About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1887-07-13
Place of birth:
Cairo, Egypt
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Ali AlKassar

Overview

A pioneer of musical comedy, he was born in the Sayeda Zeinab district in 1887. He began his artistic career in 1908 by working in the Zainab Theatre Company, which he founded in 1907. He then worked in the George Abyad Company, where he met Amin Sedky. Together, they formed an acting company in 1916, named after Ali Al-Kassar and Mustafa Amin. On January 6, 1919, he moved his company to his new theatre, the Majestic, on Emad El-Din Street, with his partner and playwright, Amin Sedky. It was the strongest and most successful comedy company, without competition, and it withstood all the challenges that the history of modern Egyptian theatre has known. The two partners remained together until they parted ways at the end of the summer of 1925. Ali Al-Kassar continued to work alone with a troupe bearing his name at the Majestic Theatre until 1939. Throughout that period, he remained steadfast and artistically brilliant, regularly presenting full theatrical seasons to his audience, summer and winter, a new play every three weeks, and eleven concerts, including matinees and soirées, per week. He also traveled with his troupe throughout the governorates of Upper and Lower Egypt and sister Arab countries. Ali Al-Kassar's plays were written by many prominent writers, such as Amin Sedqi, Badi' Khairi, Hamed Al-Sayed, and others. He also presented more than two hundred operettas to the theatre. Ali Al-Kassar's immortal artistic character (Othman Abdel Basset) in his plays represented a symbol of the popular hero who triumphed for his popularity on the stage of that era. He presented it in a variety of different roles, and he never presented it as a servant or a doorman in one of his novels. He remained that way until he dissolved his troupe in 1950 after he became tired of searching for a stage to work on constantly. This was after he left his great theater (the Majestic) following a dispute with its owner, Khawaja Kosti, due to the lack of theaters at that time and the proliferation of cinemas that had taken over the scene instead of theaters. Director and producer Togo Mizrahi exploited the success of the character (Othman Abdel Basset) on the stage, and transferred it to the white screen in nine films, which were not presented by Ali Al-Kassar. It is worth noting that the success of the character (Othman Abdel Basset) did not require him to be presented in the cinema as a doorman or servant. In all the 36 films that presented the character, directed by major directors such as Hussein Fawzy, Hassan El Imam, Mahmoud Zulfikar, and Fouad Khalil, the character was not presented as a servant or doorman except in the film (A Bullet in the Heart). Ali Al-Kassar passed away in Kasr Al-Aini Hospital on January 15, 1957, at the age of 69, after a long struggle with poverty and illness.

Known for

Acting

1957 Ana W Omy Actor N/A
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1953 Albi Ala Waldi Actor Dokdok N/A
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1952 Ghaltet Ab Actor N/A
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1952 Qadam Al Kheir Actor Muhammaden 58
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1952 killer mother Actor N/A
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1951 خضرة والسندباد القبلي Actor N/A
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1951 جزيرة الأحلام Actor N/A
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1950 Ethics for Sale Actor N/A
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1950 The Last Lie Actor 58
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1950 Prince Of The Revenge Actor Nour 58
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1950 Prince Of The Revenge Actor العبد نور 58
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1950 Mughamarat Khadra Actor N/A
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1949 أسير العيون Actor N/A
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1949 المرأة شيطان Actor والد أحلام N/A
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1949 Congratulations to you Actor N/A
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1949 على أد لحافك Actor N/A
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1948 Narges Actor أبو الفرج N/A
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1948 صاحبة العمارة Actor فرحات بركات - وكيل أشغال N/A
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1946 Youm Fil Aali Actor Osman Efendi N/A
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1946 I'm No Angel Actor N/A
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1944 Nour al-Din and the Three Sailors Actor عثمان عبدالباسط 58
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1944 A Bullet in the Heart Actor البواب 58
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1942 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves Actor علي بابا N/A
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1941 A Thousand and One Nights Actor عثمان عبدالباسط N/A
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1939 Lend Me Three Pounds Actor عثمان عبدالباسط N/A
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1938 Osman and Ali Actor عثمان عبدالباسط/ علي بك N/A
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1938 سلفني 3 جنيه Actor عثمان عبدالباسط N/A
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1938 Seven O'Clock Actor N/A
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1938 El Teleghraf Actor N/A
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1937 Seven O'clock Actor عثمان N/A
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1936 The Night Watchman Actor عثمان عبد الباسط N/A
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1936 خفير الدرك Actor N/A
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1920 The American Aunt Actor N/A
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١٠٠ ألف جنيه Actor عثمان عبدالباسط N/A
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Writing

1937 Seven O'clock Writing Screenplay N/A
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1936 The Night Watchman Writing Screenplay N/A
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