Ahmed Hafez Mazhar (Arabic: أحمد حافظ مظهر; 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]

Ahmad Mazhar
Born	(1917-10-08)8 October 1917 Cairo, Egypt
Died	8 May 2002(2002-05-08) (aged 84) Cairo, Egypt
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–1997

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.[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 Back Again (1957) alongside Shoukry Sarhan and Salah Zulfikar, 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),[8] Doaa al-Karawan (1959),[9] Wa Islamah (1961), Al-Dowa Al-Khafet (1961) and Ghadan Youm Akhar (1961). He starred in an American movie, Cairo (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama.[10] Then Saladin (1963) opposite Salah Zulfikar, Nadia Lutfi, among others. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali 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

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

Selected filmography

See also

• CIFF Top 100 Egyptian films
• List of Egyptian films of the 1950s
• List of Egyptian films of the 1960s
• Soad Hosny filmography
• Salah Zulfikar filmography
• Faten Hamama filmography

References

External links

• Ahmed Mazhar at IMDb 
• Lesser Known Facts about Ahmed Mazhar on 104th Birth Anniversary