Personal Info
Birth date
1898-07-14 (126 Years)
Day of death
1982-10-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Sohag, Egypt
Also known as
Youssef Wahbi
Yousef Wahbi
Yousef Wahby
يوسف وهبي
Юсуф Вахби
Youssef Wahby
Biography
Egyptian actor, director and author, began his education in the city of Fayoum traveled to Italy after the First World War, where he studied acting and studied at the hands of the Italian actor Cantoni, to return to Egypt and worked in Hassan Fayek’s Theater, and then founded his own theater and Ramses Film Production Company, and participated in the establishment of Nahas studios and took over the management of the Studio, In the cinema, he wrote and directed his film scenarios. He received many awards in Egypt and many honors such as the Grand Order of the Cisé from the King of Morocco. He received an honorary doctorate from the Academy of Arts. He married and did not have children.
Filmography
Kayf Takhsar Melyoon Geneh
NYR
Overview:
(Soheir) is a wealthy girl who refuses to marry because she believes that everyone covets her wealth, so she publishes an advertisement in the newspapers about her desire to marry a poor young man.Seyam Seyam
NYR
Overview:
Fasting is not all fasting, this is what the series explains through Professor Siam, who modifies every day a wrong behavior of his behaviors associated with fasting and complement to it as anom, from which we get to know the value of fasting and the divine wisdom of its imposition and determine its time.Alexandria… Why?
6.2
Overview:
Amid the poverty, death, and suffering caused by World War II, 18-year-old Yehia retreats into a private world of fantasy and longing. Obsessed with Hollywood, he dreams of studying filmmaking in America but struggles to pursue his dream, given the constraints of his life in the middle class and the horrors of war.The Flirtation of Girls
7.3
Overview:
Hamam is a poor Arabic language teacher who gets sacked from a girls' elementary school for not being able to control mischievous students. He feels pessimistic about everything in life,but his freind,an employee working for a pasha finds him a job as a private teacher for his only daughter Laila in order to help her pass an exam. Laila treats Hamam like a friend and helps him to appreciate life and enjoy its qualities,and the man soon is drawn to her.Searching for a Scandal
7
Overview:
As Magdy leaves Upper Egypt for a job, he befriends the playboy Sami who impresses him with his many relationships. After a chance meeting with Hanan, Magdy asks for Sami's help to get close to her, something that Sami is happy to provide and support with previous experiences.Miramar
7.5
Overview:
Zuhra has nothing to do but to runaway after her family forced her to marry an old rich man. She goes to Alexandria where she works in a motel and there she meets people with different ideologies and thoughts about life.Les Miserables
NYR
Overview:
Based on Victor Hugo's novel, a poor man is sent to prison after stealing a loaf of bread. He escapes and becomes rich, but this does not protect him from people's disdain as they know where he came from.Malak alrahma
6
Overview:
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.My Story With Time
9
Overview:
Singer Suhair marries Salah, the well-known owner of the contracting company, and forces her to leave the band. She has a son with him, then discovers that his works are done illegally and leaves him, and he in turn deprives her of seeing her son. A love affair develops between her and Hosni, the band's new director, but Salah comes to her again and promises her integrity. Suhair hesitates to choose.Eshaet Hob
7.8
Overview:
Hussein, a shy young man, is desperately in love with Samiha. However, Samiha is more interested in her singing and dancing cousin Lucy. Admiring Hussein greatly, Samiha's father attempts to help him and starts spreading the rumor that Hussein is having an affair with famous actress Hind Rostom, hoping jealousy will move the daughter's heart. The plan seems to work... until Hind Rostom herself comes to town.The Choice
7.4
Overview:
