Manoochehr Vossoogh
Acting • Born 1943-01-01 – Died 2022-03-08
Biography
Manoochehr Vossoogh, whose real name is Abbas Rezaei Vossogh, was an established cinema actor during Iran's Pahlavi era. He began his acting career in high school, before being scouted to work live theater for Iranian national television. He became a fixed actor for Pars Film Studio. A few months before the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Manoochehr went to London for a play but came back to his work and job as an actor being banned. He secretly moved back to London through the Pakistani border where he did numerous satire peices on the Islamic Republic. He was married to Lida Daneshvar. On March 8th, 2022, he died while fighting cancer in London.
Filmography
90 credits
Mosafer
Movie • 1974
Bahman
The Ignorants and Gigolos
Movie • 1965
Fereydoon
The Brother
Movie • 1971
Nasrollah
The Prize
Movie • 1976
Mohsen
Lollipop
Movie • 1972
Rahbar
Feri Dast Ghashang
Movie • 1977
Feri Dast Ghashang
Man From the West
Movie • 1973
Driver by Force
Movie • 1975
Khan Nayeb
Movie • 1978
The Wound from a Friend
Movie • 1978
Bride of Bianca
Movie • 1969
Hossein Kord Shabestari
Movie • 1966
Eskandar Khan
Scandal of Love
Movie • 1971
Iraj
Kan Kardeşler
Movie • 1977
Tufan
The Newly-Wed Bride
Movie • 1977
Immodest
Movie • 1972
Virgin Woman
Movie • 1973
Man of God
Movie • 1977
Dear Mullah Mammad
Movie • 1971
Destiny
Movie • 1970
Ramin
Tak Khal
Movie • 1969
The Star of the Seven Skies
Movie • 1968
Manoochehr
Illegal
Movie • 1972
Perişan
Movie • 1976
Murat Akel
The Captain
Movie • 1973
Moslem
Thievish
Movie • 1974
Ali Vafadoost
Trees Die Standing
Movie • 1971
Ahmad
Under the Bazaar
Movie • 1972
The Shooter
Movie • 1975
The Accident Seekers
Movie • 1971
The Owner of Hell
Movie • 1970
Mehrdad
Fake World
Movie • 1967
Nezamadollah's Worker
Actor's Wheel
Movie • 1967
Hamid
Barefoot
Movie • 1967
Hamid
The Flow of Time
Movie • 1969
Qaroon's Love
Movie • 1969
Kadkhoda's Daughter
Movie • 1969
Sorrows and Joys
Movie • 1968
Beautiful and Heroic
Movie • 1968
The Beautiful Pari
Movie • 1974
Parviz
Golnesa In Paris
Movie • 1974
Masoud
Little Liar
Movie • 1974
Farhad
Outcast
Movie • 1975
Iraj
At the Last Moment
Movie • 1973
Farhad
The Heart Wants It Itself
Movie • 1973
Shahriar Shahriari
A Bridge to Heaven
Movie • 1969
Flirtatious Girl
Movie • 1969
Sky with No Stars
Movie • 1972
Daughter of Bella, People of Naqla
Movie • 1975
Amir
Fireworks of the City
Movie • 1972
Together but Alone
Movie • 1977
Vengeance
Movie • 1975
Taher
Movie • 1973
Taher
The Combat
Movie • 1976
Amir
Scandal
Movie • 1970
Loneliness
Movie • 1977
Singled out
Movie • 1976
No One Can be My Dad
Movie • 1976
Most Beautiful Girl In the World
Movie • 1971
Tokat
Movie • 1977
Mojeze-ye ghalbha
Movie • 1970
Raghib
Movie • 1975
Roosiah
Movie • 1972
Monafegh
Movie • 1980
The Starless Sky
Movie • 1971
Majerajooyane khashen
Movie • 1974
Unclean
Movie • 1976
Amir
Lie 12
Movie • 2019
Tear of the Dancer
Movie • 1977
Akbar
Asey
Movie • 1972
Right and Wrong
Movie • 1979
The Master Sergeant
Movie • 1972
Hojjat
Rameshgar
Movie • 1976
Beauty on the Block
Movie • 1971
Mehrdad
The Notorious
Movie • 1972
Morteza
Happy for No Reason
Movie • 1974
Nader Saboor
Kiss on Bloody Lips
Movie • 1973
Shahbal
Morvarid (Pearl)
Movie • 1973
Saleh Rafsanjani
Filmfarsi
Movie • 2019
(archive footage)
Execution of the Bullet
Movie • 1978
The Retribution
Movie • 2015
Mojtaba
Dokhtar-e Shaah-e Parian
Movie • 1969
Ahmad Artist
Moshkel-e agha-ye Etemad
Movie • 1977
Hungary wolves
Movie • 1968
Zar Kharid
Movie • 1978
Tehran, an Unfinished History
Movie • 2025
Navab
Movie • 1972
Accusation
Movie • 1974
The Cry of Love
Movie • 1977
The Invisible Man
Movie • 1966