Ali Yalaz

Ali Yalaz — Biography

Ali Yalaz was an actor who moved from cabaret theatre to cinema and television and appeared in close to fifty productions. His filmography runs from the 1970s to the early 1990s, from the Hababam Sınıfı films to television series of the 1980s. He played Rıfkı in Dolap Beygiri (The Wheel Horse) and Atıf in Kaçamak.

He began his artistic life at the Devekuşu Kabare Theatre, and Astronot Niyazi (1970), Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (1983), Yasaklar (1984), Aşk Olsun (1985) and Deliler (1987) are among the plays in which he appeared. He entered cinema with Kiralık Katil in 1971. In the following decade he was seen in films such as Canım Kardeşim (1973), Oh Olsun (1973), Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı (1975) and Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde (1977). His workload grew in the 1980s: Dolap Beygiri (1982), Şaka Yapma, Oğlum Oğlum, Asiye Nasıl Kurtulur (1986), Muhsin Bey and Kaçamak (1987) date from that period.

On television he acted in the series Üç İstanbul (1983), Bizim Çocuklar (1989), Portatif Hüseyin (1991) and Biz Bize Benzeriz (1992), and in 1992 he also appeared in the American production The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Daredevils of the Desert. His father was a naval major and died when he was 13. Yalaz died in July 1993 and was buried in Karacaahmet Cemetery.