Giannis Argyris
Known For
Acting
Born
1918-01-01 in Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
Died
1993-07-22
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.
Most Known For
Loxandra
as Δημητρός
O Hristos xanastavronetai
as Αγάς
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as kapetan Vrontakis
Two Grapes
Astrapogiannos
as Konstadis Velousis
Antigone
as Sentry
Παράξενο σπίτι
Καραγκούνα
Love on a Horse
as Alexis
Ματωμένα στέφανα
Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
Thanos and Despina
as Haralambos
The Ogre of Athens
as Hondros
The Harbor Bum
as police officer
Love and Blood
as Nestoras Gerakas
Dating Agency
as Pipis
The Drawer of Sin
Pavlos Melas
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Αγησίλαος
