Ahmad Mazhar

Q: When did Ahmad Mazhar die?

Ahmad Mazhar died on May 8, 2002.

Q: How old was Ahmad Mazhar when they died?

Ahmad Mazhar was 84 years old at the time of death.

Q: What was Ahmad Mazhar's cause of death?

The cause of death of Ahmad Mazhar was pneumonia.

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. In 1957 he retired as commander of the special cavalry units and decided to explore his acting talents.

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)
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)
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)

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