BOMBAY CLIPPER MOVIE CAST - PRINTED PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED IN INK CO-SIGNED BY: TURHAN BEY, WILLIAM GARGAN - HFSID 342815

BOMBAY CLIPPER MOVIE CAST: TURHAN BEY and WILLIAM GARGAN
The actors are caught in sketchy situation in still from their 1942 film, sign names in black ink
Printed photograph signed in ink: "Turhan Bey" and "Best Wishes/ Bill Gargan" in black ink. Sepia, 10x8. Still from the 1942 film Bombay Clipper. Born in Vienna, Austria to a Turkish father and a Czechoslovakian mother, actor TURHAN BEY (1922-2012) was a popular leading man of the 1940s who was often cast as mysterious or villainous characters on in Arabian nights-type films. Appearing in films from 1941-1996, Bey's credits include Bombay Clipper, The Mummy's Tomb and Arabian Nights (all 1942), Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves and Dragon Seed (both 1944), Song of India (1949), The Skateboard Kid II (1995) and Virtual Combat (1996). He also made several guest starring appearances on television, most notably as two different characters on Babylon 5 (1995, 1998). Bey returned to Vienna, where he lived as a successful photographer until his death in 2012. WILLIAM GARGAN (1905-1979) was an Oscar-nominated American actor with over 100 TV shows and movies to his credit between 1928 and 1958. Gargan started as a stage actor in 1924 and appeared on Broadway a year later in Aloma of the South Seas (1925), his first of eight Broadway appearances. His first film appearance was a bit part in 1928's Lucky Boy, with his first starring role in 1932's Rain. He played high-energy, extroverted leads in B-movies during the 1930s, moving to character roles in the 1940s. He moved to TV in 1949; his most well-known role there was probably Martin Kane in Martin Kane, Private Eye (1949-1951) and The New Adventures of Martin Kane, Private Eye (1957-1958). Gargan lost his larynx to cancer in 1960, which ended his acting career; his final role was as a mute clown in TV's The King of Diamonds. He devoted himself to the American Cancer Society after losing his speech and published an autobiography in 1969 about his fight with cancer entitled Why Me?. Toned. Corners rounded. Light surface creases. Ink notes on verso in unknown hand. Otherwise, fine condition.