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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
August 18, 1926
Died
September 19, 2018
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Also Known As
- جميل راتب
- Gamil Rateb
- Gameel Abu-Bakr Raateb
Gamil Ratib
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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”.
Known For
Credits
Yesterday
as Virgile
2018
4.4
Family Size
2018
8.0
Drug Habit
2016
0.0
Jews Alley
2015
5.5
Shams
as نور
2014
0.0
Un nuage dans un verre d'eau
as Monsieur Noun
2012
0.0
Doors of Fear
2011
9.0
Turk's Head
as Aram
2010
5.7
The Baby Doll Night
2008
5.4
The Aquarium
as Youssef's Father
2008
6.7
Taimour & Shafi'aa
2007
6.2
First Time in Love
2007
4.3
The Harbor and the Sailor
2005
0.0
🎬
Me And Them
2005
0.0
From First Sight
2004
0.0
🎬
La Danse Éternelle
as Saïd
2004
0.0
A matter of principle
as Shahin
2003
0.0
Horseless Knight
as Richard
2002
5.5
The Magician
as Elbasha
2001
4.8
Love Trip
as Ezz Bec
2001
5.8
Stand-by
as Doctor
2000
4.2
Night of Destiny
1999
6.0
Gamal Abdel Nasser
1998
6.0
Zezenia
as جيوفاني ديلورينزي
1997
6.0
Wanees' Family
1997
9.5
ضد التيار
1997
0.0
A Summer in La Goulette
as Hadj Beji
1996
6.1
Still Waters Run Deep
as Monsieur Lambert
1996
0.0
The Asphalt Kings
as Abdullah
1996
5.0
Love Is Crazy in the Summer
1995
6.0
Until the End of the Night
as Rousseau
1995
5.8
Birds of Darkness
as Minister Rushdi Al-Khayal
1995
6.9
Wanees's Diaries
as Abu Al Fadl Jadallah Ewees Abdulhaq أبو الفضل
1994
8.0
Checkmate
1994
0.0
La Fortune de Gaspard
as Féréor
1993
0.0
The Pasha's daughter
as Ibrahim Pasha Al-Manasterly
1991
5.0
Conscience of Teacher Hekmat
1991
0.0
Poussière de diamant
1991
0.0
The Serpent of Death
as Omar
1990
2.8
السبنسة
1990
0.0
The Three Fools
as Ahmed
1990
0.0
الحب وسنينه
1989
0.0
The Third Class
as Ouf
1988
5.5
Halet Talaboss
as Hazem
1988
0.0
Price of Fear
1988
0.0
The White Flag
1988
0.0
A Man with Seven Lives
1988
0.0
The wife is first to know
1987
0.0
Sonbol Baad Al Milyoun
1987
0.0
Nawara and the Beast
as Taher Bey
1987
0.0
The Dwarfs Are Coming
1987
0.0
Time Conqueror
1987
6.0
Ebnaty Wal-Ze'ab
as Saeed Jaber
1986
6.0
The Beginning
as Nabeh
1986
8.0
Fearful Embraces
1986
6.0
The Innocent
as Dr. Ali Khalefa
1986
7.5
Mararet El Ayam
1986
0.0
Kwaml's House
as فهمي
1986
0.0
Sanawat Al Khatar
as Ahmed Al-Manasterly
1985
0.0
Struggle of days
1985
0.0
El Keif
1985
8.2
Ali Beh Mazhar and 40 Thieves
1985
0.0
Adieu Bonaparte
as Barthélémy
1985
5.8
Genius Five
1985
0.0
The Lorry
1985
0.0
The Curse
1984
7.0
Bahr Al Awham
1984
0.0
Rehlet El Melyon
1984
0.0
Kaydahonna Azeem
1983
0.0
They're Stealing Millions
1983
0.0
Love in a Jail Cell
as الشرنوبي - رجل الأعمال الفاسد
1983
6.4
Harbour Beasts
1983
0.0
The sea said
as الدكتور تيمور
1982
1.0
The North Star
as Nemrod Lobetoum
1982
6.2
The Man Who Lost His Memory Twice
as أبو الفتوح أبو ستيت
1981
0.0
Behind The University's Walls
1981
0.0
El-Arafa
as Al-Kafrawi
1981
0.0
Shaaban Below Zero
as Abdul Jawad Al-Ghatrifi
1980
6.3
زينب والعرش
as السفير المصري - ضيف الحلقات
1980
0.0
Seyam Seyam
as إسماعيل
1980
0.0
The Mermaid
1980
0.0
Afraid of Something
as رياض كامل
1979
0.0
No Consolation For Women
1979
0.0
A Tale Behind Every Door
as Engineer Ahmed Seif El-Din
1979
7.0
Shafiqa and Metwally
as أفندينا
1978
6.6
Rise to the Abyss
as Admon
1978
5.0
Dreams Of El Tayer Boy
1978
8.0
A woman in my blood
1978
4.0
A traveler without a road
1978
0.0
Bent Gheir Kol Al-Banat
as مصطفى
1978
0.0
Enough, my heart
as راشد
1977
0.0
Fattah Tabhas Aaan El Hob
1977
0.0
First Year of Love
1976
0.0
Face to Face
as Philip John - archaeologist
1976
5.5
The Advice of a Wise Man in Matters of the Village and Education
as Commentary
1976
0.0
A house without love
as الأسطى رجب
1976
0.0
Whom Should We Shoot?
as Rushdy Abdul Baqi
1975
6.5
The Liar
as Sami Kamal
1975
8.0
Lesson Is Over, Idiot
1975
8.0
L'Atlantide
as Ben Cheikh
1972
0.0
Young Wolves
as Prince Linzani
1968
3.9
Réseau secret
as Ben Salem
1967
0.0
To Commit a Murder
as Belloum
1967
4.2
Male Companion
as Maharajah (uncredited)
1964
4.9
OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok
as Akhom
1964
7.7
Lawrence of Arabia
as Majid
1962
8.0
Deuxième Bureau contre terroristes
as Igorian
1961
0.0
La Mort de Pompée
as Achillas
1961
0.0
L’aventurière des Champs-Élysées
1957
0.0
Trapeze
as Stefan
1956
6.2
OSS 117 Is Not Dead
as Yakoub
1952
6.1
Monelle
as Spectator at the concert (uncredited)
1948
6.3
The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean
as Young man at the ball (uncredited)
1947
6.6