Ahmed Ramzy
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Ahmed Ramzy is an Egyptian
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 actor who played the leading roles in many Egyptian films
Cinema of Egypt
The cinema of Egypt refers to the flourishing Egyptian Arabic-language film industry based in Cairo, the capital of Egypt. Since 1976, Cairo has held the annual Cairo International Film Festival, which has been accredited by the International Federation of Film Producers Associations. There is also...

 in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

Early life

Ramzy was born Ramzy Mahmoud Bayoumi in 1930 to an Egyptian
Egyptians
Egyptians are nation an ethnic group made up of Mediterranean North Africans, the indigenous people of Egypt.Egyptian identity is closely tied to geography. The population of Egypt is concentrated in the lower Nile Valley, the small strip of cultivable land stretching from the First Cataract to...

 orthopedist and university professor father, his mother was a young Scottish lady.

Ramzy graduated from Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...

's Victoria College
Victoria College, Alexandria
Victoria College, Alexandria, was founded in 1902 under the impetus of the recently ennobled Evelyn Baring, 1st Earl of Cromer of the Barings Bank, that was heavily invested in Egyptian stability. For years the British Consul-General was ex officio on the board of Victoria College...

 where he met someone by the name of Michel Dimitri Challhoub which later on was known as Omar sharif
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

, they became friends since then.

After finishing his school, Ramzy joined the Medical school for 3 years, before transferring to the Faculty of Commerce, which he eventually dropped to pursue his career in acting.

Ramzy has one brother, Dr. Hassan Bayoumi, who followed in their father's footsteps and has his practice in London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

.

Career

Ahmed Ramzy was discovered by Helmy Halim
Helmy Halim
Helmy Halim was an Egyptian film director, screenwriter and film producer. He has worked with many stars like Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy, Faten Hamama and Abdel Halim Hafez....

 in 15-2-1955, while playing snooker
Snooker
Snooker is a cue sport that is played on a green baize-covered table with pockets in each of the four corners and in the middle of each of the long side cushions. A regular table is . It is played using a cue and snooker balls: one white , 15 worth one point each, and six balls of different :...

 in a club. He was cast by Halim in his first role, as "Ramzy" in Ayyamna al-Holwa
Ayyamna al-Holwa
Ayyamna al-Holwa is a 1955 Egyptian romance/musical film directed and co-written by the Egyptian film director and writer Helmy Halim. It starred Abdel Halim Hafez, Ahmed Ramzy, Omar Sharif, and Faten Hamama...

 (Our Best Days)
, along with Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

, Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

, and his lifelong friend and schoolmate Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif
Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

, The film was a box office hit. In this film he also starred the first time with very close lifetime friend Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Hafez
Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

 Next year 1956 saw Ramzy's first starring role in Hob wa Dumoo`
Hob wa Dumoo`
Hob wa Dumoo` is a 1955 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Ahmed Ramzy, Zaki Rostom, and Faten Hamama.- Plot :...

 (Love and Tears)
with Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...



The late 50s were very good to Ramzy, as he participated in many movies and was highly famous for the role of the funny playboy and romantic womanizer, while the 60s begun, new young actors begun to appear taking more roles of those that Ramzy was playing but that did not stop him from going his way.

By early 1960s, making films with more than one leading star was in favor, Ramzy teamed up with other stars or younger actors like Hassan Youseff, Youssef Fakhr Eddine
Youssef Fakhr Eddine
Youssef Fakhr Eddine was an Egyptian actor and the brother of actress Mariam Fakhr Eddine.*Born 1 January 1935, Heliopolis , Egypt to Egyptian father and Hungarian mother* Date of Death : 27 December 2002, Athens, Greece...

, Mohamed Awad and others in a film and the fashion of trio stars films begun with titles like The 3 wild ones, The 3 adventures and more which lasted to early 70s.

During the 1970s, Ramzy began participating in forgien movies shot outside Egypt, He participated in movies produced in Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

 (Such as Il Figlio di Spartacus (The Son of Spartacus
Spartacus
Spartacus was a famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable...

)), Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among...

 (Such as
Fondok El Saada (Hotel of Joy)) and Syria
Syria
Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest....

 (such as
Banat lil Hob (Girls for Love)).

Ramzy's active years began to be fade due to age and cinema changing moods, his 1974 film Al Abtal (The Heroes) that co-starred Farid Shawky was notable for the fact it was Egypt's first Martial arts film
Martial arts film
Martial arts film is a film genre. A sub-genre of the action film, martial arts films contain numerous fights between characters, usually as the films' primary appeal and entertainment value, and often as a method of storytelling and character expression and development. Martial arts are frequently...

 and used the soundtrack of Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee was a Chinese American, Hong Kong actor, martial arts instructor, philosopher, film director, film producer, screenwriter, and founder of the Jeet Kune Do martial arts movement...

