Mohamad Ali Fardin

Mohamad Ali Fardin

Born: February 4, 1931
Died: April 6, 2000
in 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.

Movies for Mohamad Ali Fardin...

Filmfarsi
Title: Filmfarsi
Character: (archive footage)
Released: July 26, 2019
Type: Movie
A found-footage essay, Filmfarsi salvages low budget thrillers and melodramas suppressed following the 1979 Islamic revolution.
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The Imperilled
Title: The Imperilled
Character: Seyyed Yaqub
Released: January 2, 1983
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Up in the Sky
Title: Up in the Sky
Character: Ramin / Shahin
Released: March 21, 1979
Type: Movie
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.
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Ghazal
Title: Ghazal
Character: Hojjat
Released: June 30, 1976
Type: Movie
Two brothers Hojjat and Zein-Ala'bedin are the guards of the jungle and live alone by themselves. One day they are notice that some people are cutting the trees illegally. Hojjat chases them but returns home with a girl named Ghazal.
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The Big Appointment
Title: The Big Appointment
Character: Amir
Released: March 21, 1976
Type: Movie
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.
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Be Careful of Your Hat
Title: Be Careful of Your Hat
Character: Farhad
Released: January 1, 1975
Type: Movie
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Salam bar Eshgh
Title: Salam bar Eshgh
Character: Habib Khalkoub / Iraj
Released: November 13, 1974
Type: Movie
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.
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The Chivalrous
Title: The Chivalrous
Character: Amir Palang
Released: September 4, 1974
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Invincible
Title: Invincible
Character: Akbar
Released: March 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Because of a of a medical negligence Akbar’s father has passed away. He prepares everything for his little brother "Abbas" so that he can study hard in order to become a doctor.
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Najoorha
Title: Najoorha
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
No description
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Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Title: Jabbar, Runaway Sergeant
Released: March 21, 1973
Type: Movie
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The Night Story
Title: The Night Story
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
No description
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Hell + Me
Title: Hell + Me
Character: Fereydoun
Released: November 8, 1972
Type: Movie
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.
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The Meeting place of Anger
Title: The Meeting place of Anger
Released: November 5, 1972
Type: Movie
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Baba Shamal
Title: Baba Shamal
Character: Baba Shamal
Released: October 5, 1971
Type: Movie
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,...
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Furious Men
Title: Furious Men
Character: Nasir
Released: March 21, 1971
Type: Movie
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
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Ayyoob
Title: Ayyoob
Character: Ayyoob
Released: March 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Ayyoob marries a girl who has lost her memory in a car accident with him. The question of girl's true identity gradually affects Ayyoob's life.
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Mard-e hezar labkhand
Title: Mard-e hezar labkhand
Character: Hassan Kababi
Released: March 21, 1971
Type: Movie
Hassan Kababi and his friend "Esmall" do not compete in gambling ...
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Homaye saadat
Title: Homaye saadat
Character: Aarun
Released: March 18, 1971
Type: Movie
The film is based in Tehran, Iran. The lead character, Aarun falls in love with a beautiful dancer Shirin. Due to her dubious profession, Aarun and his brother Naseer decide to lie about her origins to their mother. Unfortunately, she finds out the truth and forbids Shirin from marrying her son. Aarun, believing Shirin has changed her mind and refused to marry him, is angered and marries another woman, Nazneen. Only Naseer knows the truth of why Shirin refused to marry Aarun. Years later, Aarun and Nazneen's son, Romil, becomes best friends with a fatherless boy, Razzaq, who invites Aarun to his home. When Aarun goes to his house, he finds out that Razzaq is his and Shirin's own son. Following the death of Nazneen, Aarun finally manages to convince his mother to accept Razzaq as her grandson, and Shirin as his wife.
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A Man from the South of the City
Title: A Man from the South of the City
Character: Habib
Released: December 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Three-Eyed Ruby
Title: Three-Eyed Ruby
Released: September 4, 1970
Type: Movie
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Sekke-ye shans
Title: Sekke-ye shans
Released: April 2, 1970
Type: Movie
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.
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Alley of Valiants
Title: Alley of Valiants
Released: March 21, 1970
Type: Movie
Ali and Hassan are two intimate friends but when a woman Aghdas is intervening in between everything is change.
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The Golden Palace
Title: The Golden Palace
Released: March 29, 1969
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Gypsy's Wrath
Title: Gypsy's Wrath
Released: January 29, 1969
Type: Movie
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A World Full of Hope
Title: A World Full of Hope
Released: January 10, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Roar of the Storm
Title: The Roar of the Storm
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
A young fisherman lives a quiet life with his wife until a group of cameramen go to his village.
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Behesth Door Nist
Title: Behesth Door Nist
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
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And Now... Make Your Peace with God
Title: And Now... Make Your Peace with God
Character: Stanley Maserick
Released: October 26, 1968
Type: Movie
Two men are on their way to Denver City to settle a personal score. One is looking for the murderer of his father, the other for a former friend who stole his gold. They're joined by a third person, a mysterious pistolero.
