Giannis Argyris
Born
1 January 1918 (108)
Place of Birth
Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Also known as
Yannis Argyris, Giannis Argyris
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.
Filmography (40)
Triantafyllo ki agathi
1988
Rose and Thorn: Part II
1988
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
1988
O orkos tou misous
1988
Αστέρι στη λάσπη
1988
Ο γυρολόγος
1980
Love on a Horse
1973
The Constellation of Virgin
1973
Pavlos Melas
1973
Provocation
1971
Abuse of authority
1971
Η ανταρσία των 10
1970
Astrapogiannos
1970
In the name of the law
1970
Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
1970
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969
Το κορίτσι του "17"
1969
To Our Teacher, with Love
1969
Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
1969
Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
1968
Love and Blood
1968
Thanos and Despina
1967
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
1967
Bloody earth
1967
Το σπίτι των ανέμων
1966
Λουίζα
1966
The Drawer of Sin
1966
Sinful Women of the Night
1966
The fate of the innocent
1965
Poverty
1965
The Dressmaker
1964
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
1964
Those who forgot God
1964
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
1963
For the Love of my Child
1963
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
1962
Δέσπω
1962
The Harbor Bum
1961
Antigone
1961
Ματωμένα στέφανα
1961