's Enter The Dragon
Enter the Dragon
Enter the Dragon is a 1973 Hong Kong martial arts co-production with Golden Harvest and Warner Bros. studios, directed by Robert Clouse; starring Bruce Lee, Jim Kelly and John Saxon. This is Bruce Lee's final film appearance before his death on July 20, 1973...

. By mid 70s Ramzy was saying goodbye to the cinema as from 1979-1981 saw only two films, then he focused on his trading business, though he was convinced to make a comeback in 1999 in the film " Ket El Saharaa (Dessert Cat) followed by a TV series Wajh al-Qamar
Wajh al-Qamar
Wajh al-Qamar is a 2001 Egyptian TV soap opera mini-series. It was broadcast in the month of Ramadan on 23 Arabic TV channels. The series was hyped by the media, mainly because it marked the return of Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. An episode was aired everyday for 35 days. It was directed by...

 (Face of the Moon) with Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama
Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

 in 2001.

By the entrance of the new millennium, Ramzy participated in another film by the name of El Warda El Hamra (The Red Rose) with Actress Youssra
Youssra
Yousra is an Egyptian actress and singer. Her birth name is Civene Nassim. She is the sister-in-law of actor Hesham Selim, son of famous Egyptian football player, actor and former president of Al-Ahly, Saleh Selim. Youssra is considered as a glamorous icon for the Middle East. Despite obstacles,...

 and his last appearance was in a TV series called
Hanan W Haneen  with his eternel friend mar Sharif], Omar's grandson - Omar Sharif Jr. and Kareem Hamdy in 2007...

Selected filmography

  • Hanan W Hanin (2010, Television) with Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

  • El Warda El Hamra (The Red Rose)(2002) with Youssra
    Youssra
    Yousra is an Egyptian actress and singer. Her birth name is Civene Nassim. She is the sister-in-law of actor Hesham Selim, son of famous Egyptian football player, actor and former president of Al-Ahly, Saleh Selim. Youssra is considered as a glamorous icon for the Middle East. Despite obstacles,...

  • Wajh al-Qamar
    Wajh al-Qamar
    Wajh al-Qamar is a 2001 Egyptian TV soap opera mini-series. It was broadcast in the month of Ramadan on 23 Arabic TV channels. The series was hyped by the media, mainly because it marked the return of Egyptian actress Faten Hamama. An episode was aired everyday for 35 days. It was directed by...

     (Face of the Moon) (2001, television) with Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

  • Hekaya wara kol bab (A Story Behind Every Door) (1979)
  • Loghat Al Hob (The Language of Love) (1974) with (Nahed Sherif)
  • Al Amaleka (1974) with Nahed Sherif and Samir Sabry
    Samir Sabry
    Samir Sabry Abdou is an Egyptian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.-International career:...

  • Al Abtal (The Heroes) (1974) with Farid Shawky and Mona Gabr
  • Banat lil Hob (Girls for Love) (1973)
  • El Bahth An Fedihah (1973) with Adel Emam
    Adel Emam
    Adel Imam , , born May 17, 1940 in El Mansoura , is a popular Egyptian movie and stage actor. He is primarily a comedian, but he has starred in more serious works and, especially in his earlier films, has combined comedy with romance.Emam earned a Bachelor's Degree in Agriculture from Cairo...

    , Samir Sabry
    Samir Sabry
    Samir Sabry Abdou is an Egyptian former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder.-International career:...

    ,and Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin is an Arab Egyptian actress, born in 1946 in El-Menya in Egypt. Her father is Egyptian and her mother Scottish. During the seventies her mom was the Head of the Elementary School of El Nasr School Heliopolis,Egypt. Her father was Dr...

  • Adwaa Al Madina (City Lights) (1972) with Shadia
    Shadia
    Fatima Ahmad Kamal , better known by her stage name Shadia , is an Egyptian actress and singer. Now retired, she is famous for her roles in light comedies and drama in the 1950s and 1960s...

     and Ahmed Mazhar
    Ahmed Mazhar
    -Biography:Ahmed Hafez Mazhar was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...

