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.
Acting (90 movies)
The Green Doorstep
1959
Lover's Walk
1957
عمالقة البحار
1960
The gentle, the gallant, and the greedy
1971
I Am Innocent
1959
Bokra Ahla Men El-Naharda
1986
Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab
1986
Al-Shahat
1973
On Cellophane Paper
1975
Leqaa Al-Ghorabaa
1968
The Rebellious
1963
Seraa El Gababera
1962
An Ordinary Girl
1968
Lost in Memories
1961
A Tale in Two Word
1985
Shafiqa and Metwally
1978
Bitter Grapes
1965
Umm Ratiba
1959
المراهقة الصغيرة
1966
A Stranger
1958
Girls Camp
1967
The Vandals
1967
Days Of Love
1968
Ladies' Threshold
1995
حبيبة غيري
1976
Hayati hi althaman
1961
Boundless Love
1960
Thousands Kisses
1977
Eve's Lies
1969
Shaqa Mafrousha
1970
The Barred Road
1958
Saladin the Victorious
1963
الحب الأخير
1959
Thieves but Cute
1969
The Spy Hikmat Fahmi
1994
El Tagriba El Ula
1972
The White Dress
1975
Black Tiger
1984
Adolescents' Love
1970
I Won't Confess
1961
Confused Souls
1968
Nadia
1969
The Last Night
1963
Oh Islam
1961
Journey of a Lifetime
1974
Empire M
1972
Soft Hands
1963
Cairo 30
1966
The Nightingale's Prayer
1959
Word of Honour
1973
Jamila, the Algerian
1958
Return My Heart
1957
Port Said
1957
The Black Sunglasses
1963
Cairo
1963
Wa Ead Al Hob
1960
The servant
1990
City Lights
1972
Ms. Manal Diary
1971
Agony of Love
1960
Sins of Love
1977
Tarek Al Amal
1957
The Dawn of Islam
1951
Madness of Love
1977
Rendezvous with Soso
1977
Two Women
1975
الأخوة الأعداء
1974
Life is a Moment
1978
A Tale Behind Every Door
1979
The Laughing Crime
1963
Fire in My Heart
1963
The Wedding Night
1966
Till We Meet
1958
The Virgin Wife
1958
Ghosn Al-Zaytoun
1962
El dow' El khafet
1961
Gharam Al-Asyad
1961
I Want This Man
1972
من احب
1966
شهيرة
1975
اللقاء الثاني
1967
Antar's Daughter
1964
My Mother's Fiancé
1965
Al-Shaima
1972
Raghabat
1994
Thousand Kisses and kiss
1977
ثلاث وريثات
1960
من أحب
1966
دعني والدموع
1964
The Women Union
1984
Directing (2 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| El dow' El khafet | 1961 | Producer |
| Confused Souls | 1968 | Producer |
| Confused Souls | 1968 | Writer |
| حبيبة غيري | 1976 | Writer |
| حبيبة غيري | 1976 | Screenplay |