Nikos Rizos
Born: 1924-09-30 in Πέτα Άρτας
Died: 1999-04-20
Known For: Acting
Biography
Nikos Rizos (Greek: Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924 – 20 April 1999, in Athens) was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. Rizos began his career with Anthropoi, anthropoi in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 with Vasilis Avlonitis and Georgia Vasileiadou. He appeared in various comedies in Greece and Germany, performing for the immigrant Greeks abroad. In 1986, he appeared at the Astor Theatre on Stadiou Street which he ran from the artistic performance until 1990. Rizos changed and he was a theatrical entrepreneur for 27 years. He starred in around 300 comedy films including To soferaki (with Giorgos Tzavellas), O thisavros tou makariti (with Nikos Tsiforos), O Klearchos, i Marina kai o kontos, Simoria eraston, and others. On television, he starred alongside Martha Karagianni in O dromos (The Road). In 1999, he appeared in the television series of Tassos Athanassiadis's I aithousa tou thronou. It was his last appearance on television.
Filmography
1998
- The Throne Room as Δήμαρχος
1995
- Alli to proi, alli to vrady as Θανάσης
1993
- Ston asterismo tis gravatas as Tony
1988
- Μας φάγανε οι τρέλες στις Σεϋχέλλες
- O kontos me to papaki as Thomas
- Μηχανόβιοι και μπάτσοι as Officer Spatharis
- Ένας μάγκας που δεν πάτησε το τρένο
1987
- Αλλού παπάς αλλού τα ράσα του
- Ο μάγκας από το Γιουσουρούμ
- Οι γκαρσόνες
- Epangelma: Antres as πατέρας Έβελυν
- Sτούμπερμαν ...αγάπη μου
- Ρόδα Τσάντα και Κοπάνα 4 as Ηρακλής Ντερέκης
- O xemoramenos
- Είναι μάγκας ο ψηλός με τη γραβάτα
- The virgin and the pin as σφάχτης
- Κομάντος και βλήματα
1986
- Ματάκιας και βρωμόστομος
- Ράδιο Αρβύλα
- O Rambo, o Kontos kai i Tapa! as Saki 'Tapa' Chan
- Ena koritsi kai... poly antraki as Μήτσος
- Ο Τρελοξενύχτης
- Ένα Και Να Καίει as Grigoris
- Ο βάρβαρος και η Βαρβάρα
- Η Κόμπρα απ' τα Γιάννενα as Κόμπρας
1985
1984
- Ένας Πρωτάρης Στο Κολλέγιο!
- Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης as Leras
- Wheel, Bag and Truants 3 as Iraklis Nterekis
- National Priests as Κάβουρας
- Guess what I do... at night as Sotiris
1983
- Papasouzas as Παπα-Αύγουστος
- Papadistik Company as Kavouras
- Γύφτικη Κομπανία
- Wheel Bag and Kopana 2 as Gymnastics Profesor
- Agries plakes sta thrania as Schoolmaster
- Doste tin tsonta sto lao!..
- Right... On! as Zaharias
- Say it... golden mouth
- Anyone Else for Heaven? as Mahos
1982
- Wheel Bag and Kopana as Iraklis Derekis
- Arpa Colla as Mr. Karalefiotis
1981
- A Short Man Will Save Us as Fontas Tsakiris
1980
- Wet Romeo as Lefteris
1979
- The Street Smarts as Babis Papalaourdas
1973
- A Leopard Never Changes Its Spots as Giorgis
- Ένας τρελλός τρελλός αεροπειρατής as Fanis Fourlis
- The optimist as Panos Karlis
1972
- Aliki the Dictator as Πανάγος Πρόκος
- Gang of Lovers as Tzortzis Kotsiras
- From the Stable to the Salon
- Bedlam My Love as Minas
1971
- Volunteer in Eros as Ilias Fondoglou
1970
1969
- The Grouch as Tolis Zerzevekis
- The Man from Karpazia as Aristos
- The Countess of Fabrica as Christos Delimanis (Thief)
- Stratis Has Strayed as Jim Andrews
- My Boss Was a Fool as Θεόδωρος Κοτρώνης
1968
- The Lady and the Tramp as Thanasis
- The Luna Park Girl as Stelios
- The Hunk as Alexis
- The Lucky One as Stavros
- The Giant of Kypseli as Nikos Fourketas
- The idiot as Max Ralatos
- Stay Cool, Napoleon! as Leonidas
1967
- Viva Rena as Stratos
- Aspasia's dollars as Petros
1966
- Oh, If I Only Were a Man as Pavlos
- The Parliamentarian Lady
- O tetraperatos as Hatzifotias
- My Sister Deserves a Beating as Gerasimos
1965
- Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό as Andreas
- A Very Clever Guy as Iordanis
- No, Mr. Johnson. as Thanasis
1964
- If Luck Favors You as Pelopidas Zarmis
- They ere all... Fools! as Iraklis
- Fortune Hunters
- My Bitter Love
1963
- World Gone Mad as Kitsaras Bourbouris
- To gelio vgike ap' ton Paradeiso as Vrasidas Paparatzas
- A Patented Stupid Man as Tonis
- My Nephew Manolis as Manolis Karletsos
- Seven Days of Lying as Sotiris
- Fortunately Unemployed
- Thymios in the Land of Striptease
- Ο Αδελφός μου... ο Τροχονόμος
1962
- Runaway Bride as truck driver
- When the Cat is Missing! as Babis
- The Greek woman and love as Nikolakis
- Taxi Driver as Babis
- The Watermelon as Stavros
- The Bridegrooms of Eftyhia as Kleomenis
- Michalios of the 14th Regiment as Menios
- The End of the Two-Cent Coin as Napoleon
- Ο Γεροδήμος
- Έξυπνοι και Κορόιδα
1961
- Klearhos, Marina and the short one as Mahos Zarkadopoulos
- Φλογέρα και Αίμα
1960
1959
- The Treasure of the Beatitude as Stelios
- The Heirs of Karampoumpounas as Telis
- Πως περνούν οι παντρεμένοι
1958
- Happy Bums as Mitsos Mantrahaleas
- The Bus Conductor
- The Cicada and the Ant as Ευδαίμων
- Lovers Without a Dime as Aristotelis
- Το μυστικό της κατηγορούμενης
1957
- Jeep, Pavilion and Love as Vangelis
- Of Fortune The Written as Billy
- The Child of the Street
- At Night The Entanglements as waiter
- A Father by Accident as Garidas
- Three Detectives
1956
- Jealous like a Cat as Mistos
- Dating Agency as tough guy at the matchmaking office
- Capital adventures as Cook
- The Hunters of Athens as Λάκης
1955
- Party, Money and Love as Sarantis
- Joe, the Amazing as Gardelis
1954
- The Little Mouse as Vangelis
- The Happy Beginning as Giorgos' friend
- Goal in Love
- The Swindlers as Feras
1953
- The Driver as Mistos
1952
- Lily of the Harbor as Atsidas
1950
- The Drunkard as Mitsos