Bishara Wakim
Acting
Biography
An Egyptian actor, born in the Faggala district of Cairo in 1890, he studied at the French Frere Schools in Bab al-Louq and later enrolled in the Faculty of Law, earning a bachelor's degree. He was nominated for a scholarship to France, but his studies were cut short due to the outbreak of World War I. He began his artistic career with the troupes of Abdel Rahman Rushdi and George Abyad, and then worked with Youssef Wahbi in his troupe. He also worked with Mounira al-Mahdiyya, and starred in numerous films during the 1930s and 1940s, including: (Bisalamtuh Ayez Yitgawz, Al-Bashkawil, Law Kont Ghani, Intisar al-Shabab, and Al-Arees al-Khamis).
Born: March 5, 1890
Place of Birth: Cairo, Egypt
Known For
Marouf the Cobbler
Marouf, the cobbler, lives in Isfahan. He marries an awful woman so he decides to escape. When his ship is wrecked by a storm, he finds himself on an island whose inhabitants welcome him. He becomes a famous merchant and brings trade to the island, which makes Prince Hassan jealous.
The Avenger
Two chemists working at the same laboratory compete over the heart of the daughter of the laboratory owner. When the girl chooses one, the other gets jealous and ploys a scheme that aggravates and leads to a great explosion and an even greater tragedy.
I Love Wrongdoing
Badawyia is a younger dancer who dreams of stardom. She meets the young doctor, Elwy, and they fall in love. A director asks her to be the star of his new movie, but when Elwy asks her to marry him, his father disapproves.
If I Was Rich
A poor man suddenly gets rich when he receives big inheritance.
The Lady's Game
The film takes place in Cairo during the Second World War, where Hassan Abu Tabq (Naguib Al-Rihani) meets the girl Laybeh (Tahiya Karioca), and feelings of love develop between them while Hassan struggles, and things change little by little when a game comes in front of you with a great opportunity to portray a movie star. .
A Bullet in the Heart
Muhammad Karim directed adaptation of Tawfiq Al-Hakim's play. Mohsen is a reckless young man who has many relationships. He meets the girl of his dreams by chance and falls in love with her immediately, but he discovers that she is his friend's fiancée, so he decides to stay away from her, but she has fallen in love with him.
Passion and Revenge
A woman seeks revenge on the man she thinks killed her husband but falls in love with him in the process.
Barsoum Looking for a Job
It is the story of two friends, one a Muslim, Sheik Metwalli, and the other a Coptic Christian, Barsoum, both unemployed, suffering from hunger, and competing for a job in a bank. When the bank’s director mistakes them for wealthy businessmen, he takes them to his home for a lavish lunch. But upon learning their actual status, he chases them out of the house. At the film’s conclusion, as the two friends rest on the sidewalk absorbing their long-overdue meal, they are arrested by a policeman.
Malak alrahma
The film revolves around a social drama about a wealthy Circassian (Fouad Bey) who lives with his wife and daughter, and a conspiracy is hatched against him by a con man named (Kazem) and his lover (Al Hasnaa) to seize his wealth. They devise a plan that enables them to get to know the family so that they can begin to separate the family with their malicious tricks. And the events follow.
Layla The Schoolgirl
The strict lawyer Yusuf receives his orphan cousin Laila at his place after she finishes her studies. She brings a fun and cheerful atmosphere to the palace. Yusuf starts embracing life but he falls in love with an unfaithful woman, and Laila tries to advise her.
Filmography
as درويش بيه أبو المعاطي
as عبدالحق أفندي
as Hasnain Bey Al-Makh
as Shaker - شاكر
as Mustafa
as Hassan Rustum Pasha
as حندوق
as وجيه الشابوري
as Ragab
as فريد بك السكري
as Ashour Effendi
as Darwish Pasha
as بشير شريك انور
as Nazmi Pasha Al-Bashabishi / Fawzi Pasha Al-Mazaziki
as دكتور بشاره تمرية
as الوالي شلبي باشا
as عبد المقصود
as حسن قناوي
as عبده بك السمالوطى - مرشح مصر العتيقة
as Usta Abbas Abd Rabbo - الأسطى عباس عبد ربه
as عبد الباسط
as بعجر
as Ghandour
as العريس الثاني حسني بك
as محروس الحلاق
as غضبان العبسي
as الباشا
as بشارة واكيم
as الشهبندر (الشيخ مخلوف)
as فاروق باشا أرطغرل
as شفيق
as بشارة
as رشوان
as شيحة
as نظمي بك
as زياد
as Metwalli