Abdullah Gaith

Abdullah Gaith (1930 - 12 March 1993) was an Arab actor from Egypt. He was a younger brother of the less famous Egyptian actor Hamdi Gaith, who died in 2006.

Abdullah Gaith was born in a village called Kafr Al-Shalshalmoon in the province of Al-Sharqeyyah, Egypt. He studied theatre on the High Institute of Theatrical Arts. Abdullah Gaith has worked much in theatre and TV, and less in cinema.

Among his theatrical works are: Al-Husain as a Rebel (Al-Husain Tha,eran- in Arabic), Mahran the Youth (Al_Fata Mahran), and The Visit of the Aging Woman (Ziarat Al-Sayyidah Al-Ajuz).

Among his numerous works in TV : Sukun Al-Asifah (The Calm of the Storm)1978, Ibn Taimeyyah (1984), Musa Ibn Nusair (the great Arab Muslim ruler of Africa who managed the conquest of Spain), Abu Zaid Al-Hilali (1979), Antarah (1979), Al-Sindibad (1985), and Al-Kitabah Ala Lahmin Yahtariq (Writing on Burning Flesh) (1986).

In cinema he acted in these films, among others: Adham Al-Sharqawi (1964), Al-Haram (The Sin) (1965), Al-Simman wal kharif (The Autumn's Quail) which was based on the eponymous novel written by Naguib Mahfouz, and Milaff Samiah Sha,rawi (1988) (The File of Samiah Sha,rawi), in which he played the role of Marshal Abdel Hakim Amer, the Egyptian commander in chief in the period of President Gamal Abdel Nasser until the 1967 war.

No doubt Ghaith's most famous work in cinema is The Message or "Mohammad, Messenger of God" which narrates the story of the rise of Islam. The film was made in 1973 - 1974 in Morocco and Libya, and was premiered in 1977. In the film, Gaith has played the role of Hamza ibn Abdl Muttalib, one of the Prophet Muhammad's uncles, who was killed in the Battle of Uhud.

Abdullah Gaith has died on March 12, 1993 of cancer.