Hamdy Ghaith
Actor
Biography
Mahmoud Hamdy El Husseini Ghaith was an Egyptian actor, who was born in the village of Shalashlamoun, Ash Sharqia in 1924. He studied at the Faculty of Law and then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He continued his theatrical studies in the French capital, Paris, and debuted through the movie Struggle in the Valley. In cinema, he presented many films, most notably Dawn of a New Day, The Message, and Land of Fear. He has also worked in television dramas since the 1960s, many of which belonged to religious and historical works, such as: Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Islamic Conquests, There Is No God But Allah, and Zezenia. He died in 2006 of respiratory failure at the age of 82.
Filmography
The Blazing Sun
as Selim سليم 1954
Saladin the Victorious
as Richard the Lionheart 1963
Land of Fear
as Hodhod 2000
Round Trip to Ismailia
as Salem Al-Masry - Ibrahim's father 1997
Dawn of a New Day
as Hussein 1964
Traces in the Sand
as Dr. Ahmed Zaki 1954
El Madbah
1985
The Devil of the Desert
as Zayyah 1954
A House in the Air
1988
The Gypsies
1996
Looking for Tutankhamun
1997
صراع العشاق
as سليم النجعاوي 1981
When Love Sings
1973
Verdict at hearing's end
as hammam 1985
The Berry and the Cane
as Hasouna 1986
Nar Elshouq
1970