Yusuf Çağatay, real name Yusuf Ziya Çağatayalp, is a Turkish film actor who was born in Tarsus on January 1, 1927 and died in Adana on August 6, 1994. In his long-term career, he took part in numerous productions from 1960 to 1990, and is especially known for his performances in many films in the 1960s and 1970s.
Çağatay, who started his acting career in 1960 with the movie "Doçılar Şahı", later took part in productions such as "Red Vase" (1961), "Cici Can" and "Iki Gemi Yan Yana" (both 1963). He continued his appearance with the films "Polished İbo and the Forty Thieves" in 1964, "Ah Güzel İstanbul", "At Avrat Silah" and "Ölüm Tarlası" in 1966, and in 1967 he undertook projects such as "The Lion-Hearted Kabadayı", "Balatlı Arif", "Always in My Heart" and "Karaoğlan Yeşil Ejder".
In the 1970s, he took part in many films such as “White Roses”, “Bir Lokma Bread”, “Eagle of the Mountains”, “Don't Say We Didn't Hear You”, “Outlaws”, “Kara Gözlüm”, “I Did It Myself I Found It”, “Lynç”; In 1972, he starred in "The Shah of the Womanizers / Don Juan 72", "Touch It, You'll Die", "Inexorable", "The Shroud Has No Pocket", "Fearless Lovers", "Leyla and Mecnun", "Murat and Nazlı", "My Son", "For My Son", "Turn of Death", "Parola Yıldırım", "Shut Up, I'm Coming", He took part in a number of productions such as "Devil's Claw", "Flying Girl" and "Wounded Wolf". In 1973 and 1974, "Bitter Fist", "The Victory of Love / Love and Homeland", "The Big Shame", "The Desperate", "Rear View Mirror", "Lover of Two Thousand Years", "Anguish", "Do You Have a Daughter or Do You Have a Problem", "Mevlana", "I Want to Be Loved", "Robbers", "Dadaş Rıfat", He performed in films such as "Diyet", "Salako" and "Pickpocket".
From 1975 to 1979, "Find Your Man", "Babacan", "Cemil", "Youth Bridge", "Hanzo", "Amazing 17", "Here is Life", "Keloğlan is at Work", "Panic", "It's Your Turn", "Television Boy", "The Three Stooges", "Holy God", "Tomorrow" Our", "Eat My Fur", "Oh My Wife Don't Hear", "Beşiktaş in Five Minutes", "Bodrum Judge", "Coup", "Deli Şahin", "Missing Skirt", "Gülşah Küçük Anne", "Hasip ile Nasip", "A Lion Lies in Every Heart", "When Destiny Binds", "Kartal Pendik We Go and Come", “The Undefeated”, “Organization”, “So Be It”, “Orange”, “Fake Bully”, “Alone”, “Trap”, “Justice”, “Motherhouse”, “Father's House”, “Raid”, “Our Girl”, “Strange”, “Sunny Swamp”, “Word of Honor”, “Brothers in Arms”, “Fire”, “My Trouble is Bigger than the World”, “Death Mission”, “City of Stone and Earth of Gold”, “Did I Create Love”, “Two Acrobats”, “Fearless Coward”, “Idiot Şaban”, “Üç Kağıtçı”, “Dolap Beygiri”, “Do not Sin”, “Seven Troubles Hüsnü”, “Tokatçı”, “A Woman Loves Once”, “Oh My God, You He left an important legacy to the world of cinema by taking part in productions such as "Bilirsin" and "Tatar Ramazan".
Yusuf Çağatay was born in Tarsus, Türkiye in 1927. He died on August 6, 1994.
Productions in which he took part
He took part in a total of 51 productions; 12 of the most well-known are listed.
- Little Agha (1984)
- Tokatçı (1984) — Peasant
- The Lionheart Bully (1967)
- Death Row (1972) — Fedai
- Polished Ibo and the Forty Thieves (1964)
- King of Swindlers (1960)
- Tatar Ramazan (1990)
- Fearless Coward (1979) — Neighbourhood
- I Want to Be Loved (1974)
- A Lion Lies in Every Heart (1976)
- Oh Beautiful Istanbul (1966) — Kâzım
- Occhio per occhio, dente per dente (1967)
Production and imprint information was taken from TMDB.
