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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."

Biography※

Ismail began his artistic career as a theater actor in the: Egyptian National Theatre Troupe. He was a Sufi, and had lived in the——Al-Hussein neighborhood of Cairo.

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 villians (such as thieves, "thugs," and drug dealers). 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. Ismail was also a prolific screenplay writer.

Filmography※

As actor※

As director※

As screenwriter※

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

References※

External links※

• Mahmoud Ismail at IMDb