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name: "Gamil Ratib"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 August 1926"
died: "19 September 2018"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:15:26.334569+00:00"
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# Gamil Ratib

Actor. Born 18 August 1926 in Cairo, Egypt. Died 19 September 2018.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 August 1926, Cairo, Egypt
- **Died:** 19 September 2018
- **Also known as:** جميل راتب, Gamil Rateb, Gameel Abu-Bakr Raateb

## Biography

Gamil Ratib, also credited as Gamil Rateb or جميل راتب, was an Egyptian-French actor. Born in Cairo, he studied law and economics in Paris but turned to theatre, joining the Comédie Française in the early 1950s. He made his film debut in the mid-1940s and appeared in international productions including *Trapeze* (1956) as Stefan and *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962) as Majid.

Ratib returned to Egypt in the 1970s and became known for roles as villains or aristocrats in numerous Egyptian films and television series. He also worked in French cinema and received the Legion of Honour. His career spanned more than sixty years until his death in Cairo in 2018.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, apnews.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lawrence of Arabia* (1962), Fi1m 90, as Majid — [page](https://film.one/film/lawrence-of-arabia.md)

## Also known for

- *Trapeze* (1956), Stefan
- *OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok* (1964), Akhom

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