Mohamad Ali Fardin

Acting

Mohamad Ali Fardin

Born 1931-02-04 · Tehran, Iran

Mohammad Ali Fardin (Persian: محمدعلی فردین‎, 4 February 1931 – 6 April 2000) was an Prominent Iranian actor, film director and freestyle wrestler. Fardin was born and raised in a poor area in southern Tehran. He was the eldest of three children.[1] After graduating from high school, Fardin joined the Air Force and became a freestyle wrestler in his twenties; he won a silver medal at the 1954 World Wrestling Championships and placed fourth in 1957. He was a popular lead actor in Iranian cinema, and was known by the title, King of Hearts, after his lead role in an Iranian film of the same title (Soltane Ghalbha). He rose to fame in the 1960s. For the average Iranian, he was a heroic figure who served as an alternative to non Iranian movie stars. He was stereotypically cast as the poor tough guy with the heart of gold who got the girl at the end. His films include, Behesht Door Nist, Ghazal, and Ganje Qarun. After the 1979 Iranian Revolution, he starred in only two more films, Bar Faraz -e- Asemanha and Barzakhiha. He also acted in the Indo Iranian Bollywood film Subah O Sham (1972) starring alongside Waheeda Rehman, Sanjeev Kapoor, Simin Ghaffari and Azar. The film was directed by Tapi Chanakya. His voice in the film was dubbed by Satyen Kappu. Fardin died as a result of cardiac arrest on 6 April 2000 at the age of 69. The news of his death was largely ignored by state radio and television, which was run according to the dictates of the Islamic establishment, who had disapproved of his acting career and had banned his films post the 1979 revolution. He was buried in the Behesht-e-Zahra cemetery in Tehran. More than 20,000 mourners attended his funeral in Tehran.

Acting credits

Hell + Me poster
2.0

In a bus travelling to Mashhad few people and a prisoner are together. But when the prisoner manage to escape and hold them hostages they all trapped in the middle of a desert and must try to save their life.

Hell + Me

1972

Mr. Twentieth Century poster
10.0

Dash Habib who lives with his sick mother alone is a thief who helps the poor all the time. One night he saves a rich girl Setareh from some scoundrels. But this is only the beginning of the troubles and romance for Habib.

Mr. Twentieth Century

1964

The Rotation of the Firmament poster
8.0

Mamal Feshfesheh is a pickpocket who is in love with a rich girl named Parvin. Parvin decides to help Mamal to live an honest straight life. Her uncle disapproves of their relationship and ...

The Rotation of the Firmament

1967

Furious Men poster
NR

Ayaz who has a feud with Nasir's family makes a plan and manages to get their father arrested. Nasir decides to get revenge but is send away from the city. He meets a valiant and becomes his disciple learning his work. When he returns home he goes after Ayaz and his daughter to take revenge on them

Furious Men

1971

Baba Shamal poster
5.3

Baba Shamal and Looti Heydar, two community leaders of adjacent neighbourhoods make a pact of fraternity. Baba Shamal's high attitude of Heydar however dramatically changes when he is told that Heydar has been enamoured with Shokat, the girl Baba Shamal has just wed,...

Baba Shamal

1971

Up in the Sky poster
6.0

A young pilots is in love with a young girl and plans to marry her, but he has an accident before he could open the marriage to the public.

Up in the Sky

1979

Alley of Valiants poster
5.5

Ali and Hassan are two intimate friends but when a woman Aghdas is intervening in between everything is change.

Alley of Valiants

1970

The Chivalrous poster
NR

Two friends named Amir Palang and Ahmad Nane Baba Jegaraki are interested in Asieh ; But Asieh is interested in Amir, and Amir tries to stay away from Asieh in favor of Ahmad. Ahmad gets into a fight with Gholi, who owes Asieh's father, and kills him. But Amir is arrested. With the inheritance that comes to him from his aunt, Ahmad accumulates capital and goes to Tehran ...

The Chivalrous

1974

The Imperilled poster
8.0

During Iranian revolution some prisoners manage to escape the prison. In a border village they meet a man Yaqub who wants to convince them not to escape. They first mocking at him not ...

