 2008 in the Bodrum district of Muฤla. After graduating from the Drawing Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts, he stepped onto the stage in 1954 and took part in different roles in various companies as a student of Avni Dilligil at the Istanbul University Youth Theatre.
Bringing his theater experience to cinema, Orkan took part in approximately two hundred films and became one of the well-known faces of Turkish cinema, especially with his "bad guy" characters. The artist, who started lung cancer treatment in September 2007, died a year later in Bodrum.
The actor's film career began in 1958 with the movie "This Homeland is Ours" and he starred in more than one production a year throughout most of the 1960s. Films such as โPolished ฤฐbo and the Tophane Roseโ, โBeyond the Nightsโ, โThe Justice of Hazrat Omarโ, โKeลanlฤฑ Ali Epicโ, โรanakkale Lionsโ and โKing of Kingsโ are just a few examples of his extensive filmography.
Since the mid-1960s, she has appeared on the screen in productions such as "Satan's Sacrifices", "Candy Hafiye", "Bread Woman" and "Never Mind Tomorrow".
Senih Orkan was born on June 6, 1932 in Istanbul, Tรผrkiye. He died on February 28, 2008.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 68 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Tatort (1970) โ Abdullah
- The Last Birds (1965) โ Refik
- Topkapฤฑ (1964) โ First Shadow
- Forbidden Love (1961) โ Cรผneyt
- Don't Let the Sun Rise (1961)
- Death is After Us (1960) โ Namฤฑk
- Beyond the Nights (1960) โ Theater Actor
- Shorty (1964)
- The Bread Woman (1965)
- Sevdalฤฑ Efe (1961)
- Umschulung (1969) โ Ibo Gรผrรผck
- White Dove (1963)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.