Giannis Argyris

Personal Info

Birthday

January 1, 1918

Day of Death

1993-07-22

(75 years old)

Place of Birth

Schimatari, Viotia, Greece

Also Known As

Yannis Argyris

Giannis Argyris

Γιάννης Αργύρης

Яннис Аргирис

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.

Known For

Loxandra

The Ogre of Athens

The Child of the Street

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

The Harbor Bum

O Hristos xanastavronetai

Dead City

Poverty

Filmography

1973
Love on a Horse
as Alexis
The Constellation of Virgin
as Boulis
1971
Provocation
as Eirini's father
Abuse of authority
as Arxigos
1970
Astrapogiannos
as Konstadis Velousis
In the name of the law
as Forensic Surgeon
1969
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as kapetan Vrontakis
To Our Teacher, with Love
as Thanasis Liapis
1968
Love and Blood
as Nestoras Gerakas
1967
Thanos and Despina
as Haralambos
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
as Mihalis (taxi driver)
1966
Το σπίτι των ανέμων
as Argyris Iordanidis
1965
The fate of the innocent
as Nikolas
Poverty
as Keti's father
1964
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
as Markos
1963
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Αγησίλαος
1962
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
as Gerasimos Lahanatos
1961
The Harbor Bum
as police officer
Antigone
as Sentry
1960
I am innocent
as Emile Zola
1958
Love In The Dunes
as Father
1957
The Child of the Street
as Phaedon
1956
The Ogre of Athens
as Hondros
Dating Agency
as Pipis
1955
Joe, the Amazing
as boss
1951
Dead City
as Lambros
The She-Wolf
as Manousos