
Alekos Tzanetakos
Alekos Tzanetakos (1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis. Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad the Tendyboy, The Crazy Fifty, Some Prefer the Cold, Law 4000, etc. In the early 1980s he retired from the theater and became involved in writing scripts for video films in which he starred. Tzanetakos was also a racing car and motorcycle driver, taking part in the Panhellenic championships and races of the time and scoring many victories. The actor suffered from serious health problems in the last years of his life, culminating in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in November 2009. He passed away at the age of 73 in April 2010.
80 acting credits
Acting · 80

The Orgies Villa
1964

The Smart Aleck
1966

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969

The Bluffer
1969

The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
1959

Captain Fandis Bastounis
1968

The Ogre of Athens
1956

Wake up, you sucker...
1969

The Right-Minded Madman
1968

Father, Behave Yourself!
1967

Mr. Wing Commander
1963

A Crazy Crazy Family
1965

A Very Clever Guy
1965

Runaway Bride
1962

The maid of the night
1985

Welcome Dollar
1967

Kiss the Girls
1965

The Incredible
1970

Something Hot
1964

A Man for All Jobs...
1966

A Rich Without Money
1967

If I Were Rich
1972

The Crazy Fifty
1971

The Barber's Beauty
1969

The Three Liars
1970

Astronauts
1962

One Girl For Two Men
1963

Five Thousand Lies
1966

Vertigo
1963

Carefree... Nut
1971

The... victim
1969

The Parliamentarian Lady
1966

Στα μανούλια λέμε ναι
1987

The World Has Gone Mad...
1967

Holidays in Vietnam
1971

For the heart of beautiful Helen
1967

The Crooked Wood
1969

Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web
1967

Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό
1965

The Avenue of Hate
1968

The Playful Girl
1967

Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person
1970

Ship Owner Without Wanting To
1971

My Luck Went Crazy
1970

Nomos 4000
1962

Καυτά... ψυχρά κι' ανάποδα
1971

One Vengos for All Jobs
1970

Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987

Two Feet in One Shoe
1969

Seduction... of an Adult
1987

Roky-0 No. 2
1987

Crazy Girls Awesome Boys
1970

Someone like It Cold...
1963

Anamesa se 7 gynaikes
1986

Rabbits and Bunnies
1987

Two Clever Fools
1971

Untouched... flirting!!
1983

My Adopted Son the Rally Driver
1971

The Drunk of the Harbor
1967

Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλια
1976

Ο Μπαμπάς Μου Ο Τεντυμπόυς
1966

King of Liars
1971

Two Modern Revelers
1971

Thymios in the Land of Striptease
1963

Egoism
1964

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms
1972

The Giant of Kypseli
1968

Raki No. 0, the Number!
1986

One Groom, Many Lightweight
1972

The cleaners
1987

Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος
1986

Ταξί αγάπη μου
1986

Σφαλιάρα Κίντ
1987

Οι εγκέφαλοι
1987

Women want beat
1962
Mia sto karfi kai mia sto petalo
1987

The Headstrong
1970

Εδώ παπάς εκεί...λαπάς
1987

Οι ατσίδες
1986

Τρεις παρθένες στο κρεβάτι μου
1989