Abdel Warith Assir

Born in Gammaleyya (popular district in Cairo) to a lawyer father, Abdul Waareth loved reading and became a connoisseur of Arabic Language. Though he joined the faculty of law, yet he left it after his father’s death to take care of their land. Meanwhile as a great fan of acting and arts he joined The George Abyad Troupe in 1912. His first small role was that of actor keen to which he was trained on by actor Mansy Fahmy. Amr Wasfy the troupe manger then gave him the role of an elderly person. The role that never parted him. In 1935, he started acting on the silver screen. Alongside with acting he had a job as a clerk in the ministry of finance. As Abdul Waareth was a talented writer he wrote a big number of radio series and film scripts including “Zeinab”, the cinema speaking version. He also wrote and adapted four plays together with Soulaymaan Nagueeb. Abdul Waareth excelled in the art of speech and taught it at The Higher Institute of Cinema since its establishment in 1959 until 1967. For TV her acted in TV series “Ahlaam al-fata al-taa’er i.e. Dreams of a flying guy”. He received the best script award for “Gonoun al-hobb i.e. Love madness”. He was also awarded the State Award and Medal of Arts by president Sadaat. Through his great talent of speech and intonation he deeply touched the heart and conscience of the audience thus creating his special way of performance and becoming a phenomenal speaker.

Cast

The Leech

(عم حسبو)

The Sparrow

Om Hashim's Lamp

(Hajj Rajab)

The People Inside

Les Miserables

قرية العشاق

Assaad El Ayam

(Mamun)

Nafeza A'la Al-Ganna

Sheikh Hassan

Fatma, Marika & Rachel

(Youssef's father)

Faik we Rayek

The Scornful Man

(zaater)

Abo Hadeed

(Jaber)

The technical secretary

(الشيخ خميس أبو العزايم)

The Shore of Memories

Shafiqa and Metwally

(الجد)

The Mountain

Your Day Will Come

(المعلم شحاتة / مالك الحمام)

Bayoumi Afandi

(sheikh darweesh)

Appointment with Happiness

Love In The Darkness

Wafaa

(Ibrahim)

Wakeful Eyes

(Saber Efendi)

Adham Al-Sharqawi

(Ashour Effendi)

Khan El-Khalili

Professor Fatima

(Omar Abu Adel)

Foreman Hassan

(عم بيومي)

Where Did You Get This

Alley of The Pestle

(Hajj Kamel)

Salamah

(ابو الوفا)

Adam and Eve

(Sherif)

Mid-night driver

(Uncle Jad Abu Badriya)

Ismail Yassine In NAVY

(المعلم حنفى / أبو نادية / وعم رجب)

Kesat Hoby

Melody of Devotion

(Dongle)

Desire and Price

(Mustafa)

Land of Peace

(Mazen (Salma's father))

The Estranged Brothers

(Haj Saleh الحاج صالح)

Four Girls and an Officer

(Marzouk)

Pity My Tears

(Fahmy)

The Madness Of Love

(Ibrahim)

Leila Raheeba

Fi Sharaa Meen

طريق السعادة

(أبو عليّة وأمينة)

Zeinab

Wives factory

Hokm Elqawi

Land of Dreams

(Haj Ali)

Zeinab

(سلامه)

The Public Prosecutor

(العم)

Anklet Ring

El Doctor

(Sheikh Abdel Fattah)

The Empty Pillow

Love Is Forbidden

(Abdel Ghafar Pasha)

Tears of Love

(Sheikh Dasouki Ibrahim)

Long Live Love!

(Radwan Pasha - Mohamed Fathy's father)

Happy Day

A Bullet in the Heart

(ابو العزايم - الشحات)

Alexandria… Why?

(The Sheikh)

The Blazing Sun

(Saber)

The Flirtation of Girls

(مرزوق أفندي)

The Sinners

(نجيب)

Shamshon and Leblb

(Radwan/Loza’s father)

Aqwa Min Al-Ayam

The General Inspector

(العمده)

Dalila

(Mr. Hosni)

Always With You

(Madbouly)

Ghosn Al-Zaytoun

(خليل أفندي)

The Land

(Mayor)

Bent 16

Mawa'ed Ma' Almady

(Abdul Wahab)

Don't cry, my love of life

(Sheikh Abdullah)

Bnt alshshati

(Hajj Ali)

Life's Wishes

(Atiwa)

I'm No Angel

(Shaheen Effendi - Factory Manager)

Ashab El Saadah

Love never dies

Nahed

(Amin Bey - Nahed's uncle)

Heart of Gold

(Abdulkarim)

Finally I got married

Samson the mighty

Anbar

(Rashwan Pasha)

شجرة العائلة

(شعبان عبد الباسط)

Al-Malak Al-Zalem

The Big House

Dreams Of El Tayer Boy

My Dear Children, Thank You

(الحاج عبد الفضيل)