Vagelis Protopapas
Vangelis Protopapas (Tinos 1917 - May 21, 1995) was a Greek actor. He was originally from Messolonghi and was the son of a senior judicial officer. His father, Dimitrios Protopapas, a first-instance judge and member of parliament, intended him to be a lawyer, but in his first year of law school he decided to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the National Theatre School where he enrolled in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1938 for military service, and graduated in 1942, with honors in the top ten. He was a friend of Dimitris Horn, with whom he graduated together, of the director Alexis Solomos, as well as of Melina Mercouri. He had important roles in the films A Hero in Slippers (1958), Santa Chikita (1953), The Fake Pound (1955), The Jealous Cat (1956), Miss 39 (1954), etc., all with Vasilis Logothetides, with whom he was closely friends, but also in the television series Police Officer Thanasis Papathanasis (1990), Androcles and His Lions (1985), etc. He was also the Director of the Municipal Theater of Argos. He participated in many television and radio series. E. Protopappas was also a painter, and left behind several works. (Source: Wikipedia)
The Yannis who became Tzonis
The Hunchback
The Wise Guy
(Grigoris)
Jealous like a Cat
(Markos Manolopoulos)
Marriage Lads
Anyone Else for Heaven?
(Father)
Trouble for Fathers
(Μικές)
A Ripple in the Pond
(Giorgos)
Santa Chikita
(Michalis)
No Harm's Done
(Vangelis)
The Germans Strike Again
(Zisis)
Koutroulis` Wedding
(Strovilis)
The Counterfeit Coin
(Dinos)
I Really Play the Man
(Nectarios)
Marina
(Waiter)
The Tough Guy
(Kalogirou)
Taste from Greece
A Young Miss... Aged 39
(Kriton Stefanis)
One But... Leon
(Stathis Froutakis Sr.)
A Hero in His Slippers
(Sotiris Lymberiadis)
Rena, ta resta sou!
Greedy for Everything
(Margaras)
Hungry and a gentleman
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
(Defence attorney)
The Swindlers
(Karameletis)
Alles ton protimoun gouli
(Ντίνος)
I Rita... kai to Ritaki
(Evripidis Daponte)
Thanasis, o vomvistis
(President)
Champion
(Haralambos)
The Big Nostril
O proikothiras kai to manouli
Thanasis in the country of Will
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
Erastis horis gynaika
(Παρασκευάς)
Σας έπιασα στα πράσα
Τράβα μου μια ...φωτογραφία
Καμαριέρα χωρίς καριέρα
Το κορίτσι του υποπλοιάρχου
Σιγανοπαπαδιά
Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή
Ο χαρτοπαίκτης και το χαμίνι
Μπρος στρατός και πίσω τρέλλα
(Leonidas)
Monday's Theater
(Θέμος)
Ο Ανδροκλής και τα λιοντάρια του
Το ξεκίνημα της φωτιάς: Ρόκκος Χοϊδάς
Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά
(Χρόνης)