The Imperilled

1983

Three-Eyed Ruby poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Three-Eyed Ruby

1970

Mootalaie shahre ma poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mootalaie shahre ma

1965

Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant

1973

That Man from Teheran poster
7.0

The Iranian police sends a detective to Beirut cooperating the international police to identify head of the dangerous heroin smugglers named "Scorpion" .

That Man from Teheran

1967

The Laughing Widows poster
NR

A young mechanic dreams of becoming rich one day. He, who also has a good figure and appearance, once meets a young woman using a stylish car that was entrusted to him for repair and introduces himself as a millionaire, and in the same way he meets three rich women. On the one hand, the young mechanic must solve the problem of his lack of money and on the other hand, he must be careful that the women do not notice his relationship with another woman. After a series of events, the truth is finally revealed, and this is when the young mechanic has come to the conclusion that he can relax.

The Laughing Widows

1961

A Girl Screams poster
NR

Mustafa Khan Ilchi (Trous) decides to marry off his daughter Maryam to a wealthy old man to save himself from bankruptcy. Maryam, with sadness, leaves her father's house, and in the street, after being harassed by Sosol and Topol, a young wrestler named Sharif arrives and takes Maryam to his mother's house. Mustafa Khan announces his daughter's disappearance in the newspaper, and Sosol and Topol extort money from him by pretending to know Maryam's whereabouts. Sharif's mother, seeing Maryam's picture in the newspaper, asks her to leave their house. After leaving the house, Maryam encounters a blind girl in a coffee shop and gives her necklace and clothes to her. The blind girl is killed by falling into the river, and newspapers report that Maryam has committed suicide. Sharif, with Jafar, Mustafa Khan's driver, goes in search of Maryam and finds her in a village. Sharif defeats his Italian opponent Alberto in a match, and Mustafa Khan embraces him and his daughter on the wrestling mat.

A Girl Screams

1961

Hatam Taee poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hatam Taee

1966

Tomorrow Is Bright poster
10.0

When a woman finds out that her husband has been influenced by a cabaret singer, she changes her appearance and behavior and once again approaches her runaway wife and tries to lead her to family life. With the help of her staff, the cabaret singer takes the woman, and the husband, with the help of the police, catches them and begins a new life with his wife.

Tomorrow Is Bright

1960

The Big Appointment poster
NR

Amir and Reza Sooti in their youth promise to meet each other 20 years later on a special day and by putting an advertisement in the newspapers. On that special day Reza comes but Amir is late but they meet later while don't know each other and this lead to more adventures.

The Big Appointment

1976

Salam bar Eshgh poster
NR

Habib Khalkoub is released from prison and marries Zari, who is a singer; Amir Khan, who is the manager of the cafe, fights with Habib to take back Zari; But he is shot by an unknown person. Habib is convicted and taken to the central prison by train. The train derails and Habib runs away. But in the newspapers is written that Habib was killed.

Salam bar Eshgh

1974

Twins poster
NR

1934. A barber is suffering from high prices and his difficult situation. He has eleven children, and his pregnant wife gives birth to twins. The man, who believes in the bad luck of the number thirteen, leaves one of the twins in the car of a young couple, unaware that his thirteenth child has remained with him. The young couple adopts the baby and takes it to Abadan.

Twins

1959

White Gold poster
9.0

Etemad owns a cabaret in which they smuggle drugs too. Husband of Fariba the singer of the cabaret is getting killed. Now his brother Amir is back from America to find the murderers and get revenge.

White Gold

1962

Love and Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love and Vengeance

1965

Women Are Angels poster
7.0

As a result of a misunderstanding, a man gets suspicious of his wife for cheating on him and leaves her. The woman tries to commit suicide, but a young man rescues her, After he finds out about the story, he tries to find the woman's husband to tell him the truth, and after a series of events, he succeeds to do so.

Women Are Angels

1963

A Man from the South of the City poster
NR

Ehtsham plans to take back the place he rented as a cabaret from Atash, and for this purpose, he assigns his nephew Hamid, who is a lawyer, to do this. Hamid soon falls in love with Atash's beauty and decency ...

A Man from the South of the City

1970

Behind the camera

Hell + Me poster
2.0

In a bus travelling to Mashhad few people and a prisoner are together. But when the prisoner manage to escape and hold them hostages they all trapped in the middle of a desert and must try to save their life.

