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Ahmad Mazhar

Profession
Acting
Born
October 8, 1917 · Cairo, Egypt
Died
May 8, 2002

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.

Known for

Saladin poster
Saladin
Film · 1963 · ★ 7.1
The Nightingale's Prayer poster
The Nightingale's Prayer
Film · 1959 · ★ 7.8
Cairo 30 poster
Cairo 30
Film · 1966 · ★ 7.6
Oh Islam poster
Oh Islam
Film · 1961 · ★ 5.8
Black Tiger poster
Black Tiger
Film · 1984 · ★ 6.1
Empire M poster
Empire M
Film · 1972 · ★ 6.3
Soft Hands poster
Soft Hands
Film · 1963
Jamila, the Algerian poster
Jamila, the Algerian
Film · 1958
Return My Heart poster
Return My Heart
Film · 1957
Cairo poster
Cairo
Film · 1963
Thieves but Cute poster
Thieves but Cute
Film · 1969
El Helmeya Nights poster
El Helmeya Nights
Series · 1987

Filmography