Ahmed Mazhar

Acting Oct 8, 1917 May 8, 2002 (aged 85) Cairo, Egypt

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.

109 Acting Credits

3 Crew Credits

Ahmed Mazhar

Acting

Saladin

The Nightingale's Prayer

Cairo 30

Oh Islam

Black Tiger

Empire M

Jamila, the Algerian

Soft Hands

Cairo

Return My Heart

Thieves but Cute

Shafiqa and Metwally

The Last Night

Layali El-Helmeya

Word of Honour

The Dark Glasses

The Dawn of Islam

The Laughing Crime

The Green Doorstep

Ladies' Threshold

The Barred Road

Tarek Al Amal

A Tale Behind Every Door

Gharam Al-Asyad

Crew

El dow' El khafet

Confused Souls

حبيبة غيري