Samad (also Samad Agha; in

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ian director and actor,

Parviz Sayyad Parviz Sayyad ( fa, پرویز صیاد, Parviz Sayyād; born 22 March 1939) is an Iranian-born American celebrated actor, director, translator, and screenwriter of Iranian cinema. He was one of the earliest television stars in Iran. Early lif ...

. Samad was firstly characterized in a famous Iranian television series, (1967–1970), as a country boy.

Creation

In the Iranian Sarkar Ostvar television series there was a naive, country boy character without a name played by Parviz Sayyad. On the show, the country boy was frequently arrested for his ignorance. After a poll done by National Iranian Television (NITV), the TV series rated popular and people were also asking why the country boy was no longer in the series. After in which, Sayyad wrote a screenplay based on that country boy character and named him Samad.

Characteristics

*Samad likes to be called "Mr. Samad" (). *Samad loves his mother, Nene Agha very much, she was played by actress Farrokhlagha Houshmand. *Samad is in love with Laila, the daughter of Kadkhoda (village chief) and his competitor in his sentimental attempts is Einullah, the son of Mash Baqer, a rich man. *Samad's frequent gag in the films is using his finger as a defense mechanism. he beats the enemies by poking their eyes.

Filmography

Television

* 1967 to 1970 – (), this was the precursor to the show. * 1974 – () * 1975 – ()

Film

* 1971 – () * 1972 – () * 1972 – () * 1973 – () * 1974 – () * 1975 – () * 1977 – () * 1978 – () * 1979 – () * 1986 – Samad Goes to War () * 1988 – Samad Returns from the War ({{Lang-fa, صمد از جنگ برمیگردد, translit=Samad az jang barmigardad)

Theater

* Parviz Sayyad and His Samad (1994) * Hadi Khorsandi and His Samad (1998) * Samad Goes to War (1990) * Samad Returns From War (1992)

References

Fictional Iranian people