Ahmad Mazhar

Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (; 8 October 1917 – 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat.

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.

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. Other roles soon followed, including Jamila, the Algerian (1958) alongside Magda and Salah Zulfikar, Al-Tarik Al-Masdood (1958) opposite Faten Hamama, Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa (1959) opposite Ismail Yassine and Sabah. In addition to; Doaa al-Karawan (1959), Wa Islamah (1961), El-Dowa El-Khafet (1961) and Ghadan Youm Akhar (1961). He starred in an American movie, Cairo (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama. Followed by Saladin the Victorious (1963) opposite Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi, among others. Later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali (1979) 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.

Death Ahmed Mazhar died at home at age 85 in Giza in 2002.

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) Cairo 30 (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-Ridaʼ al-Abyaḍ (1975) - Ahmad Fathi Genoun el hob (1977) - Mahmoud Al omr lahza (1978) Shafika and Metwali (1979) The Guns and the Fury (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan The Black Tiger (1984) Al Etehad Al Nessai (1984)