Gul Hamid was one of the most famous movie actors of the South Asia before the independence of Pakistan

Pakistan

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 and India

India

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. He died before the Independence of Pakistan from Hodgkin's Disease (a type of cancer).

Life

Gul Hamid was born in Pirpiai, a village near kabul river. His father was Saif Ullah Khan. Gul Hamid khan had three brothers named Abdul Hameed Khan, Gul Jamal Khan and Sayed Jamal Khan. Gul Hamid Khan was married to Patience Cooper

Patience Cooper

Patience Cooper was an Indian film actress. An Anglo-Indian from Calcutta , Cooper had a successful career in both silent and sound films. She was one of the early superstars of Bollywood. Cooper is credited with the first double roles of Indian cinema - as twin sisters in Patni Pratap and as...

 (later Sabra Begum) from 1930–1936, one of the first early silent movie actors.

Filmography

• Film: Khyber Pass (1936)
• Director: Gul Hamid
• Production: East India Film Company
  East India Film Company
  The East India Film Company was the first Indian film company to screen a movie at an International Film Festival. Started in 1932 in Calcutta by R. L...
  
  
• Artists: Gul Hamid, Patience Cooper
  Patience Cooper
  Patience Cooper was an Indian film actress. An Anglo-Indian from Calcutta , Cooper had a successful career in both silent and sound films. She was one of the early superstars of Bollywood. Cooper is credited with the first double roles of Indian cinema - as twin sisters in Patni Pratap and as...
  
  , Lalita Devi
• Category : Action
• Language: Urdu/Hindi

• Film: Murderer (1935)
• Director: G.R. Sethi
• Production: East India Film Company
• Music: Madhavlal Master
• Artists: Gul Hamid, Lalita, Mazhar Khan
• Category : Social
• Language: Urd/Hindi

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