Acting
Nehad Qalei
Born December 10, 1934 · Damascus, Syria
Died October 17, 1993 · aged 58
No biography available.
Known For
The Mexican Hoax · 1972The Mexican Hoax
★ 10.01972
MovieDramaFamily
Tayseer, a conservative man, has grown with a particular hang-up caused by his sister's marriage without his consent. When a man proposes to his daughter Kawthar, Tayseer vehemently opposes their relationship, even if the two are deeply in love. Is it too late to rid him of his hang-up?
The Two Friends · 1970The Two Friends
1970
MovieDrama
A strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.
Ghawar The Football Player · 1973Ghawar The Football Player
1973
Movie
This vehicle for Syrian comedian Duraid Lahham offers the most risqué mad scientist subplot to be found in any of these Lebanese films, thanks to his character visiting the inventor of the Sexatron, a machine whose precise practical purpose remains sketchy, although the method for causing it to blow up is outlined clearly enough in the screencaps below. This sequence evidently tested the censor's limits and contains three splices in the Lebanese version of the movie; it may well have escaped uncut in the Turkish edit of the film.
Gherbah · 1976Gherbah
1976
Movie
The events of the play deal with the reality of the Arab world in the seventies, where the events of the play revolve around a village called Ghorba ruled by Bey who enslaves citizens and robs them of their wealth and leaves them to suffer backwardness, to escalate events
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha · 1971Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
Movie
Two friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
Tishreen Village · 1974Tishreen Village
1974
MovieComedy
A Syrian political comedy play that takes place before and after the October 1973 war in Syria and reflects the victory on the Syrian person
Wake Up · 1975Wake Up
★ 6.81975
MovieComedy
Due to the great success of the original TV series from 1972, this movie was created with almost identical actors and a slightly different plot.
Two friends find themselves in an unexpected conflict when one of them, an employee working in a small hotel, falls for the hotel owner, but she is in love with his friend, a painter who has been staying in the same hotel for a long time, which creates jealousy and conflict between the two friends.
Al-Muziafoun · 1975Al-Muziafoun
1975
MovieComedy
Movies
The Mexican Hoax · 1972The Mexican Hoax
★ 10.01972
MovieDramaFamily
Tayseer, a conservative man, has grown with a particular hang-up caused by his sister's marriage without his consent. When a man proposes to his daughter Kawthar, Tayseer vehemently opposes their relationship, even if the two are deeply in love. Is it too late to rid him of his hang-up?
The Two Friends · 1970The Two Friends
1970
MovieDrama
A strict father refuses to let his beautiful daughter marry the young pilot she loves, believing that the life of a pilot is filled with danger. The pilot sees a dead end, but that does not prevent him from using his cunning to persuade his beloved's father of their marriage.
Ghawar The Football Player · 1973Ghawar The Football Player
1973
Movie
This vehicle for Syrian comedian Duraid Lahham offers the most risqué mad scientist subplot to be found in any of these Lebanese films, thanks to his character visiting the inventor of the Sexatron, a machine whose precise practical purpose remains sketchy, although the method for causing it to blow up is outlined clearly enough in the screencaps below. This sequence evidently tested the censor's limits and contains three splices in the Lebanese version of the movie; it may well have escaped uncut in the Turkish edit of the film.
Gherbah · 1976Gherbah
1976
Movie
The events of the play deal with the reality of the Arab world in the seventies, where the events of the play revolve around a village called Ghorba ruled by Bey who enslaves citizens and robs them of their wealth and leaves them to suffer backwardness, to escalate events
Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha · 1971Imra'a Taskon Wahdaha
1971
Movie
Two friends are trying to find a suitable place to stay. They find a suitable residence for a woman to live alone. The owner of the house rents a room in the apartment to the two friends without the woman knowing during her absence, which generates funny ironies among everyone.
Tishreen Village · 1974Tishreen Village
1974
MovieComedy
A Syrian political comedy play that takes place before and after the October 1973 war in Syria and reflects the victory on the Syrian person
Wake Up · 1975Wake Up
★ 6.81975
MovieComedy
Due to the great success of the original TV series from 1972, this movie was created with almost identical actors and a slightly different plot.
Two friends find themselves in an unexpected conflict when one of them, an employee working in a small hotel, falls for the hotel owner, but she is in love with his friend, a painter who has been staying in the same hotel for a long time, which creates jealousy and conflict between the two friends.
Al-Muziafoun · 1975Al-Muziafoun
1975
MovieComedy
Hotel of Dreams · 1968Hotel of Dreams
1968
MovieComedy
Two friends work as guards at a luxurious villa, whose owner only comes at long intervals. They turn it into a hotel but the owner suddenly comes with his fiancée, and he discovers the situation,causing funny situations to happen.
One + one · 1971One + one
1971
Movie
The Millionaire · 1966The Millionaire
★ 7.01966
Movie
Womens' Tailor · 1969Womens' Tailor
1969
MovieComedyMusic
Saber Effendi works as a tailor for men, but his major problem is that he suffers from a great depression because of his lack of fashion and refuses to develop his ideas about fashion until his wife, Huda, who works in a Syrian magazine interested in fashion, suggests that he change his activity to become a tailor for women rather than men. Implementation plan.
I Am Antar · 1966I Am Antar
1966
MovieComedyAdventure
A psychiatrist hypnotizes his female patients and robs them while they are under. The company where he committed one of his crimes enlists the help of a private detective to find out who is the perpetrator of the robberies.
