Ahmad Mazhar
Actor
- Born
- October 8, 1917 · Cairo, Egypt
- Died
- May 8, 2002 (age 84)
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.
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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
Acting101
- 1995Ladies' Threshold as فاضل ابو سهير الدكتورة
- 1994Raghabat
- 1994The Spy Hikmat Fahmi as عزيز باشا المصري
- 1992دموع صاحبة الجلالة as شريف باشا
- 1990The servant as كامل عبد ربه
- 1987صاحب الصورة as شيخون محرم
- 1986Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab as Hassan Emad
- 1986Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda
- 1985A Tale in Two Word as سالم
- 1985Rial faddah
- 1984
