Gamil Ratib
Acting
Born August 18, 1926, Cairo, Egypt
Born Gameel Abu-Bakr Raateb (November 1928 – Cairo) is an Egyptian actor. In 1940s, Gameel first appeared in the film “Al-forsaan al-thalaatha i.e. The three musketeers”, his family refused the idea and his scenes were removed. Raateb traveled to Paris to study Law and Economy, yet he preferred studying Theatre and appeared in Shakespeare’s “Much ado without nothing (1947)”. To provide living expenses, Gameel worked in small jobs besides acting and then became a notable member of the “Comédie Française”. American filmmaker Carol Reed presented Gameel Raateb in “Trapeze (1956)” along with Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis and Gina Lollobrigida. Gameel also showed in many TV series like; “Rehlat al-million i.e. The journey to be a millionaire” and “Sonbol ba’d al-million i.e. Sonbol..a millionaire”. He played the villain his unique way and excelled in authoritarian and aristocrat roles especially with Faaten Hamaama in “Hekaaya waraa koll baab i.e. A story behind every door”.
Filmography
- Family Size
- 2018Yesterday — Virgile
- Drug Habit
- Jews Alley
- Shams — نور
- 2012Un nuage dans un verre d'eau — Monsieur Noun
- Doors of Fear
- 2010Turk's Head — Aram
- 2008The Aquarium — Youssef's Father
- 2008The Baby Doll Night
- 2007First Time in Love
- 2007Taimour & Shafi'aa
- Me And Them
- The Harbor and the Sailor
- 2004From First Sight
- 2004La Danse Éternelle — Saïd
- A Matter of Principle
- Horseless Knight — Richard
- 2002The Magician — Elbasha
- 2001Love Trip — Ezz Bec
- 2000Stand-by — Doctor
- 1999Night of Destiny
- 1998Gamal Abdel Nasser
- 1997Wanees' Family
- Zezenia — جيوفاني ديلورينزي
- ضد التيار
- 1996A Summer in La Goulette — Hadj Beji
- 1996Still Waters Run Deep — Monsieur Lambert
- 1996The Asphalt Kings — Abdullah
- 1995Birds of Darkness — الوزير / رشدي الخيال
- 1995Love Is Crazy in the Summer
- 1995Until the End of the Night — Rousseau
- 1994Checkmate
- Wanees's Diaries — Abu Al Fadl Jadallah Ewees Abdulhaq أبو الفضل
- 1993La Fortune de Gaspard — Féréor
- Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
- 1991Poussière de diamant
- 1991The Pasha's daughter — Ibrahim Pasha Al-Manasterly
- 1990Lady of Cairo
- The Caboose — Heidar
- 1990The Serpent of Death — Omar
- 1990The Three Fools — Ahmed
- الحب وسنينه
- 1988Halet Talaboss — Hazem
- Price of Fear
- 1988The Third Class — Ouf
- The White Flag
- 1988راجل بسبع أرواح
- 1987Nawara and the Beast — Taher Bey
- Sonbol After the Million
- 1987The Dwarfs Are Coming
- The wife is first to know
- 1987Time Conqueror
- 1986Bitterness of Days
- 1986Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab — Saeed Jaber
- 1986Fearful Embraces
- 1986Kwaml's House — فهمي
- 1986The Beginning — Nabeh
- 1986The Innocent — Dr. Ali Khalefa
- 1985Adieu Bonaparte — Barthélémy - فرط الرمان
- 1985Ali Beh Mazhar and 40 Thieves
- 1985El Keif
- 1985Genius Five
- 1985Sanawat Al Khatar — Ahmed Al-Manasterly
- 1985Struggle of days
- 1985The Lorry
- 1984Bahr Al Awham
- 1984The Curse
- Trip of the Million
- غدا تتفتح الزهور — رمزي
- 1983Harbour Beasts
- 1983Kaydahonna Azeem
- 1983Love in a Jail Cell — الشرنوبي - رجل الأعمال الفاسد
- 1983They're Stealing Millions
- 1982The North Star — Nemrod Lobetoum
- The sea said — الدكتور تيمور
- 1981Behind The University's Walls
- 1981El-Arafa — Al-Kafrawi
- The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice — أبو الفتوح أبو ستيت
- Seyam Seyam — إسماعيل
- 1980Shaaban Below Zero — Abdul Jawad Al-Ghatrifi
- 1980The Mermaid
- زينب والعرش — السفير المصري - ضيف الحلقات
- 1979A Tale Behind Every Door — Engineer Ahmed Seif El-Din
- 1979Afraid of Something — رياض كامل
- 1979No Consolation For Women — طارق مظهر
- 1978A traveler without a road
- 1978A woman in my blood
- 1978Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat — مصطفى
- Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
- 1978Rise to the Abyss — Admon
- 1978Shafiqa and Metwally — أفندينا
- كفر نعمت
- 1977Enough, my heart — راشد
- 1977Fattah Tabhas Aaan El Hob
- 1976A House Without Tenderness — الأسطى رجب
- 1976Face to Face — Philip John - archaeologist
- 1976First Year of Love
- 1976The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education — Commentary
- 1975Lesson Is Over, Idiot
- 1975The Liar — Sami Kamal
- 1975Whom Should We Shoot? — Rushdy Abdul Baqi
- 1972L'Atlantide — Ben Cheikh
- 1968Young Wolves — Prince Linzani
- 1967Réseau secret — Ben Salem
- 1967To Commit a Murder — Belloum
- إجري إجري — إسماعيل
- 1964Male Companion — Maharajah (uncredited)
- 1964Shadow of Evil — Akhom
- 1962Lawrence of Arabia — Majid
- 1961Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes — Igorian
- 1961La Mort de Pompée — Achillas
- 1957L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
- 1956I'm The East
- 1956Trapeze — Stefan
- 1952OSS 117 Is Not Dead — Yakoub
- 1948Monelle — Spectator at the concert (uncredited)
- 1947The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean — Young man at the ball (uncredited)
- Aafret Al Qersh