لقاء في تدمر · 1965لقاء في تدمر
★ 8.01965
Movie
The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan) · 1965The Two Drifters (Al Sharidan)
★ 8.01965
MovieComedy
When a man gets out of prison, he starts looking for work, but he discovers that he is alone with no family, so he decides to return to prison again. He starts to commit many crimes to return to prison, but fails to attract the attention of the police.
The Pearl Necklace · 1964The Pearl Necklace
1964
MovieRomance
Salim is a simple farmer who loves Bedour and wants to marry her. He comes across a letter that he thinks is written to his lover, but it turns out that it's written by Bedour whom Ghawar loves and he returns from overseas with a pearl necklace for her.
The Fox · 1971The Fox
1971
Movie
The story of two men work in the gold trade and how a gang trying to steal the gold sends a beautiful girl to enter their lives and pretend to love one of them. Her plan seems to be working, until she actually falls in love with one of them.
Sands of Gold · 1971Sands of Gold
★ 10.01971
MovieDramaAction
Tarek loves his cousin Zubaida and travels to Spain to work in bullfighting under a pseudonym. Zubaida comes to Spain in search of her lover, but despite his pleas for her to return to Morocco, she continues to follow him.
Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar · 1970Ghawar, The Secret Agent Antar
1970
MovieComedy
Bir Damat Aranıyor · 1968Bir Damat Aranıyor
★ 9.01968
MovieComedy
Intersection of the roads of twins allotted years ago.
Love in Istanbul · 1966Love in Istanbul
1966
Movie
Queen Nazli's daughter disappears at a young age, and the queen dies without seeing her. The heirs take advantage of the disappearance of the daughter to divide the wealth among them, but when the daughter suddenly appears, they try to stop her from having the wealth.
My Hippy Wife · 1973My Hippy Wife
1973
MovieComedy
A humble man encounters a group of hippies and develops feelings for one of them. As they get married, they cannot find a place to stay, and he resorts to a friend of his who abhors all hippies. Can their stay at his house alter his prespective?
El Ragol El Monaseeb · 1970El Ragol El Monaseeb
1970
MovieDramaRomance
A Lebanese company sends a representative to the Cairo branch to discover the secret of the branch's losses. This representative disguises himself as a newly transferred messenger. He notices that a love story is developing between the daughter of the failed manager and the public relations employee, and he tries to reveal to the girl what is happening.
Mesk and Anbar · 1973Mesk and Anbar
1973
MovieComedy
Musk and his friend are two young men who love two of their cousins. Musk disguises himself as a woman to convince the uncle of the girl he loves and the girl's father that the aunt has returned from abroad. The uncle falls in love with the woman and covets her wealth. He agrees for the two girls to marry Musk and Amber. Amber's uncle comes to compete with the uncle, and the American aunt herself comes from the United States.
TV Shows
Sah Al Nom · 1972Sah Al Nom
★ 9.01972
SeriesComedy
Few Arab comedy series have left a mark quite like Sah El Nom. Written by the brilliant Nihad Qalei, who stars alongside the irreplaceable Duraid Lahham, the show gave the Arab world two of its most iconic characters — the lovable, street-smart Ghawar Tawasha and the memorable Houssni Al Bourzan. Warm, witty, and deeply rooted in Damascene folklore, it's the kind of show that never really gets old.
Ghawar's Pranks · 1968Ghawar's Pranks
1968
SeriesComedy
A show centred entirely around Duraid Lahham's iconic character Ghawar Tawasha. An iconic Syrian comedy series where Ghawar gets up to his classic mischief and pranks, leaning into the slapstick, street-smart humour that made the character so beloved across the Arab world.
Hammam Al-Hana · 1968Hammam Al-Hana
1968
SeriesComedyDrama
Set in a Damascene bath for men, it deals with the daily situations faced by the owners , and the customers with their personalities and different styles, in the context of comic situations. An adaptation of "The Twelve Chairs" by Ilf and Petrov.
Sah Al-Noum · 1972Sah Al-Noum
1972
SeriesComedy
A Syrian comedy drama series that revolves around (Fatoum), the owner of the (Sah Al-Nom) Hotel, where most of the events of the series take place. Both (Ghawar Al-Tosha) and (Hosni Al-Borzan) fall in love with (Fatoum), and pranks and adventures occur between them in order to win With her heart.
Faqaqie · 1963Faqaqie
1963
Series
The series discusses a variety of social issues within a framework of separate episodes, and through a series of comedic events that simulate society, such as hypocrisy, science, and other issues
Salt & Sugar · 1973Salt & Sugar
★ 7.01973
SeriesDocumentary
“Salt and Sugar” is the first Syrian work shown on Syrian television in 1973 during the month of Ramadan, and its events take place inside the prison when the social worker (Sabah Al-Jazairi) visits the prison to search for the cause of the prisoners’ delinquency, and (Dhiab Mashhour) sings the song “Alamaya,” and remembers Ghawar Al-Tosha (Duraid Lahham) is his mother and longs for life outside the bars. He sings his famous songs “Lou Lou Lou” and “Oh my beloved woman, ya mo.” The artist Dhiyab Mashhour also sings “Ya Abourdin.” The artist Taroub also presented two songs, “Tik Tok,” as part of a competition organized by Hosni. Al-Borzan (Nihad Qalai) inside the prison, through a Syrian comedy act starring Duraid Lahham and Nihad Qalai, in collaboration with Yassin Bakoush, Naji Jabr, Najah Hafeez, Abdul Latif Fathi Sabah Al-Jazairi and others, and the work is directed by Khaldoun Al-Maleh.