Cihangir Ghaffari
جهانگیر غفاری
Born (1940-09-09) 9 September 1940
NationalityIranian
Occupations
  • Actor
  • film producer
Years active1965–1990s

Cihangir Ghaffari (born 9 September 1940) is an Iranian actor and film producer, known for Les démons (1973), Dick Turpin (1974) and Bloodsport (1988).

Career

Ghaffari starred in a large number of Turkish film productions mainly in the 1970s. His popularity in the cinema of that country led him to integrate the cast of international productions, such as Shaft vuelve a Harlem (1972) by Gordon Parks,[1] Los demonios (1973) Jesús Franco, El monte de las brujas (1974) by Raúl Artigot, Dick Turpin (1974) by Fernando Merino, Hundra (1983) by Matt Cimber, Ciudad del crimen (1984) by Abel Ferrara and Bloodsport (1988) by Newt Arnold.[2][3]

He also served as a producer on titles such as Hundra (1983), Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold (1984)[2] and La cruz de Iberia (1990). In 1975 he had a small appearance on the American television series Medical Center. In the early 1990s, Ghaffari retired from the film scene.

Filmography

Year Film Role(s) Language Notes
1965 Mootalaie shahre ma Persian
Qahremane qahremanan
1966 Emrooz va farda
1967 Dalahoo
1968 Se javanmard
Dozde-siyahpoush
Ghoroube botparastan
Janjal-e pool
Majeraye shabe janveye
Mard-e-hanjare-talael
Tahran Macerası Turkish, Persian Bilingual film
1969 Back Long Ago Spanish Argentinian film
Ghatelin ham migeryand Persian
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
Shar-ashoob
Tatilat-e Dash Esmal
Melikşah Turkish, Persian Bilingual film
Alemya Arabic, Persian
1970 Dokhtar-e zalem-bala Persian
Shahr-e hert
Yahgoot-e se cheshm
Javani ham alamai darad
Fadime Faruk Turkish, Persian Bilingual film
İşportacı Kız Cafer
Malkoçoğlu Cem Sultan Cem Sultan
Selahattin Eyyubi Şövalye Leopold
Ölüm Fermanı / Se delavar Logan
Kan ve Tabanca Fakir Ahmet Turkish
Şimşek Hafiye
Hedefte İki Kişi
Zagor Zagor
Bir Çuval Para
1971 Hak Yolu / Mive-ye gonah Cihangir Persian, Turkish Bilingual film
Shayyadan Persian
Hedefte İmzam Var Tophaneli Murat Turkish
Gurur ve Kin
Batıdan Gelen Adam
Suçsuz Fırarı
Caniler Uyumaz
Asker Ahmet
Tehlikeyi Severim
Zapata
İpini Boynunda Bil
Sevimli Haydut
Adını Anmayacağım Cemil Arkan
Kanunsuz Sokak Ali
Kızgın Güneş
Afacan Küçük Serseri Himself Guest Appearance
1972 Ölüme Yaklaşma
Kırbaçlı Yosma Special appearance
Safakta Vuruşanlar
Şeytan Kan Kusturacak
Shaft's Big Score Jerry English
The Witches Mountain Mario Spanish Spanish film
1973 Sakhreye Siah Persian
The Demons Lord Jeffries French
They Call Me Shmil Danny Hebrew
Ha-Meshahnei'a Ba'am Tony
1974 Dick Turpin Dick Turpin Spanish Spanish film
1975 Medical Center English TV series; 1 episode
1977 Dört Ateşli Yosma Turkish Special appearance
1978 Keefer English TV film
1981 Matad al buitre John Martinelly Spanish
1983 Hundra Napatkin Spanish, English As producer also
1984 Yellow Hair and the Fortress of Gold Shayowteewah English
1988 Bloodsport Gustafson English Credited as John Foster
1988 Gui ma bao biao zei mei ren Cantonese Hong Kong film
1990 Rescue Force English
1990 La cruz de Iberia Spanish As producer

References

  1. Aldous 2015, pp. 162.
  2. 1 2 Budnik 2017, pp. 79.
  3. Davies 2015, pp. 609.
Sources
  • Budnik, Daniel R. (2017). '80s Action Movies on the Cheap: 284 Low Budget, High Impact Pictures. McFarland. ISBN 9780786497416.
  • Aldous, Steve (2015). The World of Shaft: A Complete Guide to the Novels, Comic Strip, Films and Television Series. McFarland. ISBN 9781476622231.
  • Davies, Clive (2015). Spinegrinder: The Movies Most Critics Won't Write About. SCB Distributors. ISBN 9781909394063.
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