Giannis Argyris

Giannis Argyris

1918-01-01 – 1993-07-22 (age 75) Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
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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.

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Known For

To Our Teacher, with Love
To Our Teacher, with Love

1969

as Thanasis Liapis

Provocation
Provocation

1971

as Eirini's father

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
I Neraida Kai to Palikari

1969

as kapetan Vrontakis

Abuse of authority
Abuse of authority

1971

as Arxigos

Love on a Horse
Love on a Horse

1973

as Alexis

Astrapogiannos
Astrapogiannos

1970

as Konstadis Velousis

Antigone
Antigone

1961

as Sentry

In the name of the law
In the name of the law

1970

as Forensic Surgeon

The Harbor Bum
The Harbor Bum

1961

as police officer

Love and Blood
Love and Blood

1968

as Nestoras Gerakas

The Ogre of Athens
The Ogre of Athens

1956

as Hondros

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos

1967

as Mihalis (taxi driver)

The Drawer of Sin
Bloody earth
Thanos and Despina
Thanos and Despina

1967

as Haralambos

The Child of the Street
I am innocent
I am innocent

1960

as Emile Zola