Ahmed Ramzy was born as Ramzy Mahmoud Bayoumi. He was an actor and composer, known for Hamidu's Son (1957), The Three Devils (1964) and Shellet al-moraheqin (1973). He died on September 28, 2012 in Alexandria, Egypt.
He appeared in an TV talk show in 2012 with his long-time friend Omar Sharif for the first time ever.
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His own favorite movies are Adrift on the Nile and Our Best Days.
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He was called by the media in the 1950s and 1960s as the "playful guy".
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He enjoyed living in his house in the North Coast, Alexandria that overlooked the Mediterranean Sea.
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He was a member of Egypt men's national water polo team Under-17 and he participated in an International championship in Lebanon in 1947.
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He used to play football in school but he stopped when he went to college.
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He knows Omar Sharif since they were teens and they went to the same school, Victoria College. His first movie Our Best Days (1955) featured Omar.
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He went to Victoria College in Alexandria which was one of the renowned schools in Middle East and Africa.
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His mom was Scottish and she raised him after his dad, a famous doctor, died when he was 9. His dad died after he lost 250,000 pounds, which was a fortune back then, in the stock market in the early 1940. His family was broke after this sudden catastrophe, but his mom worked hard so they could sustain their lifestyle.
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Some of his close friends were Omar Sharif, Faten Hamama "The Lady of the Arabic Screen", Rushdy Abaza and Saleh Selim the Egyptian football legend.
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He was one of the most prominent film actors in the 1950s, 60s and early 70s, not only in Egypt, but across the Arab world.