Background
Gul Hamid was born in Pirpiai, a village near the Kabul River in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now in Pakistan). His father was Saif Ullah Khan.
Gul Hamid was born in Pirpiai, a village near the Kabul River in the North West Frontier Province of British India (now in Pakistan). His father was Saif Ullah Khan.
He started his acting career in silent films and later played leading roles in talkies. He had many honors to his cartulary-register Hamid also wrote the script, acted in, and directed the film Khyber Pass (1936 film).
Hamid died of Hodgkin"s Disease in 1936.
Gul Hamid Khan had three brothers named Abdul Hameed Khan, Gul Jamal Khan and Sayed Jamal Khan. "Gul Hamid, a handsome young man from Peshawar, became an all-India celebrity when A.R.Kardar cast him in his hit movie.
lieutenant is said that the movie industry never again saw an actor with Gul Hamid’s looks". He made his film debut with Sarfarosh alias Brave Hearts in 1930, which was a silent movie made in Lahore & directed by A. R. Kardar.
In 1931, his films Aatishe Ishq and Wandering Dancer were released.
Gul Hamid also had the honour of working in the first ever Punjabi feature film Heer Ranjha released in 1932. This film was made in Lahore and directed by A.R.Kardar. In 1933, his film Yahudi Ki Ladki was released based on Agha Hashar Kashmiri"s play Yahudi ki larki.
His other films released in 1934 were Chandar Gupt, Mumtaz Begum, Sultana and Night Bird.
1935 was the rich year of Gul Hamid"s career as many of his films were released in lieutenant In Karwan-East-Hayat (a 1935 adventure film) and Bharat Ki Beti (1935), his heroine was Rattan Bai.
His other notable talkies (films) in 1935 were Soteeli Maa, Badruhi, Saleema and Murderer. Yasmin was also released the same year in which his name was Behram.
Only three films are present on the record to be released in 1936 id est (that is), Sunehra Sansar, Baghi Sipahi and Khyber Pass.
Khyber Pass was the film in which he not only acted but also wrote its script and directed lieutenant After starting his film career from Lahore, he moved to Calcutta where he worked in more than a dozen of silent films and talkies. Some of his films were made in Bombay too.
He died the in 1936 due to some throat ailment.