When a free-spirited sailor is found murdered, his twin brother, a famous novelist, is the prime suspect. Investigators uncover a possible liaison between the dead sailor and the writer's wife, and also learn that Sayed's successful fictions owed much to the inspiration of his brother Mahmoud's adventurous life. Just as the evidence against the writer seems overwhelming, Mahmoud turns up alive. But why are the twins never seen together...?Oushaq El Hayah
NYR
Overview:
Ahmed returns from abroad after studying music and finds Mona, the daughter of the wealthy man who adopted him, waiting for him after his great success. He proposes to her, but the wealthy man refuses, due to the social differences between them. Under pressure from the Pasha, Mona marries the son of the Pasha's friend, which breaks Ahmed's heart and he decides to marry Zizi, the heroine of the band, to overcome his love for Mona. At the same time, he tortures himself and does not know that Mona was paralyzed when she tried to catch up with him on her wedding night.The Great Clown
NYR
Overview:
Shehata Effendi is a clerk for a wealthy woman who is in dispute with her husband. Her husband divorced her a third time, so they resort to Shehata to marry her. Then the wealthy wife dies and he inherits her fortune, prompting him to think of marrying his old neighbor Asrar.Sweet Aziza
NYR
Overview:
Aziza is a beautiful dancer from Mansoura, after she rejects the mayor's son who loves her, he deforms her face. She travels to Cairo and runs a cabaret, and falls in love with one of the clients. She meets a doctor who performs plastic surgery on her, giving her a chance to start over.How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
5.227
Overview:
Franco, an Italian fisherman, witnesses a U.S. Air Force plane crash in the Mediterranean off Egypt carrying a nuclear weapon, and he is then persued by shady spy, named Ciccio, working for a spy organization led by the sinister Dr. Si (Yes) to find the atom bomb before anyone else does to blackmail the world, which leads to Franco and Ciccio forming an unlikely alliance to get the bomb for themselves.Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda
4
Overview:
Shanbo is an accounting employee in a bakery, who offers to a young journalist his story production to be published in the magazine she works for, and through the working relationship between Shanbo and the girl, a love story between them interferes with the events of the plot to assassinate the wealthy, miserly aunt, which her nephew is planning to capture Shanbo and get the wealth and the girl and shanbo tries to prove his innocence of the charge.Cairo 30
7.5
Overview:
Mahgoub is a villager who moves to Cairo in search of a better life. When he enlists friend Salem's help to find him a job, Salem not only gets him a job at the ministry where he works but he finds him a bride as well. But the bride is the mistress of Qasem Bek, who will be visiting her once a week.Life or Death
6.7
Overview:
A man suffers from a heart attack so he sends his daughter to get medicine for him. After providing the medicine for the girl, the pharmacist discovers that he has unknowingly mixed a poisonous elixir. Reporting what happened to the police, the chief officer of Cairo starts an intriguing, full-fledged campaign to save the man before he takes the lethal medicine.Pledge of Love
NYR
Overview:
After completing his studies in Europe, Wahid returns again to his hometown, when his father asks him to go to Cairo so that he can take his job in one of the companies. There he meets the beautiful Nadia, who is in love with an old man in a piano sales and repair shop and thinks that the old man is her father, and tries to To pursue her and win her heart without knowing the truth of the matter.El Banat Lazem Ttgawz
NYR
Overview:
Safi marries a music teacher, Ahmed, despite her father's objection, but with her grandfather's consent. The father revolts and expels her, so she lives a humble life with Ahmed in his mother's house. At the same time, her brother Ashraf abandons his beloved Nahid after the father refuses their marriage and forbids him money. Nahed is forced to deviate to raise money for her marriage to Ashraf.A Husband’s Confession
