What is Sombat Metanee?
{{Infobox person | name = Sombat Metanee | image = Sombatmetanee2004.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Sombat Metanee talks at the 2nd [[World Film Festival of Bangkok]] in 2004. | birth_date = {{Birth date|1937|6|26|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ubon Ratchathani Province|Ubon Ratchathani]], [[Thailand]] | height = | death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|18|1937|6|26|df=y}} | death_place = [[Bangkok]], Thailand | birth_name = | occupation = Actor, film director | years_active = 1960 - 2017 | othername = Ad (แอ๊ด) | website = }} '''Sombat Metanee''' ({{lang-th|สมบัติ เมทะนี}}; 26 June 1937 &ndash; 18 August 2022) was a [[Thailand|Thai]] [[actor]], singer, politician and [[movie director]]. He held the [[Guinness World Record]] for most movie appearances (more than 600). In 1966, he won the Golden Doll Award for his role in ''Suek Bang Rajan''. He was among an all-star Thai cast in [[Chatrichalerm Yukol]]'s ''[[The Legend of Suriyothai]]''. He had a small comedic role in the 2004 comedy, ''[[Bangkok Loco]]'' and played a senior police officer in the 2005 [[horror film|horror]]-[[comedy film|comedy]], ''[[Buppah Rahtree Phase 2: Rahtree Returns]]''. In 2006, he was elected to the [[National Assembly of Thailand]].<ref>Supachanya, Sorradithep. [http://www.thaicinema.org/news&scoops49_31sombat.asp Sombat voted as a senator] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070311234822/http://www.thaicinema.org/news&scoops49_31sombat.asp |date=2007-03-11 }}, ThaiCinema.org (retrieved July 27, 2006).</ref><ref>[http://www.siangtai.com/EN/newspage1_detail.php?News_ID=1404 Ex-terror suspect, country singer and movie star book seats in new Thai Senate] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070312072618/http://www.siangtai.com/EN/newspage1_detail.php?News_ID=1404 |date=2007-03-12 }}, Associated Press, via Sing Tai Times (retrieved July 18, 2006).</ref> Metanee died on 18 August 2022 at his home in [[Bangkok]], Thailand at the age of 85.<ref>[https://thestandard.co/sombat-metanee-rip/ วงการบันเทิงสูญเสียครั้งใหญ่