Giannis Argyris
Born: 1918-01-01 in Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Died: 1993-07-22
Known For: Acting
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
1991
1988
1980
- Loxandra as Δημητρός
- Ο γυρολόγος
1975
- O Hristos xanastavronetai as Αγάς
1973
- Love on a Horse as Alexis
- Pavlos Melas
- The Constellation of Virgin as Boulis
1971
- Provocation as Eirini's father
- Abuse of authority as Arxigos
1970
- Astrapogiannos as Konstadis Velousis
- Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
- In the name of the law as Forensic Surgeon
- Η ανταρσία των 10
1969
- I Neraida Kai to Palikari as kapetan Vrontakis
- To Our Teacher, with Love as Thanasis Liapis
- Το κορίτσι του "17"
- Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
1968
- Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
- Love and Blood as Nestoras Gerakas
1967
- Thanos and Despina as Haralambos
- Bloody earth
- Crazy, Nuts and Vengos as Mihalis (taxi driver)
1966
- The Drawer of Sin
- Λουίζα
- Το σπίτι των ανέμων as Argyris Iordanidis
- Sinful Women of the Night
1965
- The fate of the innocent as Nikolas
- Poverty as Keti's father
1964
1963
- O Ippolytos kai to violi tou as Αγησίλαος
- For the Love of my Child
1962
- Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως as Gerasimos Lahanatos
- Δέσπω
1961
- The Harbor Bum as police officer
- Antigone as Sentry
- Καραγκούνα
- Ματωμένα στέφανα
1960
- I am innocent as Emile Zola
1958
- Love In the Sand Dunes as Father
1957
- The Child of the Street as Phaedon
1956
- The Ogre of Athens as Hondros
- Dating Agency as Pipis
1955
1953
1951
- Dead City as Lambros
- The She-Wolf as Manousos