6
Overview:
This comedy revolves around Wahid, a happily married composer who has a one-off dream about kissing Boussa, his gorgeous neighbor and his wife Latifah’s best friend. He feels guilty, and foolishly confesses this to Latifah, who naturally becomes suspicious and concludes he and Boussa are having an affair. The misunderstandings worsen tenfold when Latifah lets her parents in on the situation.Passion and Revenge
6.5
Overview:
A woman seeks revenge on the man she thinks killed her husband but falls in love with him in the process.Date with the Beloved
NYR
Overview:
Unaware that she is the daughter of Mr. Shawkat, the CEO, Ahmed gets into an argument with Nahid. When the two meet in Alexandria coincidentally, Nahid disguises herself as a peasant and works a scheme to teach Ahmed an unforgettable lesson.Mufattish El Mabahess
4
Overview:
A mischievous young man has a relationship with a dancer. Her husband surprises him while they are together, so he takes out his gun to kill them, and during their fight a bullet is fired to hit the husband, so the young man runs away thinking that he has killed him. The young man, and confesses that he is the murderer and is surprised because the inspector does not know anything about his crime, and that he is going to attend his sister’s marriage, so the inspector decides to hand him over to justice.Housing crisis
NYR
Overview:
afaf and fattouh are co-workers looking for apartment for each to settle in . Each gets his apartment by kind of a trick which results in many consequences .Money and Women
NYR
Overview:
Shehata is a committed employee in a private hospital. He lives with his daughter Nemat and his wife. One day Hussein proposes to his daughter, but the problem is that Shehata is unable to prepare his daughter, which prompts him to ask for an advance from the company. After management refuses, one of the bribed employees takes advantage of the opportunity and offers Shehata received a sum of money in exchange for a trust receipt, which he quickly used against him, especially after Shehata discovered that an incident of embezzlement had occurred.نورا
NYR
Overview:
A career-focused journalist crosses paths with Noura, a good-hearted young woman who suffers from societal pressures and issues. As Mahmoud tries to save her from going down a path of sin, he learns the story of her family and her struggle to provide for her ill sister.People Downstairs
NYR
Overview:
A house in Abbaseya is divided into two parts: the first is the basement, where poor people live and dream of ascending the social ladder, while in the other part the rich residents live. Although both worlds are extremely distant, they are only bound by romance, as the film follows love affairs between contrasting characters from both worlds.Children Of The Streets
NYR
Overview:
Fayez is a married officer who finds a baby and takes him home, until the father of the child knows his place and takes him back and begins to teach him to steal until he joins a gang. The child's mother tries to save him from this fate and asks officer Fayez to help her.A Sleepless Man
NYR
Overview:
Dr. Mounir Saber (Youssef Wahbi) is a committed and perfect man in his work and devotes all his time in his clinic and lectures to students. Married to a vicious woman jealous and heart patient (Najma Ibrahim). He meets in the train while traveling with booze Ghanaian (Madiha Youssri) and her friend (Nelly Mazloum) and a relationship arises between them and treat her where she suffers from the deterioration of the liver as a result of drinking liquor with the cabaret in which she works. Dr. Mounir falls in love with her and exploits the opportunity to deplete his money and offer it to her thugs lover Jalal Abu Mashtar (Farid Shawky). His wife discovers the loss of shares that she had saved and spent on the wine and quarrel with him and die of shockActing
TBANahed as Dr. Hamdi
TBARasputin as Unknown
1982The Slaughterhouse as Unknown
1981Blood on Pink Dress as عبدالعليم شاهين
