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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 ''

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'' (1957) alongside

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, his third movie. Other roles soon followed, including ''

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'' (1958) alongside

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, '' Al-Tarik Al-Masdood'' (1958) opposite

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, ''Al-Ataba Al-Khadraa'' (1959), '' Doaa al-Karawan'' (1959), '' Wa Islamah'' (1961), ''Al-Dowa Al-Khafet'' (1961) and ''Ghadan Youm Akhar'' (1961). He starred in an American movie, ''

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'' (1963) opposite

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, among others. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in ''

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'' (1979) alongside

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. Other films like ''Al-Nemr Al-Aswad'', ''Demoue Sahebat El-Galalah'', ''Al-Gasousa Hekmat Fahmy'' and ''

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Death

Ahmed Mazhar died at home at age 85 in

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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) * (1959) *''Talat warissat'' (1960) *''Omm Ratiba'' (1960) *''Lawet el hub'' (1960) *''Hub fi hub'' (1960) *''

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'' (1961) - Mahmoud *''El dow' El khafet'' (1961) *''Waada el hub'' (1961) - Hamda * (1961) *''Hayat wa amal'' (1961) *''Hayati hial taman'' (1961) - Hussein Abdulsalam * (1961) *''Amalekat el behar'' (1961) - Officer Salah El Desoky * (1962) *'' I Will Not Confess'' (1962) - Ahmed (husband) *''Hira wa chebab'' (1962) *''Ghosn el zeitoun'' (1962) * (1962) *''

'' (1963) - Kerim *''El motamarreda'' (1963) *'' El Naser Salah el Dine'' (1963) -

*''Nar fi Sadri'' (1963) *''El Garima El Daheka'' (1963) *''El-Lailah el-Akhirah'' (1963) - Dr. Ahmed *''El aydi el naema'' (1963) - Shawkat Helmy * (1963) *''El lahab'' (1964) *''Daani wal demouh'' (1964) *''Bint Antar'' (1964) *''El ainab el murr'' (1965) * (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) *''Chafika et Metwal'' (1979) *''

'' (1981) - Sheik Khazal Khan *''Al Etehad Al Nessai'' (1984)

Career

Death

Selected filmography

See also