Jack Altenbay

Jack Altenbay (ジャック・アルテンバイ, Jakku arutenbai, June 15, 1905 - December 15, 1985) is a Turkish actor and writer who appeared in both Japanese and Western films. He is the uncle of another Turkish-born Japanese actor Enver Altenbay. 
== Career ==
Born in the Kochi Prefecture to a immigrant Turkish middle class family, Jack enrolled at the Kōchi University and graduated in 1926. During his early adulthood, Jack would studied Japan's culture and wrote his journal. In 1932, he moved to Tokyo to pursued his writing career and joined the Yomiuri Shimbun. Even though he was a foreigner, Jack was treated well by his fellow editors. During his time, Jack had learned to speak Japanese while reading the newspaper and spoke English as he visit the local library. In 1938, Jack meet Etsuko Nakao (1909-1997), a dressmaker at the near by store and the two married in 1940. They had two children, Shuji (later became profession photographer) in 1942 and Chinatsu (later became an artist) in 1944. 
In 1949, he meet two filmmakers, Nobuo Aoyagi & Sōjirō Motoki, where they recruited him to play Western parts in Japanese films. In 1951, Jack signed the contract and became an actor. His first appearance was in 1956 film Kaiketsu shura-ō (directed by Santaro Marune) as Rochefort. Then, he played Mr. Chatterley in Morihei Magatani's Nichibei hanayome hanamuko torikae gassen, Admiral of the Baltic Fleet Zinovy Rozhestvensky in Kunio Watanabe's Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War, and Atom AB leader & Black Satellite Marshall in four Super Giant films. Jack is known was his characteristic appearance and western counterpart. He even meet George A. Furness, Andrew Hughes, Harold Conway and Osman Yusef as being part of an international acting group. 
He retired from acting in 1968 and return to his family. In 1971, they moved to Istanbul to persuade their life. Jack passed away in 1985 from myocardial infarction at the age of 80. 
== Filmography: ==
* Kaiketsu shura-ō (1956) as Rochefort
* Nichibei hanayome hanamuko torikae gassen (1957) as Mr. Chatterley
* Emperor Meiji and the Great Russo-Japanese War (1957) as Zinovy Rozhestvensky
* Super Giant: The Steel Giant (1957) as Atom AB leader
* Super Giant Continues (1957) as Atom AB leader
* Yōjasō no maō (1957) as Dr. Stanley
* Sen'un Ajia no Joō (1957) as Barsky
* Super Giant - The Artificial Satellite and the Destruction of Humanity (1957) as Marshal of the secret nation "Black Satellite"
* Super Giant - The Spaceship and the Clash of the Artificial Satellite (1958) as Marshal of the secret nation "Black Satellite"
* Soren dasshutsu: Joguni to nisekyōjin (1958) as Soviet direct officer