Ahmed Mazhar
Actor
Biography
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (October 8, 1917 – May 8, 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.
His acting career started in 1951 when he was picked for a role in Zehour Al-Islam because of his riding skills and his proper pronunciation of classical Arabic. In 1957, he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents.
Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in the famous movie Roda Qalbi (Return My Heart) which was his third movie. Other roles soon followed, including Al-Tarik Al-Masdood (1958), Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa (1959), Doaa al-Karawan (1959), Wa Islamah (1961), Al-Dowa Al-Khafet (1961) and Ghadan Youm Akhar (1961). He starred in an American movie, Cairo (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali alongside Soad Hosny. Other films like Al-Nemr Al-Aswad, Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah, Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy, and The Guns and the Fury soon followed.
As Director
Filmography
Saladin
as Saladin 1963
The Nightingale's Prayer
as مهندس الرّي 1959
Cairo 30
as الوزير قاسم بك 1966
Oh Islam
as Mahmoud/Qutz 1961
Black Tiger
as Costa 1984
Empire M
as Ahmed Raafat 1972
Soft Hands
as البرنس شوكت حلمي 1963
Cairo
as kerim 1963
Thieves but Cute
as Hamid 1969
Jamila, the Algerian
as يوسف 1958
Return My Heart
as الأمير علاء 1957
Shafiqa and Metwally
as أحمد الطرابيشي 1978
Word of Honour
as العميد شريف صادق 1973
The Last Night
as Magdy 1963
Ladies' Threshold
as فاضل ابو سهير الدكتورة 1995
The Dark Glasses
as Omar 1963
The Dawn of Islam
as Amr bin Hisham (Abu Jahl) 1951