
Giannis Argyris
Known for Acting · 59 credits
- Born
- 1918-01-01
- Died
- 1993-07-22
- Place of birth
- Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
- Also known as
- Yannis Argyris · Giannis Argyris · Γιάννης Αργύρης · Яннис Аргирис
Biography
Yannis Argyris (Greek: Γιάννης Αργύρης, 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.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (56)

Love and Blood
1968
as Nestoras Gerakas

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
1967
as Mihalis (taxi driver)

Provocation
1971
as Eirini's father

Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
1970

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
1968

Το κορίτσι του "17"
1969

Το σπίτι των ανέμων
1966
as Argyris Iordanidis

Love on a Horse
1973
as Alexis

O orkos tou misous
1988

Rose and Thorn: Part II
1988

Ματωμένα στέφανα
1961

Astrapogiannos
1970
as Konstadis Velousis

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
1963
as Αγησίλαος

Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
1964
as Markos

Δάκρυα για έναν αλήτη
1971

Η μάνα της φόνισσας
1988

Bloody earth
1967

Ο γυρολόγος
1980

Καραγκούνα
1961

Η δική σου μοίρα με σέρνει
1964

As the bride and groom wish
1959

The Dressmaker
1964

For the Love of my Child
1963

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969
as kapetan Vrontakis

Triantafyllo ki agathi
1988

The Child of the Street
1957
as Phaedon

I am innocent
1960
as Emile Zola

Η ανταρσία των 10
1970

Αστέρι στη λάσπη
1988

Love In the Sand Dunes
1958
as Father

Antigone
1961
as Sentry

Two Grapes
1955

The Harbor Bum
1961
as police officer

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
1969

Δέσπω
1962

Thanos and Despina
1967
as Haralambos

The Ogre of Athens
1956
as Hondros

The Constellation of Virgin
1973
as Boulis

Abuse of authority
1971
as Arxigos

The Big Streets
1953

The She-Wolf
1951
as Manousos

The fate of the innocent
1965
as Nikolas

Dead City
1951
as Lambros

Pavlos Melas
1973

Λουίζα
1966

Dating Agency
1956
as Pipis

Joe, the Amazing
1955
as boss

The Drawer of Sin
1966

For the love of the shepherdess
1959

Attik's Street Organ
1955

Those who forgot God
1964

Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
1962
as Gerasimos Lahanatos

To Our Teacher, with Love
1969
as Thanasis Liapis

In the name of the law
1970
as Forensic Surgeon

Poverty
1965
as Keti's father

Sinful Women of the Night
1966
About Giannis Argyris
Yannis Argyris (Greek: Γιάννης Αργύρης, 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. (Source: Wikipedia) With 59 credits spanning from 1951 to 1991, Giannis Argyris has appeared in 56 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Giannis Argyris Movies
- Love and Blood (1968) — as Nestoras Gerakas
- Crazy, Nuts and Vengos (1967) — as Mihalis (taxi driver)
- Provocation (1971) — as Eirini's father
- Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου (1970)
- Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου (1968)
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