Spyros Kalogirou

Spyros Kalogirou (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).

Cast

Επιχείρηση προίκα

Érotas sta Kýmata

Άγρια Πάθη

Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο

Υπέρ επείγον

O kapetanios ki i horeftria

O xemoramenos

(Kyriakos)

Jimmy the Tiger

(Jimmy the Tiger)

The little man

(Panagiotis)

Visibility Zero

(Irodotos Richter)

Athens by Night

The Trial of the Judges

(Minister Shinas)

Hands Up, Hitler

(Periklis)

O Katergaris

(Ploutarhos Varnis)

The Craziest Star

The Teacher with the Golden Hair

(Sotiris Garbis)

The... victim

(Straatis)

The Jungle of Cities

(Frantzis)

Εσχάτη Προδοσία

Concert for Machine Guns

(Agent)

The Revolutionary

(Αυγουστής)

O kontos me to papaki

(Theodore)

A Thief and a Gentleman

(Arhelaos)

Young Lad at the School Desks

(Mr. Kalavrezos)

Darling, Let's Get Naked!

(Andreas)

Lieutenant Natassa

(Major)

Jobber crazy awesome girls

(Policeman)

Bullets Don't Come Back

(Outlaw)

Abuse of authority

(Vasilis Apostolopoulos)

Ο Εραστής

(Vyron)

Stakaman!

(Petros)

The Daughter of the Sun

(Stratos Karatzas)

Panic

(Nikos)

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

(kapetan Skandalakis)

Confession of a Mother

(Stathis)

Madalena

(Giakoumis)

Tall, Thin and a Big Liar

(Listarhos Karvelis)

The Asphalt Fever

(Miltiadis Tsipouras)

Εγκέφαλος Με Βίδα... Και Βαλβίδα!!!

(Andreas Pirounis)

Ληστές και ασφαλιστές

O Tamtakos Zei!

(Major)

Trouba '67

(Tsardas)

Τα Τσακάλια

(Manolis Anastasopoulos)

A Funny Girl

(Παντελής)

The Constellation of Virgin

(Leonidas)

Love and Blood

(Theofilos Argouzis)

The Ruthless

(Thanasis)

O protaris batsos kai i troteza

(Noulis)

I blame the People

(Matthaios Tsaltas)

Stefania

(Armandos)

Astrapogiannos

(Giamouris)

Hymnographer Kassiani

The Omnipresent

Maria in Silence

(Antonis Vournas)

In the name of the law

(Dimosthenis Evelpidis)

Amok

(Minas)

Η μάνα της φόνισσας

Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα

(Markos, the drug dealer)

Συζυγικά Βραχυκυκλώματα

(Nontas Skilakos)

O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido

(Karolos Antypas)

A German in Kalavryta

Τα ντερέκια

Five Thousand Lies

O kavalaris ton F.M. Stereo

(Markos Papastathis)

I am innocent

The Red Train

(Logothetis)

Agrafos nomos

(Κυριάκος)

Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα

I Love You, Mitso

(Vladimiros Iordanoglou)

To koritsi tou batsou

I trapezitissa tis Black Bank

Ena moro... gia treis

Markisia tou limaniou

Varvaros erastis

At Hell's Door

Lola

(Μαύρος)

Μαντάμ Ορτάνς

Liza and All the Others

(παππούς)

Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες

Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!

Of Fortune The Written

The Beloved Of The Shepherdess

Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε

Ο παπαλεβέντης

Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας

Ο παπαφαγάνας

Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;

Φωτιά στα μπατζάκια μου

Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου

Λούφες θρανία και τρελλά σχολεία

Αλίκη

(Βασίλης (Πατέρας της Αλίκης))

Monday's Theater

Τα Φιλαράκια

(Priest)

Ο Θείος μας ο Μίμης

(Λυκούργος)

I theatrina

Όλα στην Ταράτσα

(Σαββίδης)

Και Εύθυμη και Χήρα

(κ. Ράντεκ)