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
1980
- Loxandra as Δημητρός
- Ο γυρολόγος
1975
- O Hristos xanastavronetai as Αγάς
1973
- Pavlos Melas
- The Constellation of Virgin as Boulis
- Love on a Horse as Alexis
1971
- Provocation as Eirini's father
- Abuse of authority as Arxigos
1970
- In the name of the law as Forensic Surgeon
- Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
- Astrapogiannos as Konstadis Velousis
- Η ανταρσία των 10
1969
- I Neraida Kai to Palikari as kapetan Vrontakis
- To Our Teacher, with Love as Thanasis Liapis
- Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
- Το κορίτσι του "17"
1968
- Love and Blood as Nestoras Gerakas
- Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
1967
- Ματωμένη γη
- Thanos and Despina as Haralambos
- Crazy, Nuts and Vengos as Mihalis (taxi driver)
1966
- Λουίζα
- Sinful Women of the Night
- The Drawer of Sin
- Το σπίτι των ανέμων as Argyris Iordanidis
1965
- The fate of the innocent as Nikolas
- Poverty as Keti's father
1964
1963
- For the Love of my Child
- O Ippolytos kai to violi tou as Αγησίλαος
1962
- Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως as Gerasimos Lahanatos
- Δέσπω
1961
- The Harbor Bum as police officer
- Καραγκούνα
- Antigone as Sentry
- Ματωμένα στέφανα
1960
- I am innocent as Emile Zola
1958
- Love In The 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