  • Fondok El Saada (Hotel of Joy) (1971)
  • Thartharah fawqa al-Nīl
    Thartharah fawqa al-Nil
    Chitchat on the Nile is a 1971 film based on the novel by Egyptian Nobel Laureate Naguib Mahfouz.- Plot :The film addresses the decadence of Egyptian society during the Gamal Abdel Nasser era....

     (Adrift on the Nile) (1971)
  • Il Figlio di Spartacus (The Son of Spartacus
    Spartacus
    Spartacus was a famous leader of the slaves in the Third Servile War, a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic. Little is known about Spartacus beyond the events of the war, and surviving historical accounts are sometimes contradictory and may not always be reliable...

    ) (1970)
  • Al Saat Al Akhira (The Last Hours) (1970) with Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid , also spelled Nabila Obeid, is an Egyptian actress. In 1965, she starred with Omar Sharif in The Mamluks, a role which was described as her "first steps to fame"....

    , Yousif Shaaban and Nawal Abou El Fetouh
  • Al Saat Al Raheeba (The Terrible Hours) (1970) with Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid , also spelled Nabila Obeid, is an Egyptian actress. In 1965, she starred with Omar Sharif in The Mamluks, a role which was described as her "first steps to fame"....

    , Yousif Shaaban and Nawal Abou El Fetouh
  • Harebat Men El Hob (Escaping from Love) (1970) with Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin
    Mervat Amin is an Arab Egyptian actress, born in 1946 in El-Menya in Egypt. Her father is Egyptian and her mother Scottish. During the seventies her mom was the Head of the Elementary School of El Nasr School Heliopolis,Egypt. Her father was Dr...

      and Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid
    Nabila Ebeid , also spelled Nabila Obeid, is an Egyptian actress. In 1965, she starred with Omar Sharif in The Mamluks, a role which was described as her "first steps to fame"....

  • Heya Wa Al Shayateen (She and the Devils) (1969)with Shams El Barudy
  • Hawaa Wa El Kerd (Eve and the Monkey) (1968) with Soad Hosny and Mohamed Awad
  • Shabab magnoun geddan (Very Crazy Youth) (1967)with Soad Hosny
  • Al Asdekaa Al Thalatha (The 3 Friends) (1966) with Mohamed Awad, El Dief Ahmed, and Yousiff Shaaban
  • Shakawet Ragala (Awful Men) (1966) with Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza was an Egyptian actor. He died of cancer at the age of 53.-Family:...

     and Soad Hosny
  • Al Moghameroon Al Thalatha (The Three Adventurers) (1966) with Soad Hosny, Hassan Yousiff, and Mohamed Awad
  • Laylat El Zefaf (The Wedding Night) (1966) with Soad Hosny and Ahmed Mazhar
    Ahmed Mazhar
    -Biography:Ahmed Hafez Mazhar was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...

  • Shaket El Talaba (The Students' Apartment) (1966) with Soad Hosny, Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza was an Egyptian actor. He died of cancer at the age of 53.-Family:...

    , and Hassan Yousiff
  • Hikayat al-'Omr Kolloh(Story of a Lifetime) (1965) with Farid Al Atrash and Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

  • AL Ibn Al Mafkood (The Lost Son) (1965) with Amal Farid and Nagwa Foad
  • Eeterafat Zog (Confessions of a Husband) (1965) with Fouad El Mohandes, Youssef Wahbi
    Youssef Wahbi
    Youssef Wahbi was an Egyptian stage and film actor and director, a leading star of the 1930s and '40s and one of the most prominent Arab stage actors of any era. He was born to a high state official in Egypt but renounced his family's wealth and traveled to Rome in the 1920s to study theatre...

    , Shwikar
    Shwikar
    Shwikar is a famous Egyptian actress. She started her career in Alexandria in some tragedic roles before she was discovered by the Egyptian film director Fateen Abdul Wahab to work as a comedian in TV, cinema and theatres...

     and Hind Rostom
  • Sobyan We Banat (Boys and Girls) (1965) with Nahed Sherief
  • El Ainab el murr (Sour Grapes) (1965)with Lobna Abdel Aziz
    Lobna Abdel Aziz
    Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.-Family:She is married to Dr...

  • Akher Shakawa (Frivolous Youth) (1964) with Hassan Youssif, Mohamed Awad, and Zizi El Badrawy
  • Awal Hob (First Love) (1964) with Soad Hosny
  • El Naddara el sawdaa (The Dark Glasses) (1963)with Nadia Lutfi
    Nadia Lutfi
    Nadia Lutfi , the daughter of an Egyptian father who was an accountant and a Polish mother, was one of the most popular actresses during the final phase of Egyptian cinema's "Golden Age".-Life and career:...

     and Ahmed Mazhar
    Ahmed Mazhar
    -Biography:Ahmed Hafez Mazhar was an Egyptian actor. He graduated from the military academy in 1938 and his colleagues included Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat...

