Sabu - Biography

Sabu
( 1924 - 1963 )

Sabu Dastagir was born in Karapur, Mysore, INDIA, on January 27th, 1924, beginning his movie career at the age of 13.

He was one of the most effective elements in the aventures of the couple Montez-Hall. In the beginning of the 50s, he left Hollywood for going to Europe. He had the good luck of playing along with Vittorio de Sica in BUONGIORNO, ELEFANTE!, filmed in Italy in 1952.

When he came back to the United States, he and his brother installed a furniture store but the business was a failure. Later he appeared, sporadically, in circus and TV shows. He came back to the movies in the 60s, his last appearance was in a movie of Walt Disney, A TIGER WALKS (1963).

He died a little bit after the making of this movie, due to a heart attack on December 2^nd, 1963, in Chatsworth, California, USA.

From: Robert Hemmes (roboh@jps.net)
To: Vivian Perez (balamia@yahoo.com)
Subject: Sabu

It's been a long time now, but I knew Sabu as a teen-ager. Your facts are correct in his biography. What I can add is that his brother's name was Shaik, and he was killed in a robbery of his furniture store. Sabu's agent was Joe Espitalier who lived in Escondido CA. He was known as "20% Joe" because he collected 20% instead of the usual 10%. This is not of great interest to today's public, but I was reminded of the days when I knew him.

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