Hristos Tsaganeas
Christos Tsaganeas was born in Braila, Romania on July 2, 1906. He came from a wealthy Greek and aristocratic family and from a young age he showed great love for the theater. His parents, however, had demanded that he finish some university school, and that's why when he graduated from the Greek high school in Romania, they sent him to Athens for academic studies. He initially enrolled in Medicine but soon dropped out and went to Law from which he never got a degree. The reason for this event was his acquaintance and love for the actress Nitsa Vitsori, seven years older than him, for whose sake he abandoned his studies and began to appear in the theater. When Nitsa divorced her first husband, Giorgis Vitsoris, Tsaganeas not only married her but also enrolled in the Drama School of the National Theater to get a proper foundation and an acting degree. For this career choice, he had several fights with his parents, with whom he finally broke up and cut off his funding. Another version cites his participation in the political movement of the Archio-Marxists, in which his wife Nitsa also participated, as the reason for the elimination. This development led him, for some time, to live on a boat in the port of Piraeus while he was forced to take part in performances of itinerant troupes, which at that time were underestimated. "There are few theaters, few theater squares, many practitioners", as he used to say. During the German-Italian occupation he actively participated in the National Resistance through the ranks of the EAM together with his wife Nitsa. During the December 1944, his name was involved in the execution of the actress Eleni Papadakis by OPLA. As a member of the board of the National Militia of the EAM Theater, he had put his signature - together with his colleagues, Emilio Veakis, Theodoros Moridis, Spyros Patrikios and Panos Karavousiano - for the death sentence of Eleni Papadakis, who had been accused of dowry. A year later, Christos Tsaganeas was in danger of losing his life in the armed attack against the then president of SEH, Spyros Patrikios.
Known For
Credits
- 1971 · Η Κρεβατομουρμούρα as Makromihaleas
- 1971 · Ena agori... alloiotiko ap' t' alla as
- 1971 · Ο Μανωλιός ξαναχτυπά as
- 1971 · Σέργιος και Άννα as
- 1970 · Ο ακτύπητος κτυπήθηκε as Androklis Hardoupis
- 1969 · Ένας Μάγκας στα Σαλόνια as Gerasimos Nikolaou
- 1968 · Ο Παλιάτσος as Theodoros
- 1968 · Apollo Goes on Holiday as Ambassador
- 1968 · Greek Pride as Kriton Stefanis
- 1968 · Satrapis as
- 1968 · Doctor Z-Vengos as Babis
- 1967 · My Dimitri... My Dimitri as Gerasimos Karras
- 1967 · Aspasia's dollars as
- 1967 · To ploio tis haras as
- 1967 · Κοκοβιός και Σπάρος στα Δίχτυα της Αράχνης as ceremony man
- 1966 · Five Thousand Lies as Patroklos Sokratidis
- 1966 · Love that time does not fade as
- 1966 · Το συρτάκι της αμαρτίας as Filonas
- 1966 · Ένα Καράβι Παπαδόπουλοι as Pel Pap
- 1966 · Artesta as Ilias
- 1965 · Η Στοργή as Kleopas Hatzigeorgiou
- 1965 · The pain of separation as Marios Peresiadis
- 1965 · Η πικραγαπημένη as
- 1965 · Φτωχός, αλλά τίμιος as Kostas Pergialis
- 1964 · If Luck Favors You as Fokion Karyadis
- 1964 · Something Hot as Mr. Petridis
- 1964 · With Many Children as Pafsanias Karatsoukalas
- 1964 · Αλύγιστη Στη Ζωή as
- 1963 · My friend, Lefterakis as doctor
- 1963 · What the Night Hides as
- 1962 · Theodore and the gun as Pantelis
- 1962 · Ο διάβολος και η ουρά του as Charalabos
- 1962 · Betrayed love as Impresario
- 1962 · The Miss Of The Mister as Theofanis Delakis
- 1962 · Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday as Mikes Zargantis
- 1962 · Sidewalk as Ninos
- 1961 · Φτωχαδάκια και Λεφτάδες as Leonidas Dekrisis
- 1961 · Death Will Return as Doctor
- 1960 · Murder Backstage as Pavlos Stefanou
- 1960 · Το χαμίνι as Nikiforos
- 1960 · Rich Without Money as Mr. Ploutidis
- 1959 · Maiden's Cheek as school headmaster
- 1959 · Vacation in Kolopetinitsa as Iordanis Mouratoglou
- 1959 · Crime in Kolonaki as Kostas Floras
- 1959 · Να ζήσουν τα φτωχόπαιδα as Ploutarhos Pahoulos
- 1958 · We Have Only One Life as Bank Manager
- 1958 · Ο Μισογύνης as
- 1955 · The Hurdy-Gurdy as Benardis
- 1955 · To Fintanaki as Giavrousis
- 1955 · Joe, the Amazing as Lavrentios Kalyvas
- 1954 · The Happy Beginning as program manager
- 1954 · Ο άνεμος του μίσους as
- 1952 · That's How My Life Ended as
- 1948 · Fallen Angels as Hristos Terakis
- 1948 · The Germans Strike Again as madman
- 1948 · Μαντάμ Σουσού as
- 1939 · Αγνούλα as
- 1933 · Wrong Path as Dimos