Vagelis Protopapas
Known for Acting · 46 credits
- Born
- 1917-01-01
- Died
- 1995-05-21
- Place of birth
- Tinos, Greece
- Also known as
- Βαγγέλης Πρωτoπαπάς · Βαγγέλης Πρωτοπαππάς · Βαγγελης Πρωτοπαππας · Βαγγελης Πρωτοπαπας · Vagelis Protopappas · Vangelis Protopapas
Biography
Vangelis Protopapas (Greek: Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας, Tinos 1917 - May 21, 1995) was a Greek actor.
He was originally from Messolonghi and was the son of a senior judicial officer. His father, Dimitrios Protopapas, a first-instance judge and member of parliament, intended him to be a lawyer, but in his first year of law school he decided to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the National Theatre School where he enrolled in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1938 for military service, and graduated in 1942, with honors in the top ten. He was a friend of Dimitris Horn, with whom he graduated together, of the director Alexis Solomos, as well as of Melina Mercouri.
He had important roles in the films A Hero in Slippers (1958), Santa Chikita (1953), The Fake Pound (1955), The Jealous Cat (1956), Miss 39 (1954), etc., all with Vasilis Logothetides, with whom he was closely friends, but also in the television series Police Officer Thanasis Papathanasis (1990), Androcles and His Lions (1985), etc.
He was also the Director of the Municipal Theater of Argos. He participated in many television and radio series. E. Protopappas was also a painter, and left behind several works.
(Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
TV Shows (4)
Movies (42)
No Harm's Done
1955
as Vangelis
Σιγανοπαπαδιά
1988
Trouble for Fathers
1957
as Μικές
The Counterfeit Coin
1955
as Dinos
Marina
1947
as Waiter
A Hero in His Slippers
1958
as Sotiris Lymberiadis
Μπρος στρατός και πίσω τρέλλα
1988
as Leonidas
Καμαριέρα χωρίς καριέρα
1989
A Young Miss... Aged 39
1954
as Kriton Stefanis
Jealous like a Cat
1956
as Markos Manolopoulos
Santa Chikita
1953
as Michalis
Champion
1989
as Haralambos
Ο χαρτοπαίκτης και το χαμίνι
1989
Thanasis in the country of Will
1988
Thanasis, o vomvistis
1990
as President
Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή
1987
One But... Leon
1988
as Stathis Froutakis Sr.
O proikothiras kai to manouli
1986
A Ripple in the Pond
1952
as Giorgos
Σας έπιασα στα πράσα
1987
The Yannis who became Tzonis
1986
Τράβα μου μια ...φωτογραφία
1987
The Wise Guy
1962
as Grigoris
Taste from Greece
1980
Το κορίτσι του υποπλοιάρχου
1987
I Really Play the Man
1983
as Nectarios
The Germans Strike Again
1948
as Zisis
Marriage Lads
1963
Greedy for Everything
1952
as Margaras
The Tough Guy
1961
as Kalogirou
Koutroulis` Wedding
1962
as Strovilis
The Big Nostril
1981
Hungry and a gentleman
1989
Anyone Else for Heaven?
1983
as Father
Alles ton protimoun gouli
1986
as Ντίνος
Rena, ta resta sou!
1985
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
1962
as Defence attorney
The Swindlers
1954
as Karameletis
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
1988
Erastis horis gynaika
1986
as Παρασκευάς
The Hunchback
1966
I Rita... kai to Ritaki
1989
as Evripidis Daponte
About Vagelis Protopapas
Vangelis Protopapas (Greek: Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας, Tinos 1917 - May 21, 1995) was a Greek actor. He was originally from Messolonghi and was the son of a senior judicial officer. His father, Dimitrios Protopapas, a first-instance judge and member of parliament, intended him to be a lawyer, but in his first year of law school he decided to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the National Theatre School where he enrolled in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1938 for military service, and graduated in 1942, with honors in the top ten. He was… With 46 credits spanning from 1947 to 1991, Vagelis Protopapas has appeared in 42 films and 4 TV shows.
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- Marina (1947) — as Waiter
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