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King of Hearts
Title: King of Hearts
Character: Saeed
Released: March 21, 1968
Type: Movie
A little girl with a blind mother accidentally becomes friends with a rich and famous singer who decides to help her.
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Storm Over Petra
Title: Storm Over Petra
Released: March 21, 1968
Type: Movie
The bandit band led by Luichi Pam Pek, who is the number two guerrillas of the group, captures a mine owner's safekeeper ...
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The Rotation of the Firmament
Title: The Rotation of the Firmament
Character: Mamal Feshfesheh
Released: September 20, 1967
Type: Movie
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 ...
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Valley of Death
Title: Valley of Death
Character: Detective / Sepehr Saman
Released: February 1, 1967
Type: Movie
The Iranian police sends a detective to Beirut cooperating the international police to identify head of the dangerous heroin smugglers named "Scorpion" .
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Beggars of Tehran
Title: Beggars of Tehran
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
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Jahan Pahlavan
Title: Jahan Pahlavan
Released: March 21, 1966
Type: Movie
Faramarz, the son of the Servant Divan family, marries a girl from the village of Mary, who owns a child and gives her name Leila. The server of the Divan, which opposed this marriage, thwarted Faramarz. Faramarz falls to the valley at the time of driving and dies. The server of the Divan, with the help of the uncle, kidnaps Hassan Leila as his only son, and pretends to burn Leila in the burning fire of the Mary's hut.
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Hatam Taee
Title: Hatam Taee
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
No description
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Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Title: Amir Arsalan-e Namdar
Character: Amir Arsalan
Released: January 1, 1966
Type: Movie
Roum was conquered by European invaders, and its pregnant Banu (lady) forced to flee for her life. She becomes wedded to an Egyptian merchant and gives birth to her child, Arsalan. The merchant claims the child as his own. Eventually, of course, Arsalan learns of his royal origins and takes it in his mind to reclaim his throne.
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The Mountain Tiger
Title: The Mountain Tiger
Character: Majid
Released: April 27, 1965
Type: Movie
Manouchehr Khan and his fiancée injure an old woman in a village in a car, and when she escapes, the old woman, Ghanbar, is murdered ... Jamshid Mehrdad appeared in a negative role in the film.
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The Champion of Champions
Title: The Champion of Champions
Released: April 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Young driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother.
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The Golden Village
Title: The Golden Village
Released: February 3, 1965
Type: Movie
A fortuneteller is under the support and respect of the people of his village. He is practically the one who can do anything, but the arrival of a teacher from Literacy Campaign proves harmful to his profits. So he goes on to sabotage. The teacher manages, with meditation and patience, to reveal the true personality of the fortuneteller, so that the people who previously believed in the him, begin to gravitate toward the teacher and attempt to build their own village with his guidance.
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Mootalaie shahre ma
Title: Mootalaie shahre ma
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
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Croesus' Treasure
Title: Croesus' Treasure
Character: Ali bigham
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
Persian (Iranian) Movie: When two young poor men save a rich man who has decided to suicide and take care of him, he learns about the other part of the society and poor people's life.
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Khoshgele khoshgela
Title: Khoshgele khoshgela
Released: January 1, 1965
Type: Movie
No description
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The Humans
Title: The Humans
Character: Amir
Released: April 23, 1964
Type: Movie
Three poor men encounter a blind girl, and because the girl doesn't have any acquaintance they take her to their home and pretend that they are wealthy. The youngest man falls in love with the girl and it's also him who thinks of finding a cure for the girl and with the help of his two friends he is able to find treatment for her. In the day that is due for the girl to return from the hospital, they are worried that they might not get accepted because of their condition and status. But against their worries, the girl accepts them just as when she was blind.
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Mr. Twentieth Century
Title: Mr. Twentieth Century
Character: Dash Habib
Released: March 21, 1964
Type: Movie
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.
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Sahel-e Entezar
Title: Sahel-e Entezar
Character: Ahmad
Released: July 1, 1963
Type: Movie
Ghasem Khan thought he owned part of the sea and got into a clash with some fishermen over fishing rights. Everyone joined the fight and after Ghasem Khan's people dispersed the fishermen they confiscated the fish they had caught. After his son Masoud attacked him and said his claim to ownership of part of the sea was unconscionable Ghasem Khan drove him out of the house; he took refuge with the people. Ahmad loves Kazem's daughter Maryam. Ahmad went to sea fishing with a group of fishermen but the sea was tempestuous and he turned up missing.
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Women Are Angels
Title: Women Are Angels
Released: March 21, 1963
Type: Movie
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.
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White Gold
Title: White Gold
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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.
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Zamine Talkh
Title: Zamine Talkh
Character: Jamal
Released: January 1, 1962
Type: Movie
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The Midnight Terror
Title: The Midnight Terror
Character: Amir
Released: October 21, 1961
Type: Movie
Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.