Giannis Argyris
January 1, 1918 (107 years old) in Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1991 · Παράξενο σπίτι as
- 1988 · Triantafyllo ki agathi as
- 1988 · Rose and Thorn: Part II as
- 1988 · Η μάνα της φόνισσας as
- 1988 · O orkos tou misous as
- 1980 · Ο γυρολόγος as
- 1980 · Loxandra as Δημητρός
- 1975 · O Hristos xanastavronetai as Αγάς
- 1973 · Love on a Horse as Alexis
- 1973 · The Constellation of Virgin as Boulis
- 1973 · Pavlos Melas as
- 1971 · Provocation as Eirini's father
- 1971 · Abuse of authority as Arxigos
- 1970 · Η ανταρσία των 10 as
- 1970 · Astrapogiannos as Konstadis Velousis
- 1970 · In the name of the law as Forensic Surgeon
- 1970 · Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου as
- 1969 · I Neraida Kai to Palikari as kapetan Vrontakis
- 1969 · Το κορίτσι του "17" as
- 1969 · To Our Teacher, with Love as Thanasis Liapis
- 1968 · Love and Blood as Nestoras Gerakas
- 1968 · Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου as
- 1967 · Thanos and Despina as Haralambos
- 1967 · Crazy, Nuts and Vengos as Mihalis (taxi driver)
- 1967 · Ματωμένη γη as
- 1966 · Το σπίτι των ανέμων as Argyris Iordanidis
- 1966 · Λουίζα as
- 1966 · The Drawer of Sin as
- 1966 · Sinful Women of the Night as
- 1965 · The fate of the innocent as Nikolas
- 1965 · Poverty as Keti's father
- 1964 · Those who forgot God as
- 1964 · The Dressmaker as
- 1964 · Μας ενώνει ο πόνος as Markos
- 1963 · O Ippolytos kai to violi tou as Αγησίλαος
- 1963 · For the Love of my Child as
- 1962 · Δέσπω as
- 1962 · Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως as Gerasimos Lahanatos
- 1961 · The Harbor Bum as police officer
- 1961 · Antigone as Sentry
- 1961 · Ματωμένα στέφανα as
- 1961 · Καραγκούνα as
- 1960 · I am innocent as Emile Zola
- 1959 · For the love of the shepherdess as
- 1959 · As the bride and groom wish as
- 1958 · Love In The Dunes as Father
- 1957 · The Child of the Street as Phaedon
- 1956 · The Ogre of Athens as Hondros
- 1956 · Dating Agency as Pipis
- 1955 · Attik's Street Organ as
- 1955 · Two Grapes as
- 1955 · Joe, the Amazing as boss
- 1953 · The Big Streets as
- 1951 · Dead City as Lambros
- 1951 · The She-Wolf as Manousos