Gholam-Reza Sarkoob

Acting

Gholam-Reza Sarkoob

Isfahan, Iran

Gholam-Reza was an Iranian actor and director. He started his theatric career by acting in the play "Sepahan", and began acting in films with the film "Night in Hell" by Moushek Sarvari. He directed two films and produced four. He emigrated to London in 1981 after the Iranian Revolution, where he married his wife, Simin Jalavand. He passed away in February 15th, 2021 from Parkinson's and pnuemonia.

Acting credits

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

The Miserable poster
NR

Sharzad With his motherly decision, Farzaghis opposes Hormuz with a celebration, and leaves the house with the abandonment of the wealth her father inherits for her, and shelves Fereydoun, who runs a cafe.

The Miserable

1976

Nabard-e oghab-ha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Nabard-e oghab-ha

1974

The Thug poster
NR

A Lost Persian Film. A girl dressed as a man works as a driver to help support her family. After a while, those around her realize that she is a girl. A young man tries to rape her. The girl severely beats the young man and then runs away, thinking that she has killed him. The girl's fiancé identifies himself as the murderer, but it soon becomes clear that the young man is alive and the girl, who has attempted suicide out of despair, is saved by her fiancé.

The Thug

1965

Nemat Nafti poster
NR

A capricious man who is suspicious of his wife spells her out of the house with her little son Nemat who is a cripple. The boy grows up while working in various jobs from selling oil in

Nemat Nafti

1973

The Little Hero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Little Hero

1967

Harun and Qarun poster
NR

Harun and Qarun, despite their names' prestige, are examples of misery, humiliation, wandering, and wretchedness. By finding a magic lamp and enslaving a genie bound to it, they soon acquire wealth and status. But they achieve true glory when they use their power to save and bring happiness to a girl trapped by a demonic figure.

Harun and Qarun

1967

Tears and Laughters poster
NR

A Lost Persian Film. Javad Shadi, who is in charge of a joy caravan, murders his wife Setareh because of her secret lifestyle and association with a vagrant and is sentenced to life imprisonment. He gives his daughter Roya to a traveling singer named Gholam Hossein. Javad is released after fifteen years and returns to his hometown of Rudbar. Gholam Hossein, who entrusts Roya to a wealthy family a year after Javad's imprisonment, gives Javad the address of Amir Afzal. Javad goes to Amir Afzal and his wife and agrees to give up his paternal rights in exchange for his daughter's happiness. Javad finds out that Jamshid Mehrdad, Roya's fiancé, is an unemployed young man with a wife and two children. Javad arranges for Roya to marry Kamran, Roya's music teacher; But Roya hurts Javad due to a misunderstanding, and Javad continues his life in anonymity. Kamran tells Roya the truth of the incident, and the two find Javad and bring him back home.

Tears and Laughters

1964

Stepmother poster
NR

Niloufar and Bahram, who are in love with each other, get married, and Niloufar, who has great wealth, brings everyone under Bahram's will..

Stepmother

1970

Goriz az marg poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Goriz az marg

1973

Whimsical poster
NR

Two brothers: Taghi the Butcher and Reza have been separated since childhood. Taghi has become a neighborhood's mobster with Hassan and Mohammad, and Taghi, who lives with his mother, helps the poor people with his friend Esmal. Taghi falls in love with a dancer named Eshrat Shirazi...

Whimsical

1973

Hoghebazan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hoghebazan

1967

Moride Hagh poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Moride Hagh

1970

Retaliation poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Retaliation

1971

Qeysar poster
6.9

A young man's drive to avenge for his sister and brother.

Qeysar

1969

Wasteland poster
NR

It is a satire that makes you laugh, a lament that makes you cry.

Wasteland

1979

Dancer of the City poster
5.5

A man not content with his wife, falls in love with a club dancer; but doesn't tell her he is married. The story is as bitter as real life.

Dancer of the City

1970

Fugitive poster
NR

Abdullah is sentenced to death for Hossein's murder but manages to escape. He travels through many cities and eventually finds a clue about Hossein in Abadan. He discovers that Hossein is alive and living in secret. Abdullah informs the police about what happened, thus saving himself from the death penalty.

Fugitive

1967

Illegal poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Illegal

1972

The ring-necked dove poster
5.2

Seyed Morteza, a pigeon fancier, lives in Kashan with his blind mother. He captures a ring-necked dove that all the local dove fanciers are after. His mother considers the dove a bad omen and asks Seyed Morteza to let it go. Meanwhile, Seyed Morteza’s uncle, Seyed Mostafa, sends him to Shiraz to propose to his fiancée, Tooba. Morteza and Tooba fall in love and get married. Morteza brings Tooba back to Kashan but tells nothing about it to his mother or his uncle. His mother discovers their relationship and, believing Morteza has betrayed them, curses him. Mostafa arrives and overhears her words...

The ring-necked dove

1970

The Dagger poster
4.9

Abbas, known as "Abbas Chakhan," is a driver’s apprentice who is alone and has a stutter, constantly weaving tall tales. One night, he accidentally meets Banafsheh, who has ended up in a notorious neighborhood in search of her dreams, yet she is still determined to free herself from that place and have a home of her own. Abbas promises Banafsheh that he will help her. After she learns that Abbas has been imprisoned due to a small debt, she borrows money from a loan shark named Mohammad, known as "Mohammad the Dagger," to free Abbas.

The Dagger

1972

Trees Die Standing poster
NR

An elderly millionaire woman spends her last days longing to see her grandson and his fiancée. Her acquaintances attempt to fulfill her wish, but news arrives that her grandson has died in a plane crash. Knowing that she has never seen her grandson since he was a child, the elderly woman chooses a young mechanic as her heir and introduces a young woman as his fiancée. The elderly woman experiences some improvement in her condition, but during a real accident, she becomes aware of the truth. Meanwhile, her grandson arrives and reveals that he was not on that plane. The elderly woman confesses that she knew the truth all along but still wants the young mechanic and the girl who is now truly his fiancée to remain in her family.

Trees Die Standing

1971

Holoo-ye poost-kande poster
NR

Jalal (Garsha Raufi), the truck driver, and his student Hussein (Gholam Hossein Bahmaniar) meet Houri (Lee Lee) on the road.

Holoo-ye poost-kande

1973

Kaafar poster
9.0

Mehdi Kafar gets released from the prison after six months. He goes after his friends and asks them to help him going after Hassan Tala's gang who caused him to be jailed to get revenge...

Kaafar

1972

Behind the camera