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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Ten Commandments (1956) — (as Rushti Abaza)
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Valley of the Kings (1954) — Robed Man (uncredited)
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A Man in Our House (1961) — عبدالحميد زاهر
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Sleepless (1957) — Samir
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Oh Islam (1961) — Peppers
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Wife Number 13 (1962) — مراد سالم
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Conflict in the Nile (1959) — ريّس مجاهد
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Too Young for Love (1966) — Kamal Azmy كمال عزمي
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Smart but Stupid (1980) — حمدي
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Life or Death (1954) — ظابط البوليس
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Jamila, the Algerian (1958) — بيجار
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Arouss el Nil (1963) — Sami Fouad
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Return My Heart (1957) — صلاح
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A Woman on the Road (1958) — صابر فرج الصعيدى
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The Second Man (1959) — Esmat Kazem
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Teenagers (1960) — عادل
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Tamarind (1957) — حسن
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Sunset and Sunrise (1970) — عصام
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Appointment with Love (1956) — Mamdouh
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Word of Honour (1973) — رئيس مصلحة السجون
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Beware of Eve (1962) — Doctor Hassan
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Journey to the Moon (1959) — لمهندس احمد رشدى
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Angel and Devil (1960) — sabry ezzat
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Body and Passion (1972) — زكي - ضيف شرف
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A Crime in the Calm Neighbourhood (1967) — حمد عزت
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Where Is My Mind? (1974) — Dr. Zohdi
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Traders of Death (1957) — Mourad
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Marriage for Half an Hour (1969) — Dr. Hosny
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Enemy of Women (1966) — د. عيسى الأيوبي
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El Maganeen Fi Naeem (1963) — Sherif Ashraf
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Ismail Yassine in the Police (1956) — رشدى ضابط الألعاب
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A Woman and a Man (1971) — جاسر مبارك
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The Lost Love (1970) — Medhat مدحت
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The Little Charmer (1963) — عصمت الدرملي
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Fortune carrée (1955)
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Min Ajl Hifnat 'awlad (1969) — حسن
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The Three Devils (1964) — سعداوي
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No Time for Love (1963) — Hamza
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I Want a Solution (1975) — مدحت سيف النصر
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They Made Me a Criminal (1954) — صاحب الكباريه