Spyros Kalogirou
Acting
- Born:
- 1922-11-03
- Died:
- 2009-06-27
- 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). (Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
Όλα στην Ταράτσα
Liza and All the Others
Τα Φιλαράκια
Stakaman!
Αλίκη
They and I
Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα
The Lover
Tamtakos Lives!
Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
Varvaros erastis
The First Cup and Troteza
Υπέρ επείγον
Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο
The Captain and Dancer
The Craziest Star
The Omnipresent
Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας
Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
Λούφες θρανία και τρελλά σχολεία
Ένας τίμιος απατεώνας
Ο παραχαράκτης
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
I Love You, Mitso
Love in Waves
O kontos me to papaki
Brain With Screw... And Valve!!!
Robbers and insurers
Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
Ena moro... gia treis
Markisia tou limaniou
Ο παπαλεβέντης
Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;
Fire in my pants
The unmarried father
Η ντίβα και ο πρωτάρης
Agrafos nomos
Επιχείρηση προίκα
O xemoramenos
Young Lad at the School Desks
Conjugal Short Circuits
Τα ντερέκια
To koritsi tou batsou
The Black Bank banker lady
Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
Ο παπαφαγάνας
Αετονύχηδες και χαζοπούλια
Κλέβετε και προσεύχεσθε
Η στρίγγλα ήταν άγγελος
The Rider of F.M. Stereo
A Thief and a Gentleman
Jobber crazy awesome girls
Μαντάμ Ορτάνς
Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε
Διακοπές και... πειρασμοί
Tall, Thin and a Big Liar
O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido
Ο Θείος μας ο Μίμης
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
The Red Train
The Jackals
I theatrina
The Trial of the Judges
The Constellation of Virgin
Maria in Silence
Monday's Theater
The Daughter of the Sun
Εσχάτη Προδοσία
O Katergaris
The Revolutionary
Abuse of authority
Lieutenant Natassa
A Funny Girl
A German in Kalavryta
Astrapogiannos
The Jungle of Cities
In the name of the law
Visibility Zero
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
The little man
Panic
The Teacher with the Golden Hair
The... victim
Love and Blood
The Asphalt Fever
Bullets Don't Come Back
Concert for Machine Guns
Trouba '67
Άγρια Πάθη
Five Thousand Lies
I blame the People
Stefania
Jimmy the Tiger
Ruthless
Lola
Cyprus in Flames
Amok
Confession of a Mother
Hands Up, Hitler
Athens by Night
Madalena
Hymnographer Kassiani
I am innocent
At Hell's Door
Of Fortune The Written
The Beloved Of The Shepherdess