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









