Name
Spyros Kalogirou
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1922-11-03
Deathday
2009-06-27 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Biography
Spyros Kalogirou (Greek: Σπύρος Καλογήρου, Kypseli, 3 November 1922 - Athens, 27 June 2009) was a Greek theatre and film actor, best known for his villainous roles on the big screen. His trembling voice and fierce appearance were characteristic.
He acted in many films, both on television and in cinema, and when he played such roles he was very convincing. He also participated in many theatrical performances but did not have many collaborations with his wife, as she was at the National Theater and he was more involved with independent theater. After the '80s they formed their own troupe, staged performances and toured.
He acted in approximately two hundred plays and in all genres of theater, classical and contemporary writers, from theater of the absurd (Eugene Ionesco) to revue, but also in many of the Greek dramaturgy.
He first appeared in cinema in 1955 in Dimis Dadiras’ film O agapitikos tis voskopoulas. Since then, he has participated in more than 60 films, alongside the biggest names in Greek cinema. He appeared in about 55 films, including: Athens at Night, Stefania, Machine Gun Concerto, The Fairy and the Boy, The Blonde Teacher, Maria of Silence, The Man with the Carnation, and Stakaman. However, the film that left an era was Lola, in which Spyros Kalogirou had said the unforgettable phrase "There's a lot of money, Aris", to his then co-star Nikos Kourkoulos about the "eyes" of Jenny Karezi.
In 1966, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, he was awarded an honorary distinction for his performance in the short film Jimmy the Tiger by Pantelis Voulgaris, and in 1971, the film critics awarded him the Silver Apollo for his role in the film Abuse of Power. He was honored with the Golden Head of the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow. He also appeared in television series (Even Married People Have a Soul).
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Known For
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Stathis, a naughty young man whose father owns a coffee shop at the island’s central squ...
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Stathis Xetrypis, a naive policeman patrolling in an area frequented by prostitutes. As no...
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The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americ...
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Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skanda...
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Two friends (Thanasis Vengos and Vasilis Diamantopoulos) meet after many years and recolle...
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Stathis tries to find a job but in the meantime he finds Marina, who he decides to help fi...
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Chronis employed by a company, the chairman of which is a consequential, terrible moralist...
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A poor and "arbitrary" young man creates a radio station to send messages of love to his g...
- 1987 Επιχείρηση προίκα
- 1988 Love in Waves
- 1967 Άγρια Πάθη
- 1989 Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο
- 1989 Υπέρ επείγον
- 1989 The Captain and Dancer
- 1987 O xemoramenos as Kyriakos
- 1966 Jimmy the Tiger as Jimmy the Tiger
- 1969 The little man as Panagiotis
- 1970 Visibility Zero as Irodotos Richter
- 1962 Athens by Night
- 1974 The Trial of the Judges as Minister Shinas
- 1962 Hands Up, Hitler as Periklis
- 1971 O Katergaris as Ploutarhos Varnis
- 1989 The Craziest Star
- 1969 The Teacher with the Golden Hair as Sotiris Garbis
- 1969 The... victim as Straatis
- 1971 Εσχάτη Προδοσία
- 1970 The Jungle of Cities as Frantzis
- 1967 Concert for Machine Guns as Agent
- 1971 The Revolutionary as Αυγουστής
- 1988 O kontos me to papaki as Theodore
- 1986 A Thief and a Gentleman as Arhelaos
- 1987 Young Lad at the School Desks as Mr. Kalavrezos
- 1984 Darling, Let's Get Naked! as Andreas
- 1960 Madalena as Giakoumis
- 2001 Stakaman! as Petros
- 1990 The Lover as Vyron
- 1971 The Daughter of the Sun as Stratos Karatzas
- 1971 Abuse of authority as Vasilis Apostolopoulos
- 1970 Lieutenant Natassa as Major
- 1969 I Neraida Kai to Palikari as kapetan Skandalakis
- 1969 Panic as Nikos
- 1967 Bullets Don't Come Back as Outlaw
- 1962 Confession of a Mother as Stathis
- 1986 Jobber crazy awesome girls as Policeman
- 1985 Tall, Thin and a Big Liar as Listarhos Karvelis
- 1967 The Asphalt Fever as Miltiadis Tsipouras
- 1988 Brain With Screw... And Valve!!! as Andreas Pirounis
- 1988 Robbers and insurers
- 1990 Tamtakos Lives! as Major
- 1967 Trouba '67 as Tsardas
- 1981 The Jackals as Manolis Anastasopoulos
- 1970 A Funny Girl as Παντελής
- 1973 The Constellation of Virgin as Leonidas
- 1968 Love and Blood as Theofilos Argouzis
- 1965 Ruthless as Thanasis
- 1989 The First Cup and Troteza as Noulis
- 1966 I blame the People as Matthaios Tsaltas
- 1966 Stefania as Armandos
- 1970 Astrapogiannos as Giamouris
- 1960 Hymnographer Kassiani
- 1989 The Omnipresent
- 1973 Maria in Silence as Antonis Vournas
- 1970 In the name of the law as Dimosthenis Evelpidis
- 1963 Amok as Minas
- 1988 Η μάνα της φόνισσας
- 1990 Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα as Markos, the drug dealer
- 1987 Conjugal Short Circuits as Nontas Skilakos
- 1985 O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido as Karolos Antypas
- 1970 A German in Kalavryta
- 1987 Τα ντερέκια
- 1966 Five Thousand Lies
- 1986 The Rider of F.M. Stereo as Markos Papastathis
- 1960 I am innocent
- 1982 The Red Train as Logothetis
- 1987 Agrafos nomos as Κυριάκος
- 1988 Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
- 1988 I Love You, Mitso as Vladimiros Iordanoglou
- 1987 To koritsi tou batsou
- 1987 The Black Bank banker lady
- 1988 Ena moro... gia treis
- 1988 Markisia tou limaniou
- 1990 Varvaros erastis
- 1960 At Hell's Door
- 1964 Lola as Μαύρος
- 1986 Μαντάμ Ορτάνς
- 2003 Liza and All the Others as παππούς
- 1964 Cyprus in Flames
- 1987 Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
- 1957 Of Fortune The Written
- 1955 The Beloved Of The Shepherdess
- 1986 Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε
- 1988 Ο παπαλεβέντης
- 1989 Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας
- 1987 Ο παπαφαγάνας
- 1988 Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;
- 1988 Fire in my pants
- 1989 Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
- 1989 Λούφες θρανία και τρελλά σχολεία
- 1988 The unmarried father
- 1987 Αετονύχηδες και χαζοπούλια
- 1987 Κλέβετε και προσεύχεσθε
- 1989 Ένας τίμιος απατεώνας
- 1988 Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης
- 1989 Ο παραχαράκτης
- 1986 Διακοπές και... πειρασμοί
- 2000 Αλίκη ( 20 episodes ) as Βασίλης (Πατέρας της Αλίκης)
- 1972 Monday's Theater ( 2 episodes )
- 2002 Τα Φιλαράκια ( 63 episodes ) as Priest
- 1984 Ο Θείος μας ο Μίμης ( 13 episodes ) as Λυκούργος
- 1977 I theatrina ( 33 episodes )
- 2004 Όλα στην Ταράτσα ( 22 episodes ) as Σαββίδης
- 1991 Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα ( 15 episodes ) as κ. Ράντεκ
- 1996 They and I ( 1 episode ) as Νικόδημος Παπατζάμης
