Omar Shapli was born on 2 August 1930 in Cairo, Egypt. He was an actor, known for Spenser: For Hire (1985). He was married to Tryntje. He died on 29 December 2010 in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, USA.
(1968 season) He directed the improvisational play, "Quirk," in a Tyrone Guthrie production At The Other Place Theater, Harmon Place, Minneapolis, Minnesota.