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.
The Ogre of Athens
(Hondros)
Provocation
(Eirini's father)
Η ζωή ενός ανθρώπου
The Dressmaker
Η ζωή μου στα χέρια σου
Το κορίτσι του "17"
Το σπίτι των ανέμων
(Argyris Iordanidis)
Two Grapes
As the bride and groom wish
The Big Streets
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
(kapetan Vrontakis)
Thanos and Despina
(Haralambos)
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
(Αγησίλαος)
The Child of the Street
(Phaedon)
The Drawer of Sin
Love on a Horse
(Alexis)
The Harbor Bum
(police officer)
Dating Agency
(Pipis)
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
(Mihalis (taxi driver))
The Constellation of Virgin
(Boulis)
Dead City
(Lambros)
Love and Blood
(Nestoras Gerakas)
Abuse of authority
(Arxigos)
Love In The Dunes
(Father)
Astrapogiannos
(Konstadis Velousis)
Joe, the Amazing
(boss)
Pavlos Melas
In the name of the law
(Forensic Surgeon)
To Our Teacher, with Love
(Thanasis Liapis)
Poverty
(Keti's father)
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
The She-Wolf
(Manousos)
Η ανταρσία των 10
Antigone
(Sentry)
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
(Gerasimos Lahanatos)
The fate of the innocent
(Nikolas)
I am innocent
(Emile Zola)
Triantafyllo ki agathi
Rose and Thorn: Part II
O orkos tou misous
Μας ενώνει ο πόνος
(Markos)
Attik's Street Organ
Λουίζα
For the Love of my Child
Sinful Women of the Night
For the love of the shepherdess
Those who forgot God
Ματωμένη γη
Ο γυρολόγος
Δέσπω
Ματωμένα στέφανα
Καραγκούνα
Η αρχόντισσα του λιμανιού
Loxandra
(Δημητρός)
Παράξενο σπίτι
O Hristos xanastavronetai
(Αγάς)