Hamdy Ghaith
Biography
Mahmoud Hamdy El Husseini Ghaith was an Egyptian actor, who was born in the village of Shalashlamoun, Ash Sharqia in 1924. He studied at the Faculty of Law and then studied at the Higher Institute of Cinema. He continued his theatrical studies in the French capital, Paris, and debuted through the movie Struggle in the Valley. In cinema, he presented many films, most notably Dawn of a New Day, The Message, and Land of Fear. He has also worked in television dramas since the 1960s, many of which belonged to religious and historical works, such as: Muhammad is the Messenger of God, Islamic Conquests, There Is No God But Allah, and Zezenia. He died in 2006 of respiratory failure at the age of 82.
Filmography
Land of Fear
2000
as Hodhod
Round Trip to Ismailia
1997
as Salem Al-Masry - Ibrahim's father
Looking for Tutankhamun
1997
The Gypsies
1996
Samara Al-Amir
1992
Borgwan Lane
1989
Love also dies
1988
Assassination of a Teacher
1988
as Abdul Ghani Al-Sharqawi
A House in the Air
1988
The Berry and the Cane
1986
as Hasouna
El Madbah
1985
Verdict at hearing's end
1985
as hammam
صراع العشاق
1981
as سليم النجعاوي
The Message
1976
as Abou Sufyan ibn Harb
When Love Sings
1973
as فاضل ( صاحب المحل )
حياة خطرة
1971
Nar Elshouq
1970
The Intruder
1967
as abdualaleem عبدالعليم علوان
Dawn of a New Day
1964
as Hussein
Saladin
1963
as Richard the Lionheart
Banat Al-Lail
1955
The Devil of the Desert
1954
as Zayyah
Lovers Village
1954
as كامل
Traces in the Sand
1954
as Dr. Ahmed Zaki