
Abdel Warith Assir
Biography
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.
Filmografi
Oh The wonders of time1974 · Hag AlDalgamony
The Message1976 · Yasir
Wild Flowers1972 · عم موسى
Alexandria… Why?1979 · The Sheikh
The Blazing Sun1954 · Saber صابر
The Woman Who Defeated the Devil1973 ·
The Land1970 · Mayor
The Flirtation of Girls1949 · مرزوق أفندي
Appointment with Life1953 ·
The Sinners1976 · نجيب
The People Inside1969 ·
Shafiqa and Metwally1978 · الجد
The People and the Nile1972 ·
Mid-night driver1958 · Uncle Jad Abu Badriya
Foreman Hassan1952 · عم بيومي
Professor Fatima1952 · Omar Abu Adel
Dalila1956 · Mr. Hosni
Nahed1952 · Amin Bey, Nahed's uncle - أمين بيه، خال ناهد
Alley of The Pestle1963 · Hajj Kamel
Les Misérables1978 ·
A Woman's Youth1956 · عم حسبو
Four Girls and an Officer1954 · مرزوق
Farid Shawqy
Hamdy Ghaith
Yehia Chahine
Abdel Ghani El Nagdi
Ahmed Abaza
Abdel Ghani Qamar
Mohamed Shawqi
Mohamed Abu Hashish
Hayat Kandel
Omar Sharif
Lebleba
Ahmed Zaki