Memduh Ün

Personal Info

Birthday

March 14, 1920

Day of Death

2015-10-16

(95 years old)

Place of Birth

Also Known As

Turhan Ün

Arif Memduh Ün

Memduh Ün

Biography

Turkish football player, film director, actor, editor, screenwriter, producer, lecturer and Honorary Professor. He graduated from Vefa Lisesi in 1937.

In 1938, he dropped out of Istanbul University Faculty of Medicine in the third year of his education. Ün changed the language of cinema by going beyond the melodrama mould with the film Üc Arkadas in 1958. The film was considered one of the best films of Turkish cinema.

Known For

Altın Koza

Yeniden Doğmak

Zübük

Walking After Midnight

İstanbul 79

Three Friends

Windfall

Whistle If You Come Back

Filmography

2019
Remake, Remix, Rip-Off: About Copy Culture & Turkish Pop Cinema
as Self
2005
Sinema Bir Mucizedir
as Doktor
1993
Whistle If You Come Back
as Bardaki Adam
1992
Walking After Midnight
as Ali
1990
Gün Ortasında Karanlık
as Tiyatro Hocası
1986
Vazife Uğruna
as Emniyet Müdürü
1985
Kahreden Gençlik
as Sevil'in Babası
1982
Gülsüm Ana
as Doctor
1980
Zübük
as Huzur Partisi Milletvekili
Windfall
as Doktor
1979
İstanbul 79
as Ercanın Babası
1976
Darbe
as Şakir Bey
1973
Feryat
as Vedat
1972
Sezercik Aslan Parçası
as Komiser
1971
The Hopeless Ones
as Memduh
Three Friends
as Doktor
1969
As Long as We Live
as Ziya
1967
Vagabond
as Lütfü Engin (voice)
1965
The Broken Lifes
as Talat
1964
İstanbul'un Kızları
as Komiser
1962
Ayşecik Yavru Melek
as Ferit
1961
Aşk Hırsızı
as Cemil
1960
Mahallenin Sevgilisi
as Doktor
For Chastity
as Patron Kenan
1952
Onu Ben Öldürdüm
as Kemal