![]() This would turn out to be his final role as he died three months before the film was released. He played another supporting role alongside Brian Keith in the Disney film A Tiger Walks. In 1963, he made a comeback to Hollywood with a supporting role in Rampage opposite Robert Mitchum. Sabu never got to appear in a film made in his native country. He was considered for the role of Birju in Mehboob Khan's 1957 film Mother India which would have marked his debut in Hindi films but he was denied a work permit and the role ended up going to Sunil Dutt. In 1952, he starred in the Harringay Circus with an elephant act. Through most of the 1950s he starred in largely unsuccessful European films. He occasionally did gain significant parts, such as his supporting role in the British film Black Narcissus (1947). His career declined after World War II as he was unable to secure equivalent roles in Hollywood that British films had offered. He flew several dozen missions with the 370th Bombardment Squadron of the 307th Bomb Group in the Pacific, and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for his valor and bravery. He starred alongside Maria Montez and Jon Hall in three films for Universal Pictures: Arabian Nights (1942), White Savage (1943) and Cobra Woman (1944).Īfter becoming an American citizen in 1944, Sabu joined the United States Army Air Forces and served as a tail gunner and ball-turret gunner on B-24 Liberators. In 1942, Sabu played another role based on a Kipling story, namely Mowgli in Rudyard Kipling's Jungle Book directed by Zoltan Korda, which was shot entirely in California. Director Michael Powell said that Sabu had a "wonderful grace" about him. Sabu is perhaps best known for his role as Abu in the 1940 fantasy adventure film The Thief of Bagdad. ![]() Mason to write The Drum as a starring vehicle for the young actor. In 1938 producer Alexander Korda commissioned A. This was adapted from " Toomai of the Elephants", a story by Rudyard Kipling. ![]() When he was 13, Sabu was discovered by documentary filmmaker Robert Flaherty, who cast him in the role of an elephant driver in the 1937 British film Elephant Boy. Career Sabu served in the United States Army Air Forces during World War II. While most reference books list his full name as "Sabu Dastagir" (which was the name he used legally), research by journalist Philip Leibfried suggests that his full name was in fact Selar Sabu. He was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.īorn in 1924 in Karapur, Mysore, Kingdom of Mysore, then a Princely State of British India, Sabu was the son of an Indian mahout (elephant rider). Throughout his career he was credited under the name Sabu and is primarily known for his work in films during the 1930s–1940s in Britain and the United States. Sabu Dastagir (possibly born Selar Sabu 27 January 1924 – 2 December 1963) was an Indian actor who later gained United States citizenship.
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