Ali Ramaz, Veteran Theater Actor Dies

Ali Ramaz died as a result of pancreatic failure and agility, Iran Theater reported.

Born in 1927 in Tehran, Ali Ramaz graduated from Tehran Sanati High School (Iran-Germany High School). Thanks to being familiar with renowned actors such as Ezatollah Entezami and late Houshang Beheshti, he found his way to stage. In 1948, he took theater courses with legendary theater director Abdolhossein Noushin for eight months. The classes were shut down. Ramaz entered Post, Telegraph and Telephone College. In 1968, he was admitted to the Fine Arts Faculty of Tehran University. He was graduated in 1972 with honors, receiving scholarship from Belgium. After his retirement in 1981, Ramaz continued his artistic career. He acted in several theater, cinema and television shows, movies and series. His last act in theater was a play directed by Hadi Marzban.

'Amir Kabir', 'Vazir Mokhtar', 'Morghe Hagh', 'One of Those Days', 'Long Autumn', 'Countdown', 'Trial', 'Passing the Redline' and 'Oppenheimer Matter' were his TV series. His movies include 'Parviz', 'Stary Sky', 'Mahtab's wedding', 'Long Autumn', 'From Bloody Glass', 'Foreign Exchange', 'Canary Yellow' and 'Meeting'.  

He will be laid to rest at 9:30, Sunday from Vahdat Hall.

Iran Theater expresses condolences to the art society and his family.