Fouad Zaki El Mohandes Arabic: فؤاد زكي المهندس; known as Fouad El Mohandes (or Fuad el-Mohandess; Arabic: فؤاد المهندس; September 6, 1924 – September 16, 2006) was an Egyptian stage and screen actor, and star from the 1950s specializing mostly in comedy roles in dozens of theater, cinema, and TV hits spanning five decades.

he was the son of linguist Zaki Mohamed El Mohandes, the dean of the faculty of Dar al-Oloom and a member of the Arabic language Academy of Egypt.

el-Mohandes was survived by a brother and two sisters, one of whom is the late Safiya el-Mohandes, who was the head of Television and Radio station for more than ten years successively, and a noted Egyptian broadcaster who was married to Mohamed Mahmoud Shaaban (known as Baba Sharo), who was also the head of the Television and Radio stations for more than 18 years successively and successfully.El-Mohandes grew up in the Al-Azab Turkish schools.

In addition, he and his then-wife, Shwikar, were a well-known acting couple, co-starring in many film and stage comedies such as: Mutarada Gharamiya (An Amorous Pursuit), Ard El Nifaq (Land of Hypocrisy), and Akhtar Ragul Fil Aalam (The Most Dangerous Man In The World).

He made some successful plays, such as: El-Sekerteir El-Fanni (The Technical Secretary), Sayydati El-Gameela (the Arabic adaptation of My Fair Lady), and Hawwa' El-Sa'aa 12 (Eve of Midnight).

So the two took advantage of this scene and after filming they went to the Ma'zoun at two in the morning to culminate their love story in marriage in November 1963. the director Hassan Al-Saifi and his wife, Zahra Al-Ola went with them.

el-Mohandes was presenting the play Enaha hakan a'lah mohtarama (It is really a respectable family) with Amina Rizk and Shwikar, while he was suffering from heart clot, and doctors assured him that he had recovered from it through his work on the stage.

About singing in his works, el-Mohandes started that in the play Ana fin wenty fein (Where am I, and where are you) with the song "Rayeh ageeb al deeb min diloh".

During the last few years of his life, Fouad el-Mohandes had many liver problems which lead to his death on 16 September 2006, in Zamalek, Cairo, Egypt