Mahmoud Ismail

Mahmoud Ismail (1914–1983; ) was an Egyptian actor of stage and film, a screenplay writer, and a film director. Ismail worked on more than 40 film projects, including acting in some twenty five films and six television series.

Biography Ismail began his artistic career as a theater actor in the Egyptian National Theatre Troupe.

As an actor in film he frequently worked with film directors Ahmed Badrakhan, Niazi Mostafa, , and Hasan El-Saifi. He often played characters that had a criminal past or villains (such as thieves, thugs, and drug dealers). Ismail was also a prolific screenplay writer.

Filmography

As actor

As director

As screenwriter (1959) (1964) , directed by Hasan El-Saifi