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'''Ahmed Hafez Mazhar''' ({{lang-ar|أحمد حافظ مظهر}}; 8 October 1917&nbsp;– 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938<ref name=gharib>[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"]. ''Ahram Online'', Ashraf Gharib, Sunday 8 Oct 2017</ref> and his colleagues included [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and [[Anwar Sadat]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=دفعة الزعيمين جمال عبد الناصر وأنور السادات.. مشوار أحمد مظهر من أرض المعارك إلى فارس السينما المصرية|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1905464.aspx|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Musa|first=Developed By Heba|date=|title=أحمد مظهر.. "فارس السينما" رفيق ناصر والسادات|url=https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2668513/1/أحمد-مظهر..--فارس-السينما--رفيق-ناصر-والسادات|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة اخبار اليوم}}</ref>
'''Ahmed Hafez Mazhar''' ({{langx|ar|أحمد حافظ مظهر|ʾAḥmad Ḥāfeẓ Mazāhar}}; 8 October 1917&nbsp;– 8 May 2002) was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the [[military]] academy in 1938<ref name=gharib>[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"]. ''Ahram Online'', Ashraf Gharib, Sunday 8 Oct 2017</ref> and his colleagues included [[Gamal Abdel Nasser]] and [[Anwar Sadat]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=دفعة الزعيمين جمال عبد الناصر وأنور السادات.. مشوار أحمد مظهر من أرض المعارك إلى فارس السينما المصرية|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/1905464.aspx|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Musa|first=Developed By Heba|date=|title=أحمد مظهر.. "فارس السينما" رفيق ناصر والسادات|url=https://akhbarelyom.com/news/newdetails/2668513/1/أحمد-مظهر..--فارس-السينما--رفيق-ناصر-والسادات|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة اخبار اليوم}}</ref>


==Career==
==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.<ref name=":0" /> In 1957 he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=‏أحمـد مظهر |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/93073/%E2%80%8F%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%80%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8E?lang=ar|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.sis.gov.eg|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-05-08|title=رحيل الفنان احمد مظهر|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/newsid_1975000/1975747.stm|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>
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.<ref name=":0" /> In 1957 he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents.<ref>{{Cite web|title=أحمـد مظهر |url=https://www.sis.gov.eg/Story/93073/%E2%80%8F%D8%A3%D8%AD%D9%85%D9%80%D8%AF-%D9%85%D8%B8%D9%87%D8%B1-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8F-%E2%80%8E?lang=ar|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.sis.gov.eg|language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=2002-05-08|title=رحيل الفنان احمد مظهر|language=en-GB|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/arabic/news/newsid_1975000/1975747.stm|access-date=2020-08-08}}</ref>


Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in [[Ezz El-Dine Zulficar|Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar’s]] ''[[Back Again (film)|Back Again]]'' (1957), his third movie.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=أنت من الأحرار يا على.. "رد قلبى" الأكثر شعبية وشهرة فى تناول ثورة يوليو|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/7/23/أنت-من-الأحرار-يا-على-رد-قلبى-الأكثر-شعبية-وشهرة/4893913|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> Other roles soon followed, including ''[[Jamila, the Algerian]]'' (1958) alongside [[Magda al-Sabahi|Magda]] and [[Salah Zulfikar]], ''[[The Barred Road|Al-Tarik Al-Masdood]]'' (1958) opposite to [[Faten Hamama]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-07|title=صورة نادرة تجمع الصديقان أحمد مظهر وإحسان عبد القدوس فى فترة الشباب|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/7/صورة-نادرة-تجمع-الصديقان-أحمد-مظهر-وإحسان-عبد-القدوس-فى/4917178|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> ''Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa'' (1959),<ref>{{Cite web|title=في ذكرى ميلاد فارس السينما المصرية.. وجوه أخرى للفنان أحمد مظهر - بوابة الشروق|url=https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=08102019&id=3938dada-ffe6-4cee-babd-7dbe8c3117b8|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.shorouknews.com|language=ar-eg}}</ref> ''[[Doaa al-Karawan]]'' (1959),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-08|title=ذكرى ميلاد الفارس.. صدمات ونجاحات ونضال.. محطات مهمة فى حياة أحمد مظهر|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2019/10/8/ذكرى-ميلاد-الفارس-صدمات-ونجاحات-ونضال-محطات-مهمة-فى-حياة/4450154|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> ''[[Oh Islam|Wa Islamah]]'' (1961), ''Al-Dowa Al-Khafet'' (1961) and ''Ghadan Youm Akhar'' (1961). He starred in an American movie, ''[[Cairo (1963 film)|Cairo]]'' (1963), starring [[George Sanders]] and [[Faten Hamama]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-18|title=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|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/11/18/نجوم-الزمن-الجميل-فى-أفلام-السينما-العالمية-يوسف-وهبى-ورشدى/1956623|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> Then ''[[Saladin the Victorious|Saladin]]'' (1963) alongside [[Salah Zulfikar]] and [[Nadia Lutfi]]. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in ''[[Chafika et Metwal|Shafika and Metwali]]'' alongside [[Suad Husni|Soad Hosny]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=أحمد مظهر .. البرنس الذي عمل ميكانيكيا وانضم لثورة يوليو بعد المشاركة في حرب فلسطين{{!}} صور|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2404411.aspx|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}}</ref> Other films like ''Al-Nemr Al-Aswad'', ''Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah'', ''Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy'' and ''[[The Guns and the Fury]]'' soon followed.
Mazhar's breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in [[Ezz El-Dine Zulficar|Ezz El-Dine Zulfikar’s]] ''[[Return My Heart (film)|Return My Heart]]'' (1957) alongside [[Shoukry Sarhan]], [[Salah Zulfikar]] and [[Mariam Fakhr Eddine]], his third movie.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-07-23|title=أنت من الأحرار يا على.. "رد قلبى" الأكثر شعبية وشهرة فى تناول ثورة يوليو|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/7/23/أنت-من-الأحرار-يا-على-رد-قلبى-الأكثر-شعبية-وشهرة/4893913|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> Other roles soon followed, including ''[[Jamila, the Algerian]]'' (1958) alongside [[Magda al-Sabahi|Magda]] and [[Salah Zulfikar]], ''[[The Barred Road|Al-Tarik Al-Masdood]]'' (1958) opposite [[Faten Hamama]],<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-08-07|title=صورة نادرة تجمع الصديقان أحمد مظهر وإحسان عبد القدوس فى فترة الشباب|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2020/8/7/صورة-نادرة-تجمع-الصديقان-أحمد-مظهر-وإحسان-عبد-القدوس-فى/4917178|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> ''Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa'' (1959) opposite [[Ismail Yassine]] and [[Sabah (singer)|Sabah]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=في ذكرى ميلاد فارس السينما المصرية.. وجوه أخرى للفنان أحمد مظهر - بوابة الشروق|url=https://www.shorouknews.com/news/view.aspx?cdate=08102019&id=3938dada-ffe6-4cee-babd-7dbe8c3117b8|access-date=2020-08-08|website=www.shorouknews.com|language=ar-eg}}</ref> In addition to; ''[[Doaa al-Karawan]]'' (1959),<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-10-08|title=ذكرى ميلاد الفارس.. صدمات ونجاحات ونضال.. محطات مهمة فى حياة أحمد مظهر|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2019/10/8/ذكرى-ميلاد-الفارس-صدمات-ونجاحات-ونضال-محطات-مهمة-فى-حياة/4450154|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> ''[[Oh Islam|Wa Islamah]]'' (1961), ''El-Dowa El-Khafet'' (1961) and ''Ghadan Youm Akhar'' (1961). He starred in an American movie, ''[[Cairo (1963 film)|Cairo]]'' (1963), starring [[George Sanders]] and [[Faten Hamama]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2014-11-18|title=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|url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2014/11/18/نجوم-الزمن-الجميل-فى-أفلام-السينما-العالمية-يوسف-وهبى-ورشدى/1956623|access-date=2020-08-08|website=اليوم السابع}}</ref> Followed by ''[[Saladin the Victorious]]'' (1963) opposite [[Salah Zulfikar]], [[Nadia Lutfi]], among others. Later, Mazhar appeared in ''[[Shafika and Metwali]]'' (1979) alongside [[Suad Husni|Soad Hosny]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=أحمد مظهر .. البرنس الذي عمل ميكانيكيا وانضم لثورة يوليو بعد المشاركة في حرب فلسطين{{!}} صور|url=http://gate.ahram.org.eg/News/2404411.aspx|access-date=2020-08-08|website=بوابة الأهرام|language=ar}}</ref> Other films like ''Al-Nemr Al-Aswad'', ''Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah'', ''Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy'' and ''[[The Guns and the Fury]]'' soon followed.


