Ahmed Mazhar

Ahmed Hafez Mazhar October 8 1917 May 8 2002 was an Egyptian actor He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat His acting career started in 1951 when he was picked for a role in Zehour AlIslam 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 Mazhars breakthrough in the world of acting came after he succeeded in playing the role of an evil prince in the famous movie Roda Qalbi Return My Heart which was his third movie Other roles soon followed including AlTarik AlMasdood 1958 AlAtaba AlKhadraa 1959 Doaa alKarawan 1959 Wa Islamah 1961 AlDowa AlKhafet 1961 and Ghadan Youm Akhar 1961 He starred in an American movie Cairo 1963 starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama More than four years later Mazhar appeared in Shafika and Metwali alongside Soad Hosny Other films like AlNemr AlAswad Demoue Sahebat ElGalalah AlGasousa Hekmat Fahmy and The Guns and the Fury soon followed