Hamid is known for films like 'Panglima Badol' and 'Jejaka Perasan'.
In a 2017 interview with The Star, Hamid said: โI served the army for seven years, from 1950 till 1957. He then got his big break after winning the Bintang Radio RTM competition in 1965. He was quoted: โLet the young ones act instead.โ
His health worsened last Thursday and he was admitted to a hospital in Klang, where he died at 2.19pm.