The Turkish warden actor is a nice guy in real life?
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buchan1965 — 16 years ago(August 27, 2009 12:10 AM)
He's also in the movie "The In-Laws" (the original 1979 version, not the crappy remake). He plays one of the hired thugs keeping guard outside Peter Falk's office building. I was stunned to discover he's an American he seemed so convincing as a Turkish thug.
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Edward_de_Vere — 16 years ago(October 12, 2009 02:42 PM)
Why are so many people unable to distinguish films from reality? That's the only explanation for the "shock" they feel when they find out that TV's Mr. Evil is really a nice man or TV's hero/Mr. Nice guy is a nasty SOB.
Just because an actor portrays a villain or a hero in a movie convincingly doesn't mean that he has to be either in life. In fact, a competent actor should be able to do both equally well. It ought to be self-evident, but for some folks -
jbartelone — 11 years ago(September 17, 2014 12:22 PM)
The real head warden that Paul Smith played, Hamidou, was actually shot to death outside a coffee shop in Turkey. I think Billy says in his book he treated him badly, but nowhere near what Hamidou did in the movie.
I don't think in the movie, Hamidou is called by name.
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okc_rn — 9 years ago(September 26, 2016 08:15 PM)
According to the biography on Imdb.com on Paul Smith
http://www.imdb.com/board/20809544/?ref_=tt_cl_t5
Born: June 24, 1936 in Everett, Massachusetts, USA
Died: April 25, 2012 (age 75) in Ra'anana, Israel
He has an impressive list as an actor, not all parts were heavies. He was on Hawaii Five-O, Barney Miller, Chips, Emergency, Have Gun will Travel. How could such a person be a bad guy.
The biograhy also mentions he immigrated to Isreal and adopted the hewbrew name Adam Eden.