Mahmoud Ismail

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]

Mahmoud Ismail
محمود إسماعيل
Born	18 March 1914 Kingdom of Egypt
Died	27 January 1983 Egypt
Nationality	Egyptian
Occupation(s)	Actor, film director, screenplay writer

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

• 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]
• Love and Flirtation [ar] (1959) (Arabic: حب ودلع, romanized: Hub wa Dalaa)
• The Florist (film) [ar] (1959) (Arabic: بياعة الورد, romanized: Bayieat alwird)^[15]

As screenwriter

• 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]