Feridun Şavlı

Feridun Şavlı — Biography

Feridun Şavlı was a Yeşilçam actor remembered for playing Domdom Ali in the Hababam Sınıfı film series, of which he became one of the indispensable cast members. Born in Burdur, he graduated from Istanbul Technical Textile High School and died in Istanbul on April 19, 1995.

His film career began in 1975 and reached a busy pace within a few years. That year he appeared in Ah Nerede, Sınıfta Şenlik Var and the first two films of the series, Hababam Sınıfı and Hababam Sınıfı Sınıfta Kaldı; Hababam Sınıfı Uyanıyor (1976), Hababam Sınıfı Tatilde (1977) and Hababam Sınıfı Dokuz Doğuruyor (1978) followed. In these years he took roles in many Yeşilçam productions as well as in commercials. In 1978 he acted in Neşeli Günler and Yüz Numaralı Adam, playing Tuncer in the latter. That same year he decided, for reasons that are not specified, to step away from cinema.

His brother Faruk Şavlı also appeared in the Hababam Sınıfı series. Years after leaving the cinema, Şavlı was back on screen in the 1993 series Umut Taksi.