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
Born18 March 1914
Kingdom of Egypt
Died27 January 27 1983
Egypt
NationalityEgyptian
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, and Hasan El-Saifi. He often played characters that had a criminal past or villians (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 (1942) (Arabic: على مسرح الحياة (فيلم), romanized: Ealaa Masrah Alhaya)[6]
  • Aida (1942 film) (Arabic: عايدة, romanized: Eayida), directed by Ahmed Badrakhan[7][8]
  • Who's Too Old (1943) (Arabic: من فات قديمه, romanized: Men Fat Adeem)[9]
  • Who is the Criminal? (1944) (Arabic: من الجاني, romanized: Al Jani), directed by Ahmed Badrakhan[10]
  • The Magic Cap (1944) (Arabic: طاقية الإخفاء, romanized: Taqiyyat al ikhfa, lit. 'The Concealment Cap'), directed by Niazi Mostafa[11]
  • My Daughter (film) (1944) (Arabic: ابنتي, romanized: Ibnati), directed by Niazi Mostafa[11]
  • Antar and Abla (1945) (Arabic: عنتر وعبلة, romanized: Antar we Abla), directed by Niazi Mostafa[11]
  • Hassan and Hassan (1945) (Arabic: حسن وحسن, romanized: Hassan we Hassan, lit. 'good and good'), directed by Niazi Mostafa[11]
  • The White Shark (1945), directed by Ibrahim Emara
  • Sons of Adam (1945 film) (1945) (Arabic: البني آدم, romanized: Al-Bunni Adam), directed by Niazi Mostafa
  • The Return of the Magic Cap (1946) (Arabic: عودة طاقية الإخفاء, romanized: Awdat Taqiyyat al ikhfa, lit. 'The Return of the Invisibility Cap'), directed by Mohamed Abdel Gawad
  • Hunchback (film) (1946) (Arabic: الأحدب, romanized: Al Ahdab), directed by Hassan Hilmy
  • Light from Heaven (1947) (Arabic: نور من السماء, romanized: Nour Minel Samaa), directed by Hassan Hilmy
  • Seduction (1948 film) (1948) (Arabic: فتنة, romanized: Fatna)[12]
  • Beware of Pickpockets (1949 film) (Arabic: أوعى المحفظة, romanized: Ouah el mahfaza, lit. 'Aware the Wallet')[13]
  • The Secret Is Safe (1952) (Arabic: السر في بير, romanized: Elserr fi Beer), directed by Hassan Hilmy
  • The Rule of Time (1953) (Arabic: حكم الزمان, romanized: Hukum el zama), directed by Henry Barakat
  • The Black Knight (1954 Egyptian film) (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 (1956) (Arabic: زنوبة), directed by Hasan El-Saifi
  • The Scornful Man (1956) (Arabic: النمرود, romanized: Nimrod), directed by Atef Salem
  • Lawahez (1957) (Arabic: لواحظ), directed by Hassan al-Imam[11]
  • Tahera (film) (1957) (Arabic: طاهرة), directed by Fatin Abdel Wahab
  • The Suspect (1957 film) (Arabic: المتهم, romanized: El mottahem), directed by Kamal Attia
  • Love Festival (film) (1958) (Arabic: مهرجان الحب)
  • Touha (1958 film) (Arabic: توحة), directed by Hasan El-Saifi
  • Samara's Ghost (1959) (Arabic: عفريت سمارة), directed by Hassan Reda
  • Love and Flirtation (1959) (Arabic: حب ودلع, romanized: Hub wa Dalaa)
  • The Florist (film) (1959) (Arabic: بياعة الورد, romanized: Bayieat alwird)[15]
  • The Girl from the Neighborhood (1964) (Arabic: بنت الحتة, romanized: Bint el hetta), directed by Hasan El-Saifi[16]
  • Stupid Boy (1977 film) (Arabic: الولد الغبي), directed by Madkour Thabit
  • Without Sin (miniseries) (1980) (Arabic: بلا خطيئة, romanized: Bila Khatia’)
  • The Red Trail (1980) (Arabic: الدرب الأحمر, romanized: Al-Darb Al-Ahmar)
  • Lucky Shore (1983) (Arabic: شاطئ الحظ)[17]

As director

As screenwriter
  • The Florist (film) (1959) (Arabic: بياعة الورد, romanized: Bayieat alwird)[15]
  • The Girl from the Neighborhood (1964) (Arabic: بنت الحتة, romanized: Bint el hetta), directed by Hasan El-Saifi[16]

References
  1. "في ذكرى وفاة محمود إسماعيل.. سلطان عاشق سمارة الذي هدده الجمهور بالقتل". الأسبوع (ElAosboa.com) (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. "محمود إسماعيل.. فنان متصوف هدده الجمهور بالضرب". بوابة اخبار اليوم (Akhbarelyom.com). Today's News Information Center. 2021-03-18. Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. "محمود إسماعيل - ﺗﻤﺜﻴﻞ فيلموجرافيا، صور، فيديو". elCinema.com (in Arabic). Retrieved 2023-04-23.
  6. "فيلم - على مسرح الحياة - 1942 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض", ElCinema.com (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-23
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  8. "Aida". ElCinema.com. Archived from the original on 2016-10-01.
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  11. Armes, Roy (2008-07-11). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Indiana University Press. pp. 27, 158–159. ISBN 978-0-253-35116-6.
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  14. "Samarah". Kinorium. Retrieved 2023-04-21.
  15. فيلم - بياعة الورد - 1959 طاقم العمل، فيديو، الإعلان، صور، النقد الفني، مواعيد العرض (in Arabic), retrieved 2023-04-24
  16. "Movie - Bnt alhatuh (1964)", ElCinema.com, retrieved 2023-04-23
  17. "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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