
Giannis Argyris
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.
57 acting credits
Acting · 57

O Hristos xanastavronetai
1975

Loxandra
1980

Provocation
1971

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969

Love on a Horse
1973

The Harbor Bum
1961

The Ogre of Athens
1956

Thanos and Despina
1967

Love and Blood
1968

Antigone
1961

Abuse of authority
1971
Παράξενο σπίτι
1991

The Dressmaker
1964

Dead City
1951

I am innocent
1960

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
1967

The Drawer of Sin
1966

To Our Teacher, with Love
1969

Astrapogiannos
1970

The She-Wolf
1951

Attik's Street Organ
1955

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
1963

Dating Agency
1956

Triantafyllo ki agathi
1988

Those who forgot God
1964

In the name of the law
1970

Το σπίτι των ανέμων
1966

Pavlos Melas
1973

The Constellation of Virgin
1973

The fate of the innocent
1965

Bloody earth
1967

Η ανταρσία των 10
1970

Το κορίτσι του "17"
1969

Poverty
1965

Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
1970

The Big Streets
1953

O orkos tou misous
1988

Love In the Sand Dunes
1958

Joe, the Amazing
1955

The Child of the Street
1957

Η μάνα της φόνισσας
1988

Λουίζα
1966

Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
1962

Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
1964

Αστέρι στη λάσπη
1988

Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
1968

As the bride and groom wish
1959

Two Grapes
1955

Καραγκούνα
1961

Δέσπω
1962

Rose and Thorn: Part II
1988

For the Love of my Child
1963

Ο γυρολόγος
1980

Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
1969

Ματωμένα στέφανα
1961

Sinful Women of the Night
1966

For the love of the shepherdess
1959