  • La Tutf'e al-Shams
    La Tutf'e al-Shams
    La Tutf'e al-Shams is a 1961 Egyptian romance film. Directed by the Egyptian film director Salah Abu Seif, this film is based on a novel with the same name written by the Egyptian novelist Ihsan Abdel Quddous and co-written by Helmy Halim...

     (The Sun Will Never Set)
    (1962)
  • El Akh el kabir (The Big Brother) (1959)with Farid Shawky and Hind Rostom
  • Seraa maal hayat (Struggle for Life) (1958)
  • Ismail Yassin Fee El Ostool (Ismail Yassin in the Navy) (1957)with Ismail Yasin
    Ismail Yasin
    Ismail Yasin was an Egyptian comedian/actor. He is famous for a series of films with his name in the title. Ismail Yassin had a difficult childhood in Suez where he was born. His mother died at an early age and his father was jailed thus forcing him to leave school before completing his primary...

  • Ibn Hameedo (The Son of Hameedo) (1957) with Ismail Yasin
    Ismail Yasin
    Ismail Yasin was an Egyptian comedian/actor. He is famous for a series of films with his name in the title. Ismail Yassin had a difficult childhood in Suez where he was born. His mother died at an early age and his father was jailed thus forcing him to leave school before completing his primary...

     and Hind Rostom
  • Tamr henna (Tamarind) (1957)with Naima Akef
    Naima Akef
    Naima Akef was a famous Egyptian belly dancer during the Egyptian cinema's golden age and starred in many films of the time. Naima Akef was born in Tanta on the Nile Delta. Her parents were acrobats in the Akef Circus , which was one of the best known circuses at the time...

     , Fayza Ahmed
    Fayza Ahmed
    Fayza Ahmed was an Arab Egyptian singer and actress of Syrian and Lebanese ancestry. During her career, she appeared in six films.-Beginnings:...

     and Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Abaza
    Rushdy Said Bughdady Abaza was an Egyptian actor. He died of cancer at the age of 53.-Family:...

  • Banat el yom (Girls of Today) (1957)with Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

     and Magda El Sabahy
  • El Wessada el khalia (The Empty Pillow) (1957) with Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

     and Lobna Abdel Aziz
    Lobna Abdel Aziz
    Lobna Abdel Aziz, aka Loubna Abd el Aziz or Lubna Abdel Aziz is an Egyptian actress. She was born in 1935 in Cairo, Egypt.-Family:She is married to Dr...

  • Al-Qalb Lahu Ahkam (The Heart Has Its Reasons) (1956) with Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

  • Hob wa Dumoo`
    Hob wa Dumoo`
    Hob wa Dumoo` is a 1955 Egyptian romance/drama film directed by the Egyptian film director Kamal El Sheikh. It starred Ahmed Ramzy, Zaki Rostom, and Faten Hamama.- Plot :...

     (Love and Tears)
    (1956)with Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

  • Sira` Fi al-Mina
    Sira` Fi al-Mina
    Sira` Fi al-Mina is a 1956 Egyptian romance/crime/drama film directed by the acclaimed Egyptian film director Youssef Chahine. It starred Omar Sharif, Ahmed Ramzy, and Faten Hamama.- Plot :...

     (Dark Waters)
    (1956) with Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

     and Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...

  • Ayyamna al-Holwa
    Ayyamna al-Holwa
    Ayyamna al-Holwa is a 1955 Egyptian romance/musical film directed and co-written by the Egyptian film director and writer Helmy Halim. It starred Abdel Halim Hafez, Ahmed Ramzy, Omar Sharif, and Faten Hamama...

     (Our Best Days)
    (1955)with Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Hafez
    Abdel Halim Ali Shabana commonly known as Abdel Halim Hafez , is among the most popular Egyptian and Arab singers and performers. In addition to singing, Halim was also an actor, conductor, business man, music teacher and movie producer...

    , Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif
    Omar Sharif is an Egyptian actor who has starred in Hollywood films including Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Zhivago and Funny Girl. He has been nominated for an Academy Award and has won two Golden Globe Awards.-Early life:...

     and Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama
    Faten Hamama is an Egyptian producer and an acclaimed actress of film, television, and theatre. She was regarded for her performances in a range of film genres, from melodramas to historical films and occasional comedies, though her chief successes were romantic dramas...


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