Rushdy Abaza
Actor
Biography
An Egyptian actor, born in 1926 to an Italian mother and an Egyptian father. He obtained his baccalaureate from St. Mark's College in Alexandria, but did not complete his university studies due to his love of sports. He began his career in cinema when director Barakat assigned him an important role in the film The Little Millionairess in 1948. In 1950, he traveled to Italy for six months hoping to appear in Italian films, but he was not successful there. Among his most important films are: (A Woman on the Road), The Road, The Road of Hope, The Second Man, Struggle on the Nile, There Is a Man in Our House, and Wife No. 13). He died in 1980 after suffering from brain cancer.
Filmography
Valley of the Kings
as Robed Man (uncredited) 1954
Sleepless
as Samir 1957
A Man in Our House
as عبدالحميد زاهر 1961
Oh Islam
as Peppers 1961
Wife Number 13
as مراد سالم 1962
Struggle on the Nile
as ريّس مجاهد 1959
Too Young for Love
as Kamal Azmy كمال عزمي 1966
Smart but Stupid
as حمدي 1980
Life or Death
as ظابط البوليس 1954
Jamila, the Algerian
as بيجار 1958
A woman on the Road
as صابر فرج الصعيدى 1958
Arouss el Nil
as Sami Fouad 1963
Return My Heart
as صلاح 1957
Sunset and Sunrise
as عصام 1970
Word of Honour
as رئيس مصلحة السجون 1973
The Second Man
as Esmat Kazem 1959