Arman
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 21, 1921
- Place of birth
- Tabriz, Iran
- Died
- August 8, 1980
Biography
Aramais Vardani Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան), known as Arman Hovsepian (Persian: آرمان هوسپیان; February 21, 1921 – August 18, 1980) was an Iranian Armenian actor.
He was born in Tabriz. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major role in Namus in 1940 and entered nonprofessional theater. He moved to Tehran in 1954 and joined the theater group of Ararat Club and worked with celebrities like Joseph Vaezian, Samuel Khachikian, and Aramais Aghamalian. He made his first screen debut in Khachikian's first film, The Return (1953), and opted to act mainly in his following pictures: A Girl From Shiraz, Crossroads of Incidents, Blood and Grace, Storm in Our Town, A Cry at Midnight, and Apprehension. Arman was one of the distinctive actors of the 1950s and 1960s Iranian cinema, and the brand of characters he portrayed was mostly rich people gone bankrupt or confronted with serious problems. He tried his hand in directing and producing films with Bride of the Sea in 1965 and raised his production to five. The Tenant (1972) was another movie he directed, produced, and played. He was also the actor and producer of two films by Mohammad Deljou and Amir Mojahed: Cronies (1974) and The Night of the Loners (1975). He died on August 18, 1980 at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery in Tehran
Movies with Arman
- Croesus' Treasure 1965 · ★ 5.6
- The Spring 1973 · ★ 6.0
- The Compromise 1974 · ★ 3.7
- Man ham gerye kardam 1968 · ★ 4.5
- Anxiety 1962 · ★ 7.5
- The Champion of Champions 1965 · ★ 5.0
- Highway of Death 1963 · ★ 6.0
- The Bride of the Sea 1965 · ★ 6.0
- The Midnight Terror 1961 · ★ 8.0
- Crossroad of Events 1955 · ★ 7.0
- The Glass Wall 1971 · ★ 7.0
- Destiny 1968 · ★ 10.0
- The Return 1953 · ★ 7.0
- Actor's Wheel 1967 · ★ 9.0
- Shokoh-e-javanmardi 1968 · ★ 10.0
- Leyli and Majnoon 1970 · ★ 2.0
- The Strike 1964 · ★ 7.0
- Khoon va sharaf 1955 · ★ 7.0
- A Man and a City 1971 · ★ 2.0
- The Humans 1964 · ★ 9.0
- Alafha-ye harz 1976 · ★ 5.0
- Khiabaniha 1973
- Shab Zakhmi 1977
- Yalda Night Story 1970
- For Whom the Hearts Beat 1971
- The Third Thief 1977
- Night of Strangers 1975
- Khan Nayeb 1978
- A Girl from Shiraz 1954
- Champion Shamsi 1966
- Ghooz-e bala ghooz 1970
- The Agitator 1972
- A Bridge to Heaven 1969
- Shohare kerayei 1974
- The City of Wine 1976
- Mard-e hezar labkhand 1971
- Mates 1974
- Emroz -o farda 1966
- Tehran, an Unfinished History 2025
- Reza Chelcheleh 1971
Movies directed by Arman
- The Bride of the Sea 1965 · ★ 6.0