Portrait of Youssef Wahby

Acting

Youssef Wahby

Career

Active from 1932 to 1981, busiest in 1941 and 1944 with 4 main titles each.

Leading roles
37
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score72/100
Highest rated
Poster for Eshaet Hob
Eshaet Hob
GoodWatch score79/100

Main genres

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Recurring tags

  • Social Commentary 8
  • Egyptian Cinema 7
  • Classic Egyptian Cinema 7
  • Historical Setting 6
  • Nostalgic 3
  • Historical Context 3
  • Melodramatic 3
  • Social Drama 3
  • Marital Conflict 3
  • Family Drama 3
  • Character-Driven 2
  • Emotional 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

66
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
Nahed
Nahed

as Dr. Hamdi

1980s

2 titles
Blood on Pink Dress
Blood on Pink Dress (1981)

as عبدالعليم شاهين

Seyam Seyam
Seyam Seyam (1980)

TV show · as عم حسنين

1970s

11 titles · average score 71
Alexandria… Why?
Alexandria… Why? (1979)
GoodWatch score 77

as Sorel

How to lose a million pounds
How to lose a million pounds (1978)

TV show

The White Dress
The White Dress (1975)

as Omar Adham

My Story With Time
My Story With Time (1974)

as بابا علام

Searching for a Scandal
Searching for a Scandal (1973)
GoodWatch score 63

as Fahmy

Housing crisis
Housing crisis (1972)

as Boss

The Choice
The Choice (1971)
GoodWatch score 74

as Youssef Wahby

Date with the Beloved
Date with the Beloved (1971)

as Shaukat Bey - guest of honor

Oushaq El Hayah
Oushaq El Hayah (1971)

as Ismail Pasha Al-Jabali

Women's Gang
Women's Gang (1970)

as ضيف شرف

Blood in Upper Egypt
Blood in Upper Egypt (1970)

Director, Writer

1960s

15 titles · average score 76
Miramar
Miramar (1969)
GoodWatch score 73

as Tolba Marzouk

Big Love
Big Love (1969)

as Hanan's Father

Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda
Shanbu Fi Al-Musayda (1968)

as Professor Darwish, uncle of Doria

How We Stole the Atomic Bomb
How We Stole the Atomic Bomb (1967)

as Dottor Sì

نورا
نورا (1967)

as والد / محمود

شنبو في المصيدة
شنبو في المصيدة (1967)

TV show · as بروفسور درويش

Cairo 30
Cairo 30 (1966)
GoodWatch score 77

as ضيف شرف/يوسف وهبي

A Husband’s Confession
A Husband’s Confession (1964)

as Aziz - عزيز

عريس في علبة
عريس في علبة (1961)

as عبد اللطيف

Eshaet Hob
Eshaet Hob (1960)
GoodWatch score 79

as Abdel Qader El Nashashgy

Money and Women
Money and Women (1960)

as شحاته

شجرة العائلة
شجرة العائلة (1960)

as الدكتور ابراهيم

1950s

9 titles · average score 71
Mufattish El Mabahess
Mufattish El Mabahess (1959)

as المفتش عادل

Habibi El Asmar
Habibi El Asmar (1958)

as رستم بيك

Bahr El Gharam
Bahr El Gharam (1955)

as مخرج

Life or Death
Life or Death (1954)
GoodWatch score 71

as حكمدار العاصمة

Assaad El Ayam
Assaad El Ayam (1954)

as Morsi - مرسي

The Marital Dwelling
The Marital Dwelling (1953)

Director, Writer

Children Of The Streets
Children Of The Streets (1951)

as الضابط فايز عبدالهادي

Habib el-Rooh
Habib el-Rooh (1951)

as Youssef Fahmy

El avocato Madiha
El avocato Madiha (1950)

Director

1940s

24 titles
Bayoumi Afandi
Bayoumi Afandi (1949)

as bayoumi afandi

A Sleepless Man
A Sleepless Man (1948)

as الدكتور منير

Malak alrahma
Malak alrahma (1946)

as Fouad Bey - فؤاد بك

Dahaya el madania
Dahaya el madania (1946)

Writer

Ambassador of Hell
Ambassador of Hell (1945)

as Samir

Passion and Revenge
Passion and Revenge (1944)

as جمال حمدي

Berlanty
Berlanty (1944)

as Sami Khairat - سامي خيرت

The Straight Road
The Straight Road (1943)

as يوسف

Dreams of the Youth
Dreams of the Youth (1942)

Writer

Bent Zawat
Bent Zawat (1942)

as إبراهيم متولي

Layla the Country Girl
Layla the Country Girl (1941)

as فتحي

Layla The Schoolgirl
Layla The Schoolgirl (1941)

as يوسف

1930s

4 titles
In a rainy night
In a rainy night (1939)

as أحمد خالد

Sons of Aristocrats
Sons of Aristocrats (1932)

as Hamdi Bey

The Rebel Line
The Rebel Line (1932)

as الطب الشرعي

Zeinab
Zeinab (1930)

Production Design, Decorator