Zia Mohyeddin
Date of birth: 1931-06-20
Place of birth: Lyallpur, Punjab, British India
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Zia Moyheddin
Biography
Zia Mohyeddin (June 20, 1931 - February 13, 2023) was a British-Pakistani actor, producer, director, and television broadcaster known for his extensive work in both Pakistani cinema, television and stage, as well as British cinema, television and stage. Regarded as a polymath, he was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz, the second-highest civilian honour in Pakistan, and the Sitara-i-Imtiaz, the third-highest civilian honour in Pakistan.
Movie Credits
Lawrence of Arabia
1962-12-11
During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the div
The Sailor from Gibraltar
1967-01-01
Alan, after quarreling with his girlfriend Sheila, becomes intrigued by Anna, a mysterious widow who
Doomsday Gun
1994-07-23
Dr Gerald Bull was a genius at designing and building superguns (very large long range guns capable
Deadlier Than the Male
1967-02-12
British agent Bulldog Drummond is assigned to stop a master criminal who uses beautiful women to do
They Came from Beyond Space
1967-05-01
A group of scientists are possessed by an alien force when they investigate a meteor shower in a rur
Khartoum
1966-06-09
English General Charles George Gordon is appointed military governor of Anglo-Egyptian Sudan by the
Shalom Salaam
1989-04-26
Two disparate families become intertwined when a Jewish man and a Muslim woman fall in love while at
Bombay Talkie
1970-11-18
An English novelist travels to Bombay to watch one of her novels translated to film. She chases afte
Partition
1987-08-19
The tumultuous events surrounding the sub-continent's partition in 1947 into India and Pakistan are
A Passage to India
1965-11-16
The BBC's 1965 adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel, screened as part of their Play of the Month stran
Ashanti
1979-02-21
Dr. Anansa Linderby is kidnapped in a medical mission in Africa by a slave trader. From this moment,
King of the Ghetto
1986-05-01
An idealistic former soldier helps unite and house ethnic minorities in a run down area of London's
Immaculate Conception
1992-09-11
Alistair, a British representative for a wildlife conservation agency based in Karachi and his Jewis
Behold a Pale Horse
1964-08-14
Manuel Artiguez, a famous bandit during the Spanish civil war, has lived in French exile for 20 year
Work Is a 4-Letter Word
1968-09-15
Dreamlike satire about a young man who resists getting a job at the lone employing conglomerate in h
The Assam Garden
1985-06-04
An insecure, aggressive widow of a tea garden manager reluctantly develops an affectionate relations
Ghazi Shaheed
1996-09-06
The film covers a story of mysterious loss of Pakistani submarine PNS Ghazi. She has participated in
Sammy Going South
1963-03-18
After he is orphaned by an air raid on Port Said during the Suez Crisis, a young boy attempts to go
Last Remarks
2012-01-01
As the sun sets on the British Empire, the British rulers of the Indian subcontinent prepare to divi
Some Lover to Some Beloved
2018-03-13
Inspired by John Gielgud, veteran Pakistani actor Zia Mohyeddin ('Lawrence of Arabia', 'A Passage to
The Day of the Fox
1961-09-06
"In Jan Carew’s explosive drama, Sammy Davis Jr gives a memorable performance as a proud but disillu
Gummed Labels
1992-09-08
Comedy thriller deals with an arranged marriage.
We Are the Children
1987-03-16
A doctor and a photo-journalist try to help famine victims in Africa.