Takis Hristoforidis
Born: 1914-01-01 in Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]
Died: 1973-01-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Takis Christoforidis (Istanbul 1914-Athens 1973) was a Greek actor and cousin of fellow actor Pericles Christoforidis. He played mainly secondary comic roles and became known through the role of the nervous or the mad doctor, who had a tic. Actor (member of the Greek National Theatre Association since 1937) scion of the well-known Christoforidis theatrical family. At the beginning of his career he collaborated with prose troupes and with the National Theatre (1936-41). Thus, in the period 1939-40 he appeared in the operetta "Bat" staged by the Foundation's Opera Stage. Until 1945 he was at the "State Theatre of Thessaloniki" and then followed P. Kyriakos on his tour of Cyprus (1945-48). He played at D. Rontiris' "Hellenic Stage" and the "Vembo" Theatre (1951-54). Since then he began to appear in characteristic roles with the main revue and comedy troupes. He collaborated particularly with K. Hadjichristos and took part, among others, in the K. Stoligkas - M. Theofanidis Troupe, etc. He also played in many films. (Source: Wikipedia)
Filmography
1967
- Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000' as equipment manager
- For the heart of beautiful Helen
- A Rich Without Money as psychiatrist
1966
- Oh, If I Only Were a Man as Stella's boss #1
- Five Thousand Lies
- O tetraperatos
- Papatrechas as Kosmas
- Meletis of the Flying Squad as Pelopidas
- Conductor 007 as Stefanos
1965
- Modern Cinderella
- A Matter of Earnestness as Mr. Efstathiou
1964
- The Hustler as Johnny
- The Bait
- A tough corporal
- The seawolf as Dockyard Commander
- They ere all... Fools!
1962
- Taxi Driver as Thanasis' uncle
- Company of Miracles
1961
- Captain for Tears as Manservant
- The Tough Guy as police lieutenant
- The child of the square as Petros Bezes
1960
- Goodbye Zoe
- Three Ladies and me as Thanasis
- The Island of the Brave as Captain John
- Rendez-vous in Venice
- The Dervish Boys as Pipis
1959
- Vacation in Kolopetinitsa as Tonis
- I Want a Forceful Man
- Dracula and Company as Giorgakis Polyzois
- Pssst ... girls!
- Mousitsa as Lazarakis
- Lisa, Tosca of Athens as Thanasis
- The Lake of Sighs
- Long live the poor children as Iraklis
1958
- She's a Lunatic as prospective employer
1957
- The Lagoon of Desire
- The Skirtchaser as nightclub owner
- The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie
- The tree children from Volo as Ioannis Perlepes