Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 03, 1922
Died
Jun 27, 2009
Place of Birth
Athens, Greece
Credits
105 titles
Spyros Kalogirou
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). (Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
Όλα στην Ταράτσα
Σαββίδης
Liza and All the Others
παππούς
Τα Φιλαράκια
Priest
Stakaman!
Petros
Αλίκη
Βασίλης (Πατέρας της Αλίκης)
They and I
Νικόδημος Παπατζάμης
Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα
κ. Ράντεκ
The Lover
Vyron
Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
Markos, the drug dealer
Varvaros erastis
Tamtakos Lives!
Major
The First Cup and Troteza
Noulis
Υπέρ επείγον
Ο παραχαράκτης
Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο
Λούφες θρανία και τρελλά σχολεία
Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας
Ένας τίμιος απατεώνας
The Craziest Star
The Captain and Dancer
Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
The Omnipresent
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
I Love You, Mitso
Vladimiros Iordanoglou
Ο παπαλεβέντης
Robbers and insurers
Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;
Fire in my pants
Ena moro... gia treis
Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης
Markisia tou limaniou
Brain With Screw... And Valve!!!
Andreas Pirounis
O kontos me to papaki
Theodore
The unmarried father
Love in Waves
Agrafos nomos
Κυριάκος
Ο παπαφαγάνας
O xemoramenos
Kyriakos
Young Lad at the School Desks
Mr. Kalavrezos
Τα ντερέκια
Κλέβετε και προσεύχεσθε
Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
Αετονύχηδες και χαζοπούλια
Επιχείρηση προίκα
To koritsi tou batsou
The Black Bank banker lady
Conjugal Short Circuits
Nontas Skilakos
The Rider of F.M. Stereo
Markos Papastathis
A Thief and a Gentleman
Arhelaos