Ahmed Mazhar
Birthday: 1917-10-08 | Place of Birth: Cairo, EgyptAhmed 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.
Known For
Acting
Role
as السلطان عليش
as Hassan Emad
as سالم
as Costa
as ادهم
as Abdulsalam
as رشدي
as Abdul Qader Hussein
as أحمد الطرابيشي
as Cameo
as أحمد حافظ (ضيف شرف)
as يوسف
as Ahmad Fathi
as Mukhtar
as محمد أبو النجا - طبيب
as The Judge القاضي
as العميد شريف صادق
as Adel Sabry
as Ahmed Raafat