==Death==
==Death==
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*''Zuhour el Islam'' (1951)
*''Zuhour el Islam'' (1951)
*''Rihlah Gharamiyyah'' (1957)
*''Rihlah Gharamiyyah'' (1957)
*''[[Back Again (film)|Rod Qalby]]'' (1957)
*''[[Return My Heart (film)|Rod Qalby]]'' (1957)
*''Port Said'' (1957)
*''Port Said'' (1957)
*''El tarik el masdud'' (1958) - Mounir (writer)
*''El tarik el masdud'' (1958) - Mounir (writer)
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*''Hatta naltaki'' (1958)
*''Hatta naltaki'' (1958)
*''El zoja el azraa'' (1958) - Magdi
*''El zoja el azraa'' (1958) - Magdi
*''Doa al karawan'' (1959)
*''[[The Nightingale's Prayer|Doa al karawan]]'' (1959)
*''Nour el lail'' (1959)
*''Nour el lail'' (1959)
*''El hub el akhir'' (1959)
*''El hub el akhir'' (1959)
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*''Genoun el hob'' (1977) - Mahmoud
*''Genoun el hob'' (1977) - Mahmoud
*''Al omr lahza'' (1978)
*''Al omr lahza'' (1978)
*''Chafika et Metwal'' (1979)
*''[[Shafika and Metwali]]'' (1979)
*''[[The Guns and the Fury]]'' (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan
*''[[The Guns and the Fury]]'' (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan
*''Al Etehad Al Nessai'' (1984)
*''Al Etehad Al Nessai'' (1984)
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== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Top 100 Egyptian films|CIFF Top 100 Egyptian films]]
* [[List of Egyptian films of the 1950s]]
* [[List of Egyptian films of the 1950s]]
* [[List of Egyptian films of the 1960s]]
* [[List of Egyptian films of the 1960s]]
* [[Soad Hosny filmography]]
* [[Salah Zulfikar filmography]]
* [[Faten Hamama filmography]]


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb name}}
* {{IMDb name}}
* [https://see.news/lesser-known-facts-about-ahmed-mazhar-on-his-104th-birth/ Lesser Known Facts about Ahmed Mazhar on 104th Birth Anniversary]


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Latest revision as of 08:35, 14 November 2024

For other people named Mazhar, see Mazhar (disambiguation).
Ahmad Mazhar
Born(1917-10-08)8 October 1917
Cairo, Egypt
Died8 May 2002(2002-05-08) (aged 84)
Cairo, Egypt
OccupationActor
Years active1951–1997

Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (Arabic: أحمد حافظ مظهر, romanized: 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

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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.[2] 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) opposite Ismail Yassine and Sabah.[8] In addition to; Doaa al-Karawan (1959),[9] 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.[10] Followed by 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

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Ahmed Mazhar died at home at age 85 in Giza in 2002.[12]

Selected filmography

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  • 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)
  • Abul eyoun garia (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
  • Mala zekrayat (1961)
  • Hayat wa amal (1961)
  • Hayati hial taman (1961) - Hussein Abdulsalam
  • Gharam el assiad (1961)
  • Amalekat el behar (1961) - Officer Salah El Desoky
  • Seraa el gababera (1962)
  • I Will Not Confess (1962) - Ahmed (husband)
  • Hira wa chebab (1962)
  • Ghosn el zeitoun (1962)
  • Ghadan yawmon akhar (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
  • El naddara el sawdaa (1963)
  • El lahab (1964)
  • Daani wal demouh (1964)
  • Bint Antar (1964)
  • El ainab el murr (1965)
  • Lailat el zafaf (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)
  • Shafika and Metwali (1979)
  • The Guns and the Fury (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan
  • Al Etehad Al Nessai (1984)

See also

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ "Remembering Ahmed Mazhar: The knight of Egyptian cinema". Ahram Online, Ashraf Gharib, Sunday 8 Oct 2017
  2. ^ a b "دفعة الزعيمين جمال عبد الناصر وأنور السادات.. مشوار أحمد مظهر من أرض المعارك إلى فارس السينما المصرية". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  3. ^ Musa, Developed By Heba. "أحمد مظهر.. "فارس السينما" رفيق ناصر والسادات". بوابة اخبار اليوم. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  4. ^ "أحمـد مظهر". www.sis.gov.eg (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  5. ^ "رحيل الفنان احمد مظهر". 2002-05-08. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  6. ^ "أنت من الأحرار يا على.. "رد قلبى" الأكثر شعبية وشهرة فى تناول ثورة يوليو". اليوم السابع. 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  7. ^ "صورة نادرة تجمع الصديقان أحمد مظهر وإحسان عبد القدوس فى فترة الشباب". اليوم السابع. 2020-08-07. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  8. ^ "في ذكرى ميلاد فارس السينما المصرية.. وجوه أخرى للفنان أحمد مظهر - بوابة الشروق". www.shorouknews.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  9. ^ "ذكرى ميلاد الفارس.. صدمات ونجاحات ونضال.. محطات مهمة فى حياة أحمد مظهر". اليوم السابع. 2019-10-08. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  10. ^ "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". اليوم السابع. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  11. ^ "أحمد مظهر .. البرنس الذي عمل ميكانيكيا وانضم لثورة يوليو بعد المشاركة في حرب فلسطين| صور". بوابة الأهرام (in Arabic). Retrieved 2020-08-08.
  12. ^ "In memoriam: Ahmed Mazhar's equestrian portrait lingers on". EgyptToday. Retrieved 2020-08-08.
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