1980Seyam Seyam (30 Episodes) as عم حسنين
1979Alexandria… Why? as Sorel
1978Kayf Takhsar Melyoon Geneh (1 Episode) as Unknown
1978Les Miserables as Unknown
1978The Farewell Song as Self
1975The White Dress as Omar Adham
1974My Story With Time as بابا علام
1973El Banat Lazem Ttgawz as Unknown
1973زمان يا حب as Unknown
1973Searching for a Scandal as Fahmy
1972Housing crisis as Boss
1971Oushaq El Hayah as Ismail Pasha Al-Jabali
1971Date with the Beloved as Shaukat Bey - guest of honor
1971The Choice as Youssef Wahby
1970Blood in Upper Egypt as Unknown
1969Miramar as Tolba Marzouk
1969Sweet Aziza as شوكت رأفت
1969Gang of Women as Unknown
1969Dala ilbanat as Unknown
1969Big Love as Hanan's Father
1968Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda as Professor Darwish, uncle of Doria
1968How We Stole the Atomic Bomb as Dottor Sì
1967نورا as والد / محمود
1966Cairo 30 as ضيف شرف/يوسف وهبي
1964A Husband’s Confession as Aziz - عزيز
1962الأيدي الناعمة as Unknown
1961عريس في علبة as عبد اللطيف
1960Money and Women as شحاته
1960Eshaet Hob as Abdel Qader El Nashashgy
1960People Downstairs as Unknown
1960شجرة العائلة as الدكتور ابراهيم
1959Mufattish El Mabahess as المفتش عادل
1958Habibi El Asmar as رستم بيك
1957الملاك الصغير as Unknown
1956Le masque de Toutankhamon as Unknown
1955Bahr El Gharam as مخرج
1955Pledge of Love as Unknown
1954Life or Death as حكمدار العاصمة
1954Assaad El Ayam as Morsi
1954The Marital Dwelling as Unknown
1952The Great Clown as Unknown
1951Habib el-Rooh as Youssef Fahmy
1951Children Of The Streets as الضابط فايز عبدالهادي
1951Amina as Unknown
1950El avocato Madiha as Unknown
1949Bayoumi Afandi as bayoumi afandi
1949The Flirtation of Girls as Himself
1949Chair of Confession as جيوفاني الكاردينال
1948A Sleepless Man as الدكتور منير
1947Singer of the Valley as Unknown
1947The Blow of Fate as Unknown
1946Malak alrahma as Fouad Bey - فؤاد بك
1946A burning candle as Unknown
1945Ambassador of Hell as Samir
1944Passion and Revenge as جمال حمدي
1944Ibn Al-Haddad as طه عدوي
1944Executioner's sword as Unknown
1944Berlanty as Sami Khairat - سامي خيرت
1943The Straight Road as يوسف
1943Jawhara as سمير وجدى
1942Bent Zawat as إبراهيم متولي
1942Children of the poor as د. لمعي احمد عبد السميع
1941A groom from Istanbul as محسن ارطغرل
1941Layla The Schoolgirl as يوسف
1941Storm over the countryside as Unknown
1941Layla the Country Girl as فتحي
1939In a rainy night as أحمد خالد
1932Sons of Aristocrats as Hamdi Bey
Writing
TBANahed ... Story
1970Blood in Upper Egypt ... Writer
1961عريس في علبة ... Writer
1954The Marital Dwelling ... Writer
1951Children Of The Streets ... Writer
1949Bayoumi Afandi ... Writer
1948A Sleepless Man ... Writer
1947Singer of the Valley ... Writer
1947The Blow of Fate ... Writer
1946Malak alrahma ... Writer
1946A burning candle ... Writer
1946Dahaya el madania ... Writer
1945Ambassador of Hell ... Writer
1944Passion and Revenge ... Writer
1944Ibn Al-Haddad ... Writer
1944Berlanty ... Writer
1943The Straight Road ... Story
1943Jawhara ... Writer
1942Dreams of the Youth ... Writer
1942Bent Zawat ... Writer
1942Children of the poor ... Writer
1941A groom from Istanbul ... Writer
1941Layla The Schoolgirl ... Writer
1941Storm over the countryside ... Writer
1939In a rainy night ... Screenplay, Story, Screenstory
1932Sons of Aristocrats ... Writer
Directing
1970Blood in Upper Egypt ... Director
1962الأيدي الناعمة ... Director
1954The Marital Dwelling ... Director
1951Children Of The Streets ... Director
1950El avocato Madiha ... Director
1949Bayoumi Afandi ... Director
1949Chair of Confession ... Director
1948A Sleepless Man ... Director
1947The red mask ... Director
1947Singer of the Valley ... Director
1947The Blow of Fate ... Director
1946Malak alrahma ... Director
1946A burning candle ... Director
1945Ambassador of Hell ... Director
1944Passion and Revenge ... Director
1944Ibn Al-Haddad ... Director
1944Executioner's sword ... Director
1944Berlanty ... Director
1943Jawhara ... Director
1942Bent Zawat ... Director
1942Children of the poor ... Director
1941A groom from Istanbul ... Director
Art
1930Zeinab ... Production Design, Decorator