Suavi Tedü was born in Istanbul on February 22, 1915. After completing his primary education at Davutpaşa Secondary School, he graduated from Istanbul Fine Arts Academy and Ankara State Conservatory. He started his artistic career at the Istanbul City Theaters, taking the stage in William Shakespeare's play "Dry Noise".
From his marriage to his wife, well-known theater and cinema actress Perihan Tedü (Çakıl), he became a father to Zeynep Tedü, who was born in Istanbul in 1943 and took part in theatre, cinema and TV series. At the peak of his career, he unfortunately contracted tuberculosis.
As an actor, he took part in films such as "If My Wife Cheats on Me" in 1933, "Million Hunters" in 1934, "God's Heaven", "Stone Piece" and "Tosun Pasha" in 1939; “Yılmaz Ali” and “Lust Victim” in 1940, “Jealous” in 1942, “Dertli Pınar” in 1943, “Hürriyet Apartmanı” in 1944, “Yayla Kartalı” in 1945, “Endless Pain” and “One Day a Year” in 1947. “Kerim's Passion” and “Yanık Kaval”, “Lie” and “Poisonous Doubt” in 1949, “We Ordered it to God” in 1951, “Son Buse” and “Yavuz Sultan Selim is Crying” in 1952, “Cinci Hodja”, “Hidden Yara”, “Roying” and “Kara Çalı” in 1953, He made his mark in the world of cinema with works such as "Under Lilacs" in 1954, "Like his Mother" and "Dertli Gelin Şirvan" in 1957, "Disaster Road" and "Song of Longing" in 1959.
In the director's chair, he directed the films "Poisonous Suspicion" in 1949, "Göçmen Çocuğu" and "Son Buse" in 1952, "Cinci Hoca" and "Village Child" in 1953, "Leylaklar Altında" in 1954 and "Yaprak Dökümü" in 1958. In the same years, he used his script pen in the projects "Poisonous Suspicion" (1949), "Last Buse" (1952), "Village Child" (1953), "Under Lilacs" (1954) and "Leaf Fall" (1958). He also served as the art director in the movie "Yavuz Sultan Selim Ağlamak" in 1952.
Suavi Tedü died in Istanbul on March 26, 1959, at the age of 44.
He was born in Istanbul on February 22, 1915. He graduated from Davutpaşa Secondary School. After graduating from Ankara Gazi Educational Institute, he continued his education at Istanbul Fine Arts Academy. He started working at the Istanbul City Theater in 1937. He made his transition to cinema in 1939 with the movie Allah's Heaven, directed by Muhsin Ertuğrul.
He continued the success he achieved in the same year in Taş Parsı and Tosun Paşa, in the films Yılmaz Ali and Şehvet Kurbanı, which he starred in a year later. With his acting in these films, he was considered one of the first young actors of Turkish cinema. He also started directing in 1949 with the movie Toxic Suspicion.
In the early 50s, he directed the films named Immigrant Child (1952), Son Buse (1952), Cinci Hoca (1953), Village Child (1953) and Leylaklar Altında (1954) one after the other. The last film he directed was Yaprak Dökümü, adapted from Reşat Nuri Güntekin's work of the same name, in 1958. Suavi Tedü, who produced many works in cinema and theater as an actor, screenwriter and director, passed away in Istanbul on March 26, 1959.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in 29 productions in total; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Black Bush (1956)
- Last Buse (1952)
- Yanık Kaval (1947) — The watchman's son
- Yilmaz Ali (1940) — Yilmaz Ali
- Hidden Wound (1953)
- Million Hunters (1934)
- Under the Lilacs (1954) — Nedim
- Poisonous Doubt (1949)
- We Bequeathed to God (1951) — İzzet
- Lie (1949)
- Captain Tahsin (1950) — Captain ibrahim
- Infinite Pain (1946)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
