Abdel Warith Assir

Acting Sep 16, 1894 Apr 22, 1982 (aged 88) Egypt

Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, yet he left it after his father’s death to take care of their land. Meanwhile as a great fan of acting and arts he joined The George Abyad Troupe in 1912. His first small role was that of actor keen to which he was trained on by actor Mansy Fahmy. Amr Wasfy the troupe manger then gave him the role of an elderly person. The role that never parted him. In 1935, he started acting on the silver screen. Alongside with acting he had a job as a clerk in the ministry of finance. As Abdul Waareth was a talented writer he wrote a big number of radio series and film scripts including “Zeinab”, the cinema speaking version. He also wrote and adapted four plays together with Soulaymaan Nagueeb. Abdul Waareth excelled in the art of speech and taught it at The Higher Institute of Cinema since its establishment in 1959 until 1967. For TV her acted in TV series “Ahlaam al-fata al-taa’er i.e. Dreams of a flying guy”. He received the best script award for “Gonoun al-hobb i.e. Love madness”. He was also awarded the State Award and Medal of Arts by president Sadaat. Through his great talent of speech and intonation he deeply touched the heart and conscience of the audience thus creating his special way of performance and becoming a phenomenal speaker.

105 Acting Credits

12 Crew Credits

Abdel Warith Assir

Acting

The Message

The Blazing Sun

The Land

Alexandria… Why?

The Flirtation of Girls

The Leech

The People and the Nile

The Sparrow

Shafiqa and Metwally

The Sinners

Alley of The Pestle

Ismail Yassine In the Navy

The Empty Pillow

Shamshon and Leblb

Kandil om Hashem

Leila Raheeba

The Public Prosecutor

Anklet Ring

Happy Day

The General Inspector

Sonya and the Madman

Fatma, Marika & Rachel

Appointment with Happiness

Professor Fatima

Crew

Happy Day

Repentance

The Madness Of Love

Zeinab

Life's Wishes

El Doctor

I'm No Angel

Nahed

Heart of Gold

The Big House

Eayida

Sheikh Hassan