Hell + Me

1972

Hell + Me poster
2.0

In a bus travelling to Mashhad few people and a prisoner are together. But when the prisoner manage to escape and hold them hostages they all trapped in the middle of a desert and must try to save their life.

Hell + Me

1972

Up in the Sky poster
6.0

A young pilots is in love with a young girl and plans to marry her, but he has an accident before he could open the marriage to the public.

Up in the Sky

1979

Hatam Taee poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hatam Taee

1966

Hatam Taee poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hatam Taee

1966

The Big Appointment poster
NR

Amir and Reza Sooti in their youth promise to meet each other 20 years later on a special day and by putting an advertisement in the newspapers. On that special day Reza comes but Amir is late but they meet later while don't know each other and this lead to more adventures.

The Big Appointment

1976

The Big Appointment poster
NR

Amir and Reza Sooti in their youth promise to meet each other 20 years later on a special day and by putting an advertisement in the newspapers. On that special day Reza comes but Amir is late but they meet later while don't know each other and this lead to more adventures.

The Big Appointment

1976

The Big Appointment poster
NR

Amir and Reza Sooti in their youth promise to meet each other 20 years later on a special day and by putting an advertisement in the newspapers. On that special day Reza comes but Amir is late but they meet later while don't know each other and this lead to more adventures.

The Big Appointment

1976

Love and Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love and Vengeance

1965

Love and Vengeance poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Love and Vengeance

1965

Hungry Wolves poster
NR

Babak is a young addict who is killed by members of Genghis's group. His brother Sasan, an active journalist for a newspaper, and his photographer friend try to uncover the secret of Babak's murder after identifying the body.

Hungry Wolves

1962

King of Hearts poster
7.5

A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her.

King of Hearts

1968

King of Hearts poster
7.5

A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her.

King of Hearts

1968

Beggars of Tehran poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Beggars of Tehran

1967

The Golden Palace poster
NR

A rich and arrogant man becomes aware that his two sons are married to two girls from poor families. He refuses that causing his two sons to leave him in his palace alone. But that cause ...

The Golden Palace

1969

Sekke-ye shans poster
NR

Two brothers fall in love with the same girl. Nevertheless, the girl likes the older brother. A guy tries to set these two brothers apart and make the younger one addicted to gambling. He wins everything the father of the girl has in a bet and says that he will give back all of it if he agrees to make his daughter marry him. The father accepts. But the younger brother finds out that you can't buy love, and lets the older brother to have her.

Sekke-ye shans

1970

A Night Tale poster
NR

Mohsen plans to marry Atefeh and then travels to Shiraz to inform his parents about his engagement. Atefeh lives with her uncle. One day, Zhâleh, a cabaret singer, falls ill, and Atefeh’s uncle suggests that his niece perform at the cabaret in Zhâleh’s place. Reza, Mohsen’s friend, sees Atefeh at the cabaret, becomes suspicious of her, and asks her to stay out of Mohsen’s way.

A Night Tale

1973

A Night Tale poster
NR

Mohsen plans to marry Atefeh and then travels to Shiraz to inform his parents about his engagement. Atefeh lives with her uncle. One day, Zhâleh, a cabaret singer, falls ill, and Atefeh’s uncle suggests that his niece perform at the cabaret in Zhâleh’s place. Reza, Mohsen’s friend, sees Atefeh at the cabaret, becomes suspicious of her, and asks her to stay out of Mohsen’s way.

A Night Tale

1973

A Night Tale poster
NR

Mohsen plans to marry Atefeh and then travels to Shiraz to inform his parents about his engagement. Atefeh lives with her uncle. One day, Zhâleh, a cabaret singer, falls ill, and Atefeh’s uncle suggests that his niece perform at the cabaret in Zhâleh’s place. Reza, Mohsen’s friend, sees Atefeh at the cabaret, becomes suspicious of her, and asks her to stay out of Mohsen’s way.

A Night Tale

1973

Khoshgele khoshgela poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Khoshgele khoshgela

1965

Khoshgele khoshgela poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Khoshgele khoshgela

1965

Khoshgele khoshgela poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Khoshgele khoshgela

1965