Known for Acting

Abdul Fattaah al-Kosary is an Egyptian actor who was born in Cairo to a rich father working a gold merchant. He loved acting since he was a child; he studied in a French school. His acting debut was when joined Abdul Rahmaan Roushdy's troupe in 1920, then he played famous stage roles with Esmaeel Yasseen's troupe and made a great success that led filmmakers to give comic roles. He excelled in the role of the typical illiterate in the following films; “Shamshoum & Lebleb”, “Al-aanessa Hanafy i.e. Miss Hanafy”, “Ebn Hameedo” where his famous words were copied by Egyptians. Al-Kasry also staged many successful plays, among them are; “Kesmety ”, “30 yowm fel-segn”, “Hassan, Morcos and Kohen” and “Al-geneih al-Masry . He became blind at the end of his life and suffered a loss of memory.
1941
as عبد المجيد ساطور
1949
as حمودة صاحب كازينو الوردة البيضا
1957
as الريس حنفي
1956
1952
as حسن
1954
as حسن
1951
as Rashwan Abu Houria
1954
1952
as Haj Abdul Aziz Abu Fatima
1958
as Abu Teama
1953
as مرزوق
1954
1957
as حشمت
1950
as المعلم خرطوشي
1953
1944
as ابو شوشه
1951
as Khairat
1942
as الحلو
1941
as العتر
1950
as Sayed Abu Shalbaya