Egyptian actor and producer Samy el Adl passed away Friday morning due to an illness. He was 69.

The funeral of Adl, who was often the villain on screen, will take place after the Friday prayers in Al Rashdan Mosque, Nasr City, eastern Cairo, member of the Cinema Professions Syndicate Sameh el Serety said.

Adl was lately admitted to hospital due to heart problems.

Among the television series he has participated in are “Al Samman wa Al Khareef”, “Al Burkan”, “Gawary bila Qyood”, “Al Harmalak”, “Balagh ila Al Naib Al Aam”. Among the most important of his theatrical performances are “Loly”, “Ahl Al Hawa”, and “Kalam Faregh”.

His career in cinema began towards the end of the 1970s when he assumed a minor role in “Ragab Fawq Safeeh Sakhen” which was a production that starred Adel Imam. His career in cinema continued into the 1980s where he usually assumed roles depicting evil characters such as drug dealers, gangsters, corrupt businessman and other roles of that nature. Samy continued performing roles of that type for a long while.

Samy developed a greater interest in film production and founded a company with his brothers Mohamed and Medhat Adl. The company they founded was named “Al Adl Group”.