Stavros Xenidis
Born: 1923-03-08 in Constantinople, Turkey
Died: 2008-11-02
Known For: Acting
Biography
Stavros Xenidis (Greek: Σταύρος Ξενίδης; 1924 – 2 November 2008) was a Greek actor. Stavros Xenidis was born in Turkey. He studied acting in Karolos Koun's Theatro Technis and made his theatre début in 1944. His theatre career was closely associated with Kostas Moussouris' theatrical company during the 1950s and the 1960s . As a film actor, he took part in more than 70 movies, mostly in secondary roles; his first film role was in "The Song of Pain" (1953) (Greek title: "Το Τραγούδι του Πόνου") and his last was in "Red White" (1993) ("Άσπρο Κόκκινο"). He also appeared in several TV shows since 1971; His last appearance on television was in 1994. He died in a retirement home in Athens on 2 November 2008, after suffering a number of strokes.
Filmography
1992
- Μια γυναίκα από το παρελθόν as αστυνόμος Μπέκας
1991
1990
- To mystiko tou Ari Bonsalenti as Policeman Bekas
1989
- Gamos sto Perithorio as Ilias Stefanidis
1987
- The Death of Timotheos Konstas as Detective Bekas
1984
- Loafing and Camouflage as Col A. Kontelis
1983
- Manto Mavrogenous as Νικόλαος Μαυρογένης
1982
1980
- Αστροφεγγιά as Θάνος
- Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 as Repoulis
1979
- Milo-Milo as Greek Minister
- The Notary as σιορ Βοράτης
- An Uncompromising Man as Pavlos' Father / Music Company Manager
- Honeymoon as Leon Sahinis
1973
- Ένας τρελλός τρελλός αεροπειρατής as Michel Sarantidis
1972
- Monday's Theater as Τρικουάντ
- Sweetwater Erotic
- Seven Years of Marriage as Filippos
- The Man Who Broke the Ice as Ieremias Talianidis
- Erotic Symphony as Thanos
- From the Stable to the Salon
- Yves! Yves!
1971
- Underwater Papanikolis as Υφυπουργός
- I Loved an Armchair as psychiatrist
- The Bedroom as Menios Fournaros
- Manolios in Europe!
- The Tycoon Lady as Yerakis
- Manto Mavrogenous as Ioannis Koletis
- Carefree... Nut as narrator
- Καταναλωτική κοινωνία
1968
- The Brightest Bouzouki as Police Commander
- Greek Pride as Stamatis
- The Strongman Who Became a Lamb as Xenofon
- Satrapis as Simos
1967
- Gerontokoros as Panagiotis
- The Brightest Star as Giorgos
- My Dimitri... My Dimitri as actor (uncredited)
- Father, Behave Yourself! as Lazaros
- Between Two Women as Pantelis Filippidis
- If All the Women in the World as Narrator
- The Card Player
1966
- My Daughter, the Socialist as Spyros
- A Man for All Jobs... as Stavros
- The Parliamentarian Lady
- Cleopatra was Antonis as narrator
- The Secrets of Sinful Athens as Manos
- Conductor 007 as police officer
1965
- Spend the first of the month as Ilias Magdalis
- And the Woman Shall Fear Her Husband as Haralabos
- Modern Cinderella as Menios Charalabidis
- Lolitas of Athens as Luke
- The Island of Aphrodite
1964
- Exotic Vitamins as Periklis
1962
- Astronauts as Professor
- Triumph as Nikos
1961
- Nightmare as Babis Fokas
1960
- Cruise to Rhodes as Takis
- Christina
- The Young Lady's Fool as Manolis
- The Underdog as Stavros Ntanakoulis
- The Island of Love
1959
- The Policeman of the 16th Precinct as Vangelis
- Laos and Kolonaki as Nikos
- A Fool And A Hater as photographer
1958
- An Italian in Greece as Giorgos
- Away from the World
1956
- Dollars and Dreams as Tasos Kalogirou
1955
- Party, Money and Love as Dodos
1954
- The Beauty of Athens as Mr. Tsilimirdis
- The Happy Beginning as Grigoris