Giannis Argyris
Actor
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
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
as kapetan Vrontakis 1969
Antigone
as Sentry 1961
Thanos and Despina
as Haralambos 1967
Provocation
as Eirini's father 1971
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
as Mihalis (taxi driver) 1967
The Constellation of Virgin
as Boulis 1973
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Αγησίλαος 1963
Astrapogiannos
as Konstadis Velousis 1970
Two Grapes
1955
Love on a Horse
as Alexis 1973
Dating Agency
as Pipis 1956
Abuse of authority
as Arxigos 1971
Dead City
as Lambros 1951
In the name of the law
as Forensic Surgeon 1970
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
as Markos 1964
The Drawer of Sin
1966