Egyptian actor, filmmaker (1914–1983)
Mahmoud Ismail
Born 18 March 1914 Died 27 January 1983Egypt
Nationality Egyptian Occupation(s) Actor, film director, screenplay writer
Mahmoud Ismail (1914–1983; Arabic : محمود إسماعيل ) was an Egyptian actor of stage and film, a screenplay writer , and a film director . Ismail worked on more than 40 film projects, including acting in some twenty five films and six television series.[ 1]
Biography
Ismail began his artistic career as a theater actor in the Egyptian National Theatre Troupe.[ 1] He was a Sufi , and had lived in the Al-Hussein neighborhood of Cairo.[ 2]
As an actor in film he frequently worked with film directors Ahmed Badrakhan , Niazi Mostafa , Hassan Hilmy [ar ] , and Hasan El-Saifi . He often played characters that had a criminal past or villains (such as thieves, thugs, and drug dealers).[ 3] [ 4] Ismail disappeared from the film scene for a few years, then returned again to appear on screen intermittently in films and television miniseries’s in the late-1970s and early-1980s.[ 5] Ismail was also a prolific screenplay writer.
Filmography
As actor
The Victory of Youth (1941) (Arabic : نتصار الشباب , romanized : Intisar al-Shabab )
On the Stage of Life [ar ] (1942) (Arabic : على مسرح الحياة (فيلم) , romanized : Ealaa Masrah Alhaya )[ 6]
Aida (1942 film) [ar ] (Arabic : عايدة , romanized : Eayida ), directed by Ahmed Badrakhan [ 7] [ 8]
Who's Too Old [ar ] (1943) (Arabic : من فات قديمه , romanized : Men Fat Adeem )[ 9]
Who is the Criminal? [ar ] (1944) (Arabic : من الجاني , romanized : Al Jani ), directed by Ahmed Badrakhan[ 10]
The Magic Cap [ar ] (1944) (Arabic : طاقية الإخفاء , romanized : Taqiyyat al ikhfa , lit. 'The Concealment Cap'), directed by Niazi Mostafa [ 11]
My Daughter (film) [ar ] (1944) (Arabic : ابنتي , romanized : Ibnati ), directed by Niazi Mostafa[ 11]
Antar and Abla [ar ] (1945) (Arabic : عنتر وعبلة , romanized : Antar we Abla ), directed by Niazi Mostafa[ 11]
Hassan and Hassan [ar ] (1945) (Arabic : حسن وحسن , romanized : Hassan we Hassan , lit. 'good and good'), directed by Niazi Mostafa[ 11]
The White Shark [ar ] (1945), directed by Ibrahim Emara [ar ]
Sons of Adam (1945 film) [ar ] (1945) (Arabic : البني آدم , romanized : Al-Bunni Adam ), directed by Niazi Mostafa
The Return of the Magic Cap [ar ] (1946) (Arabic : عودة طاقية الإخفاء , romanized : Awdat Taqiyyat al ikhfa , lit. 'The Return of the Invisibility Cap'), directed by Mohamed Abdel Gawad
Hunchback (film) [ar ] (1946) (Arabic : الأحدب , romanized : Al Ahdab ), directed by Hassan Hilmy [ar ]
Light from Heaven [ar ] (1947) (Arabic : نور من السماء , romanized : Nour Minel Samaa ), directed by Hassan Hilmy
Seduction (1948 film) [ar ] (1948) (Arabic : فتنة , romanized : Fatna )[ 12]
Beware of Pickpockets (1949 film) [ar ] (Arabic : أوعى المحفظة , romanized : Ouah el mahfaza , lit. 'Aware the Wallet')[ 13]
The Secret Is Safe [ar ] (1952) (Arabic : السر في بير , romanized : Elserr fi Beer ), directed by Hassan Hilmy
The Rule of Time [ar ] (1953) (Arabic : حكم الزمان , romanized : Hukum el zama ), directed by Henry Barakat
The Black Knight (1954 Egyptian film) [ar ] (1954) (Arabic : الفارس الأسود , romanized : El Fares El Eswed ), directed by Niazi Mostafa
Allah maana (1955) (English: God Is on Our Side ), directed by Ahmed Badrakhan
Samara (1956 film) , directed by Hasan El-Saifi [ 14] [ 4]
Zannuba [ar ] (1956) (Arabic : زنوبة ), directed by Hasan El-Saifi
The Scornful Man [ar ] (1956) (Arabic : النمرود , romanized : Nimrod ), directed by Atef Salem
Lawahez [ar ] (1957) (Arabic : لواحظ ), directed by Hassan al-Imam [ 11]
Tahera (film) [ar ] (1957) (Arabic : طاهرة ), directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab
The Suspect (1957 film) [ar ] (Arabic : المتهم , romanized : El mottahem ), directed by Kamal Attia [ar ]
Love Festival (film) [ar ] (1958) (Arabic : مهرجان الحب )
Touha (1958 film) [ar ] (Arabic : توحة ), directed by Hasan El-Saifi
Samara's Ghost [ar ] (1959) (Arabic : عفريت سمارة ), directed by Hassan Reda
Love and Flirtation [ar ] (1959) (Arabic : حب ودلع , romanized : Hub wa Dalaa )
The Florist (film) [ar ] (1959) (Arabic : بياعة الورد , romanized : Bayieat alwird )[ 15]
The Girl from the Neighborhood [ar ] (1964) (Arabic : بنت الحتة , romanized : Bint el hetta ), directed by Hasan El-Saifi[ 16]
Stupid Boy (1977 film) [ar ] (Arabic : الولد الغبي ), directed by Madkour Thabit
Without Sin (miniseries) [بلا خطيئة ] (1980) (Arabic : بلا خطيئة , romanized : Bila Khatia’ )
The Red Trail [ar ] (1980) (Arabic : الدرب الأحمر , romanized : Al-Darb Al-Ahmar )
Lucky Shore (1983) (Arabic : شاطئ الحظ )[ 17]
As director
As screenwriter
References
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^ "محمود إسماعيل.. فنان متصوف هدده الجمهور بالضرب" . بوابة اخبار اليوم (Akhbarelyom.com) . Today's News Information Center. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2023-04-23 .
^ أمين, هبة (2021-03-18). "في ذكرى ميلاده.. محمود إسماعيل تاجر مخدرات بالسينما ومتصوف في الواقع" . الوطن (el Watan News) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-23 .
^ a b قاسم, محمود (2017-01-01). الوجه والقناع.. أشرار السينما المصرية [The Face and the Mask.. The Villains of Egyptian Cinema ] (in Arabic). وكالة الصحافة العربية. p. 1935.
^ "محمود إسماعيل - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو" . elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-23 .
^ "فيلم - على مسرح الحياة - 1942 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض" , ElCinema.com (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-23
^ فيلم - عايدة - 1942 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
^ "Aida" . ElCinema.com . Archived from the original on 2016-10-01.
^ "فيلم - من فات قديمه - 1943 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض" , ElCinema.com (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
^ فيلم - من الجاني - 1944 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
^ a b c d e Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers . Indiana University Press. pp. 27, 158– 159. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6 .
^ a b فيلم - فتنة - 1948 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-23
^ a b فيلم - أوعى المحفظة - 1949 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
^ "Samarah" . Kinorium . Retrieved 2023-04-21 .
^ a b c فيلم - بياعة الورد - 1959 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
^ a b "Movie - Bnt alhatuh (1964)" , ElCinema.com , retrieved 2023-04-23
^ "فيلم - شاطئ الحظ - 1983 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض" , ElCinema.com (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
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