Ahmed Mazhar

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Saladin (1963) — Saladin
2. The Nightingale's Prayer (1959) — مهندس الرّي
3. Cairo 30 (1966) — الوزير قاسم بك
4. Oh Islam (1961) — Mahmoud/Qutz
5. Black Tiger (1984) — Costa
6. Empire M (1972) — Ahmed Raafat
7. Soft Hands (1963) — البرنس شوكت حلمي
8. Jamila, the Algerian (1958) — يوسف
9. Return My Heart (1957) — الأمير علاء
10. Cairo (1963) — kerim
11. Thieves but Cute (1969) — Hamid
12. Shafiqa and Metwally (1978) — أحمد الطرابيشي
13. The Last Night (1963) — Magdy
14. Layali El-Helmeya (1987) — Ahmed Hasanein Basha
15. Word of Honour (1973) — العميد شريف صادق
16. The Dark Glasses (1963) — Omar
17. The Dawn of Islam (1951) — Amr bin Hisham (Abu Jahl)
18. The Laughing Crime (1963) — Medhat Salem مدحت سالم
19. The Green Doorstep (1959)
20. Ladies' Threshold (1995) — فاضل ابو سهير الدكتورة
21. The Barred Road (1958) — Mounir (writer) - الكاتب /منير حلمى
22. The Road of Hope (1957) — عباس
23. A Tale Behind Every Door (1979) — Abdulsalam
24. Gharam Al-Asyad (1961) — Ahmed Mourad
25. Lover's Walk (1957) — محسن
26. I Am Innocent (1959)
27. Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab (1986) — Hassan Emad
28. Al-Shahat (1973)
29. On Cellophane Paper (1975) — محمد أبو النجا - طبيب
30. Seraa El Gababera (1962) — Farid Abdel Qader
31. An Ordinary Girl (1968) — Ahmed Bey
32. Lost in Memories (1961) — Sherif
33. Umm Ratiba (1959) — tax man
34. Days Of Love (1968) — Sherif Lotfy
35. Hayati hi althaman (1961)
36. The Spy Hikmat Fahmi (1994) — عزيز باشا المصري
37. I Won't Confess (1961) — Ahmed (husband)
38. Nadia (1969) — Medhat مدحت
39. Journey of a Lifetime (1974)
40. Port Said (1957)

Directed

1. Confused Souls (1968) — Director
2. حبيبة غيري (1976) — Director