
Giannis Argyris
Actor
Born: January 1, 1918 (75 years old)
Died: July 22, 1993
Place of birth: Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Biography
Yannis Argyris (Schimatari, Boeotia, 1918 − 23 July 1993) was a Greek actor with a fifty-year career, one of the best known of his generation. He studied acting at the Drama School of the National Theatre and made his first appearance with the Carousos troupe in 1937, in William Shakespeare's Othello, at the age of just 19. Since then, he has performed hundreds of roles, both in theatre and cinema, and on television. He was the father of conductor Spyros Argyris.
Filmography (9)
- The Ogre of Athens (1956, ★ 7)
- Thanos and Despina (1967, ★ 7)
- Antigone (1961, ★ 7.6)
- I Neraida Kai to Palikari (1969, ★ 6)
- Crazy, Nuts and Vengos (1967, ★ 5.6)
- Provocation (1971, ★ 4.1)
- O Ippolytos kai to violi tou (1963, ★ 4.4)
- Astrapogiannos (1970, ★ 5)
- The Constellation of Virgin (1973, ★ 4)