Ahmed Mazhar
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 "Back Again" (1957), his third movie. Other roles soon followed, including "Jamila, the Algerian" (1958) alongside Magda and Salah Zulfikar, "Al-Tarik Al-Masdood" (1958) opposite to Faten Hamama, "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, "Cairo" (1963), starring George Sanders and Faten Hamama. Then "Saladin" (1963) alongside Salah Zulfikar and Nadia Lutfi. More than four years later, Mazhar appeared in "Shafika and Metwali" 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.