Giannis Argyris
Birthday
1918/01/01
Day of death
1993/07/22 (75 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Also know as
Yannis Argyris, Giannis Argyris, Γιάννης Αργύρης, Яннис Аргирис
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.
Acting
(1956) The Ogre of Athens
as Hondros
(1971) Provocation
as Eirini's father
(1968) Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
as ---
(1964) The Dressmaker
as ---
(1970) Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
as ---
(1969) Το κορίτσι του "17"
as ---
(1966) Το σπίτι των ανέμων
as Argyris Iordanidis
(1955) Two Grapes
as ---
(1959) As the bride and groom wish
as ---
(1953) The Big Streets
as ---
(1969) I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as kapetan Vrontakis
(1967) Thanos and Despina
as Haralambos
(1963) O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Αγησίλαος
(1957) The Child of the Street
as Phaedon
(1966) The Drawer of Sin
as ---
(1973) Love on a Horse
as Alexis
(1961) The Harbor Bum
as police officer
(1956) Dating Agency
as Pipis
(1967) Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
as Mihalis (taxi driver)
(1973) The Constellation of Virgin
as Boulis
(1951) Dead City
as Lambros
(1968) Love and Blood
as Nestoras Gerakas
(1971) Abuse of authority
as Arxigos
(1958) Love In The Dunes
as Father
(1970) Astrapogiannos
as Konstadis Velousis
(1955) Joe, the Amazing
as boss
(1973) Pavlos Melas
as ---
(1970) In the name of the law
as Forensic Surgeon
(1969) To Our Teacher, with Love
as Thanasis Liapis
(1965) Poverty
as Keti's father
(1988) Η μάνα της φόνισσας
as ---
(1951) The She-Wolf
as Manousos
(1970) Η ανταρσία των 10
as ---
(1961) Antigone
as Sentry
(1962) Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
as Gerasimos Lahanatos
(1965) The fate of the innocent
as Nikolas
(1960) I am innocent
as Emile Zola
(1988) Triantafyllo ki agathi
as ---
(1988) Rose and Thorn: Part II
as ---
(1988) O orkos tou misous
as ---
(1964) Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
as Markos
(1955) Attik's Street Organ
as ---
(1966) Λουίζα
as ---
(1963) For the Love of my Child
as ---
(1966) Sinful Women of the Night
as ---
(1959) For the love of the shepherdess
as ---
(1964) Those who forgot God
as ---
(1967) Ματωμένη γη
as ---
(1980) Ο γυρολόγος
as ---
(1962) Δέσπω
as ---
(1961) Ματωμένα στέφανα
as ---
(1961) Καραγκούνα
as ---
(1969) Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
as ---
(1980) Loxandra
as Δημητρός
(1991) Παράξενο σπίτι
as ---
(1975) O Hristos xanastavronetai
as Αγάς