{{Short description|Egyptian film actor (1928–1996)}} {{Infobox person | name = Adel Adham | native_name = عادل أدهم | image = AdelAdham.jpg | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|03|08}} | birth_place = Alexandria, Egypt | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|02|01|1928|03|28}} | death_place = Cairo, Egypt | occupation = Actor | birth_name = | homepage = | years_active = 1928–1996 }}
'''Adel Adham''' ({{langx|ar|عادل أدهم}}; March 8, 1928 – February 1, 1996) was an Egyptian actor. He was known for his portrayal of evil and ambiguous characters.<ref>{{citation|year=2014|title=عادل أدهم.. "تاجر القطن" الذي أصبح "برنس السينما العربية"|url=http://www.alhayat.com/m/story/977575#sthash.coFy0L9s.dpbs|publisher=Al-Hayat|access-date=13 September 2017|quote=نشأته: ولد عادل أدهم في حي الجمرك البحري بمدينة الإسكندرية لأب مصري يعمل موظفاً حكومياً كبيراً، وأم ذات أصول تركية ورثت عن أبيها “شاليه” يطل على البحر في منطقة سيدي بشر، انتقلت الأسرة للإقامة فيه حينما كان عادل لايزال في المدرسة الابتدائية. وكان في صغره يقلد رعاة البقر، إذ يرتدي قبعاتهم ويلهو بالمسدسات، مقلداً أدوار الشرير في أفلام «الكاوبوي» الأميركية.|archive-date=6 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906182700/http://www.alhayat.com/m/story/977575#sthash.coFy0L9s.dpbs|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adel Adham - Actor Filmography، photos، Video |url=https://elcinema.com/en/person/1011454 |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=elCinema.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Adel Adham, AlexCinema |url=https://www.bibalex.org/alexcinema/actors/adel_adham.html |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=www.bibalex.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Remembering Adel Adham: Prince of Egyptian cinema - Screens - Arts & Culture |url=https://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/5/32/325203/Arts--Culture/Screens/Remembering-Adel-Adham-Prince-of-Egyptian-cinema.aspx |access-date=2023-04-28 |website=Ahram Online}}</ref> He was awarded the title of Prince of Cinema.<ref>{{Cite web |title=عادل أدهم ( برنس السينما المصرية) - Welcome to Middle East News Agency |url=http://www.mena.org.eg/photo/dbcall/table/photo/id/115362 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=MENA |archive-date=2023-05-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527040003/https://www.mena.org.eg/photo/dbcall/table/photo/id/115362 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=هروب زوجته وابنه تبرأ منه.. محطات في حياة برنس السينما المصرية عادل أدهم |url=https://www.elaosboa.com/725321/ |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=الأسبوع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-08 |title=أسرار فى حياة عادل أدهم بذكرى ميلاد برنس السينما المصرية |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2021/3/8/أسرار-فى-حياة-عادل-أدهم-بذكرى-ميلاد-برنس-السينما-المصرية/5237375 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-02-09 |title=برنس السينما المصرية وملك الإفيهات.. ذكرى وفاة الفنان عادل أدهم |url=https://www.youm7.com/story/2022/2/9/برنس-السينما-المصرية-وملك-الإفيهات-ذكرى-وفاة-الفنان-عادل-أدهم/5649405 |access-date=2023-05-26 |website=اليوم السابع |language=ar}}</ref>
==Career== Adel Adham was born on March 8, 1928, in Alexandria, Egypt, to an Egyptian father and Egyptian-Turkish mother.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.elcinema.com/en/person/1011454/|title=Adel Adham - Actor - Filmography، photos، Video|website=elCinema.com|language=en|access-date=2017-11-13}}</ref>
His debut in cinema was the year 1945 in the film ''Laila, Daughter of the Poor (1945)''.
== Filmography == {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} *''Makansh alal bal'' (1950) *''The Technical Director'' (1965) *''Fares Bani Hemdan'' (1966) *''El mughammerun el talata'' (1966) *''El khaena'' (1966) *''How We Stole the Atomic Bomb'' (1967) - James Bomb *''Nora'' (1967) - Fares *''Akhtar Ragol fil Alam'' (1967) - Jean *''Ayyam el-hob'' (1968) - Galal *''Altin avcilari'' (1968) *''Afrah'' (1968) - The Thief *''Hiya wa l chayatin'' (1969) *''El Achrar'' (1970) *''The Lady of the Black Moons'' (1970) - Sami *''Adrift on the Nile'' (1971) - Ali * ''The Killers'' (1971) – Aziz *''Imtithal'' (1971) *''The Visitor'' (1972) *''Si può fare molto con sette donne'' (1972) * ''The Guilty'' (1975) *''Leqa ma al-madi'' (1975) *''Hekmatak ya rab'' (1976) - Zaki Qodra *''Ah ya liel ya zaman'' (1977) - Elias *''Khateeat Malak'' (1979) *''Flatfoot in Egypt'' (1980) - Elver Zakar *''Al shaytan yaez'' (1981) *''Al-nasabin'' (1984) *''El-forn'' (1984) *''Safqa maa Emraa'' (1985) - Essam *''El Sayed Eshta'' (1985) - Sayed Eshta *''Ragol lehaza alzaman'' (1986) *''Ragol lehaza alzaman'' (1986) *''Enteqam, -al'' (1986) *''Supermarket'' (1990) - Dr. Azmy *''Sawwaq el hanem'' (1993) - Pasha {{div col end}}
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