Abdel Warith Assir
1894-09-16 ( 130 years old ) in Egypt

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.

Movies

Les Miserables 1978-05-14
The Sinners 1976-09-23
The Sparrow 1974-08-26
The Land 1970-01-26
The Mountain 1965-05-29
Bent 16 1963-01-15
Heart of Gold 1959-02-02
Abo Hadeed 1958-12-29
Leila Raheeba 1957-12-26
Land of Peace 1957-01-02
Dalila 1956-10-15
Wakeful Eyes 1956-10-01
Land of Dreams 1956-03-11
The Stranger 1956-02-26
The Leech 1956-01-09
Kesat Hoby 1955-11-06
Anklet Ring 1955-07-25
Life's Wishes 1955-04-11
Lovers Village 1954-11-29
Pity My Tears 1954-10-31
Sheikh Hassan 1954-10-04
Assaad El Ayam 1954-07-19
Wafaa 1953-10-27
Fi Sharaa Meen 1953-03-12
Bnt alshshati 1952-08-28
Foreman Hassan 1952-06-23
Zeinab 1952-05-01
Faik we Rayek 1951-11-29
Adam and Eve 1951-05-07
Hokm Elqawi 1951-02-27
Bayoumi Afandi 1949-12-29
The Big House 1949-02-28
Anbar 1948-11-01
I'm No Angel 1946-10-28
Salamah 1945-04-09
Eayida 1942-02-12
Wives factory 1941-10-09
Happy Day 1940-01-15
El Doctor 1939-01-23
Tears of Love 1935-12-23
Zeinab 1930-04-09