Ahmed Mazhar Explained
Ahmad Mazhar |
Birth Date: | 8 October 1917 |
Birth Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Death Place: | Cairo, Egypt |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1951–1997 |
Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (Arabic: أحمد حافظ مظهر|ʾAḥmad Ḥāfeẓ Mazāhar; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938[1] and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.[2] [3]
Career
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.[4] [5]
Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar’s Return My Heart (1957) alongside Shoukry Sarhan, Salah Zulfikar and Mariam Fakhr Eddine, his third movie.[6] Other roles soon followed, including Jamila, the Algerian (1958) alongside Magda and Salah Zulfikar, Al-Tarik Al-Masdood (1958) opposite Faten Hamama,[7] Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa (1959),[8] Doaa al-Karawan (1959),[9] 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.[10] Then Saladin the Victorious (1963) opposite Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi, among others. Later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali (1979) alongside Soad Hosny.[11] Other films like Al-Nemr Al-Aswad, Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah, Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy and The Guns and the Fury soon followed.
Death
Ahmed Mazhar died at home at age 85 in Giza in 2002.[12]
Selected filmography
- Zuhour el Islam (1951)
- Rihlah Gharamiyyah (1957)
- Rod Qalby (1957)
- Port Said (1957)
- El tarik el masdud (1958) - Mounir (writer)
- El moallema (1958)
- Djamilah (1958) - Youssef
- Tarik el amal (1958)
- Hatta naltaki (1958)
- El zoja el azraa (1958) - Magdi
- Doa al karawan (1959)
- Nour el lail (1959)
- El hub el akhir (1959)
- El ataba el khadra (1959)
- Ana baria (1959)
- (1959)
- Talat warissat (1960)
- Omm Ratiba (1960)
- Lawet el hub (1960)
- Hub fi hub (1960)
- Oh Islam (1961) - Mahmoud
- El dow' El khafet (1961)
- Waada el hub (1961) - Hamda
- (1961)
- Hayat wa amal (1961)
- Hayati hial taman (1961) - Hussein Abdulsalam
- (1961)
- Amalekat el behar (1961) - Officer Salah El Desoky
- (1962)
- I Will Not Confess (1962) - Ahmed (husband)
- Hira wa chebab (1962)
- Ghosn el zeitoun (1962)
- (1962)
- Cairo (1963) - Kerim
- El motamarreda (1963)
- El Naser Salah el Dine (1963) - Saladin
- Nar fi Sadri (1963)
- El Garima El Daheka (1963)
- El-Lailah el-Akhirah (1963) - Dr. Ahmed
- El aydi el naema (1963) - Shawkat Helmy
- (1963)
- El lahab (1964)
- Daani wal demouh (1964)
- Bint Antar (1964)
- El ainab el murr (1965)
- (1966)
- El moraheka el saghira (1966)
- Al-Kahira thalatin (1966)
- Moaskar el banat (1967) - Hassan
- El lekaa el tani (1967) - Raafat
- Al moukhareboun (1967) - Adel
- Losos Laken Dhurafa'a (1968) - Hamed
- Noufouss haira (1968) - Rashwan
- Bint min el banat (1968)
- Ayyam el-hob (1968) - Sherif
- Akazib hawa (1969)
- Nadia (1969)
- Al-hob wal-Thaman (1970)
- Khatib mama (1970)
- Emberatoriet meem (1972)
- Kalimat Sharaf (1972)
- Al Shayma, Prophet's Sister (1972) - Begad
- Al-Reda' Al-Abiad (1975) - Ahmad Fathi
- Genoun el hob (1977) - Mahmoud
- Al omr lahza (1978)
- Chafika et Metwal (1979)
- The Guns and the Fury (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan
- Al Etehad Al Nessai (1984)
See also
External links
Notes and References
- http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/278438/Arts--Culture/Film/Remembering-Ahmed-Mazhar-The-knight-of-Egyptian-ci.aspx "Remembering Ahmed Mazhar: The knight of Egyptian cinema"
- Web site: دفعة الزعيمين جمال عبد الناصر وأنور السادات.. مشوار أحمد مظهر من أرض المعارك إلى فارس السينما المصرية. 2020-08-08. بوابة الأهرام. ar.
- Web site: Musa. Developed By Heba. أحمد مظهر.. "فارس السينما" رفيق ناصر والسادات. 2020-08-08. بوابة اخبار اليوم.
- Web site: أحمـد مظهر . 2020-08-08. www.sis.gov.eg. ar.
- News: 2002-05-08. رحيل الفنان احمد مظهر. en-GB. 2020-08-08.
- Web site: 2020-07-23. أنت من الأحرار يا على.. "رد قلبى" الأكثر شعبية وشهرة فى تناول ثورة يوليو. 2020-08-08. اليوم السابع.
- Web site: 2020-08-07. صورة نادرة تجمع الصديقان أحمد مظهر وإحسان عبد القدوس فى فترة الشباب. 2020-08-08. اليوم السابع.
- Web site: في ذكرى ميلاد فارس السينما المصرية.. وجوه أخرى للفنان أحمد مظهر - بوابة الشروق. 2020-08-08. www.shorouknews.com. ar-eg.
- Web site: 2019-10-08. ذكرى ميلاد الفارس.. صدمات ونجاحات ونضال.. محطات مهمة فى حياة أحمد مظهر. 2020-08-08. اليوم السابع.
- Web site: 2014-11-18. نجوم الزمن الجميل فى أفلام السينما العالمية.. يوسف وهبى ورشدى أباظة فريد شوقى فى فيلم إيطالى.. فاتن ومظهر والشناوى بالسينما الأمريكية.. سامية جمال تظهر بسينمات فرنسية وأسبانية وأمريكية. 2020-08-08. اليوم السابع.
- Web site: أحمد مظهر .. البرنس الذي عمل ميكانيكيا وانضم لثورة يوليو بعد المشاركة في حرب فلسطين صور. 2020-08-08. بوابة الأهرام. ar.
- Web site: In memoriam: Ahmed Mazhar's equestrian portrait lingers on. 2020-08-08. EgyptToday.