Giannis Argyris
Born: 1918-01-01
• Schimatari, Viotia, Greece
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
Triantafyllo ki agathi
Rose and Thorn: Part II
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
O orkos tou misous
Αστέρι στη λάσπη
Ο γυρολόγος
Love on a Horse
The Constellation of Virgin
Pavlos Melas
Provocation
Abuse of authority
Η ανταρσία των 10
Astrapogiannos
In the name of the law
Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
Το κορίτσι του "17"
To Our Teacher, with Love
Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
Love and Blood
Thanos and Despina
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
Bloody earth
Το σπίτι των ανέμων
Λουίζα
The Drawer of Sin
Sinful Women of the Night
The fate of the innocent
Poverty
The Dressmaker
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
Those who forgot God
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
For the Love of my Child
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
Δέσπω
The Harbor Bum
Antigone
Ματωμένα στέφανα
Καραγκούνα
I am innocent
As the bride and groom wish
For the love of the shepherdess
Love In The Dunes
The Child of the Street
The Ogre of Athens
Dating Agency
Attik's Street Organ
Two Grapes
Joe, the Amazing
The Big Streets
Dead City
The She-Wolf