Fouad el-Mohandes

Fouad El-Mohandes
فؤاد المهندس
Born Fouad Zaki El-Mohandes
September 6, 1924
Cairo, Egypt
Died September 16, 2006 (aged 82)
Cairo, Egypt
Years active 1954–1994

Fouad el-Mohandes (or Fuad el-Mohandess; Arabic: فؤاد المهندس‎; September 6, 1924 – September 16, 2006) was an Egyptian stage and screen actor and star from the 1950s on to the early 2000s, specializing mostly in comedy roles in dozens of theater, cinema, and TV hits spanning five decades.

Biography

Born in Cairo, he was the son of linguist Zaki el-Mohandes, the Dean of the Faculty of Dar Al Oloom and a member of the Arabic language Academy of Egypt. Fouad el-Mohandess was an amateur actor when he was young. Inspired by the plays of comedian Naguib Al Rehani during his study at the Faculty of Commerce, el-Mohandess decided to pursue a career in drama. He joined a group named Sa'a li Qalbak (An hour to your heart) during its early run. In 1954, he starred in his first motion picture, Bent El Giran ("The Girl Next Door"), for Mahmud Thul-Fuqqar.

(And much more)

Fouad el-Mohandes died on 16 September 2006, ten days after his 82nd birthday. He was survived by a brother and two sisters, one of whom is the late Safiya El-Mohandes, who was the head of Television and Radio station for more than ten years successively, and a noted Egyptian broadcaster who was married to Mohamed Mahmoud Shaaban (known as Baba Sharo), who was also the head of the Television and Radio stations for more than 18 years successivly and successfully.

Fouad El-Mohandes is a father of two: Ahmed, a civil Engineer who has a daughter named Habiba was in the DSB school in Egypt, and now lives in Canada, and Mohamed, businessman who has a son his name is Omar and is studying in AUC.

Fouad EL-Mohandes is well known for his roles in movies in which he tried to put a comic and distinctly Arab spin on famous American movies, idols, and characters. He played his most famous role as Mr X in two movies about "the most dangerous man in the world" (The Most Dangerous Man in the World and The Return of the Most Dangerous Man in the World). He also depicted characters based on real-life figures, such as John Dillinger (referred to as Sayed Dillinger), Billy the Kid, and Mussolini.

Filmography

TV

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