Alekos Alexandrakis
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Alekos Alexandrakis | |
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Born | |
Died | 8 November 2005 Athens, Greece | (aged 76)
Occupation | Actor |
Partner(s) | Nonika Galinea |
Awards | International Thessaloniki Film Festival Hellenic Association of Film Critics Award 1962: Thriamvos |
Alekos Alexandrakis (Greek: Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης; 27 November 1928 – 8 November 2005) was a famous Greek actor. He was known for his theatrical work as well as work in film and television. He died of lung cancer.[1]
Alexandrakis starred in more than 60 films, including Stella with the late Melina Mercouri in 1955, Laterna ftoheia kai filotimo (1955), Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965) and Oi Kyries tis avlis (1966). He also directed two films in the early 1960s.[1]
Filmography[]
Film[]
Title | Greek title | English title/translation | Year | Role | Notes |
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Χειροκροτήματα | Applause | 1944 | |||
Δυο κόσμοι | Two Worlds | 1949 | Giorgos | ||
Εκείνες που δεν πρέπει ν' αγαπούν | Those Who Must Not Love | 1951 | Pavlos | ||
Μια νύχτα στον Παράδεισο | One Night in Paradise | 1951 | Agis Damianos | ||
Η Αγνή του λιμανιού | Agnes of the Harbour | 1952 | Andreas | ||
Ο βαφτιστικός | The Godson | 1952 | Manos Kortasis | ||
Eva | Εύα | Eva | 1953 | Antinoos | |
Oi ouranoi einai dikoi mas | Οι ουρανοί είναι δικοί μας | The Skies Are Ours | 1953 | Tonis Varenthis | |
Stella | Στέλλα | Stella | 1955 | Alekos | |
Λατέρνα φτώχεια και φιλότιμο | Hurdy-Gurdy, Poverty, and Dignity | 1955 | Dimitris | ||
Το οργανάκι | The Hurdy-Gurdy | 1955 | Loris | ||
Κόκκινα τριαντάφυλλα | Red Roses | 1955 | Takis Drigos | ||
Agnostos | Άγνωστος | The Stranger | 1956 | Alkis Flerianos | |
Κατρακύλισμα | The Fall | 1956 | Telis | ||
Η θυσία της μάνας | The Mother's Sacrifice | 1956 | |||
To koritsi me ta paramythia | 1957 | Angelos | |||
Λατέρνα φτώχεια και γαρύφαλλο | Hurdy-Gurdy, Poverty, and Carnations | 1957 | Dimitris | ||
Μπαρμπαγιάννης ο κανατάς | Uncle John the Potter | 1957 | Loukas | ||
To agorokoritso | 1959 | Dimitris | |||
Rantevou stin Kerkyra | Ραντεβού στην Κέρκυρα | Rendez-vous in Corfu | 1960 | Andreas | |
To Klotsoskoufi | 1960 | Tzortzis Vengelis | |||
To nisi ton gennaion | 1960 | Manolis | |||
Egklima sta paraskinia | Έγκλημα στα παρασκήνια | Murder in the Wings | 1960 | journalist Makris | |
Eimai athoos | 1960 | Major Walsin-Esterhazy | |||
Συνοικία το όνειρο | Dream Neighbourhood | 1961 | Rikos | ||
Μάνα μου τον αγάπησα | Mother, I Loved Him | 1961 | |||
Ο θρίαμβος | The Triumph | 1962 | Stefanos Razis | ||
Horis taftotita | 1963 | Giannis Donaventis | |||
Η ψεύτρα | The Liar | 1963 | Thanos Sotiriou | ||
Ena koritsi gia dyo | 1963 | Kimon | |||
Iligos | 1963 | Nikos | |||
I Soferina | Η σωφερίνα | The Lady Driver | 1964 | Nikos Diamantidis | |
Το δόλωμα | The Decoy | 1964 | Babis Valeris | ||
Dis diefthyntis | 1964 | Alekos Samiotakis | |||
O metanastis | 1965 | Thanasos Rigas | |||
Επιστροφή | Return | 1965 | Dimitris Valentis | ||
Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia | 1965 | Andreas | |||
Vromiki polis | 1965 | Alexis Vilias | |||
Oi ehthroi | 1965 | Alekos Theoharis | |||
Oi kyries tis avlis | Οι κυρίες της αυλής | The Ladies of the Courtyard | 1966 | Nikos Alexiou | |
Σύντομο διάλειμμα | Brief Break | 1966 | Giannis Papadopoulos | ||
Δάκρυα για την Ηλέκτρα | Tears for Electra | 1966 | Giorgos | ||
Η αρτίστα | The Artist | 1966 | Dimitris Karamanis | ||
Μια Ιταλίδα απ΄ την Κυψέλη | An Italian from Kypseli | 1968 | Antonis | ||
Synnefiasmenoi orizontes | 1968 | Vangelis | |||
Οικογένεια Χωραφά | The Family Horafa | 1968 | Pantelis Horafas | ||
Afti pou den lygise | 1968 | Alekos | |||
Ta dyo podia s' ena papoutsi | 1969 | Giorgos | Voice | ||
Ξύπνα Βασίλη | Wake Up Vasili | 1969 | Manos Apostolou | ||
To nyfopazaro | 1969 | ||||
Ston ilingo tis zois | 1969 | Stelios Diamantis | |||
I diki enos athoou | 1969 | Vasilis Doranis | |||
Ο τελευταίος αιχμάλωτος | The Last Prisoner | 1970 | Dinos Kambas | ||
Όμορφες μέρες | Beautiful Days | 1970 | |||
Δεν υπάρχουν λιποτάκτες | There Are No Deserters | 1970 | Iasonas | ||
Παπαφλέσσας | Papaflessas | 1971 | Kanellos Deligiannis | ||
Αήττητος | Undefeated | 1971 | Kostas Valis | ||
Gia mia choufta Touristries | Για μια χούφτα τουρίστριες | A Fistful of Women Tourists | 1971 | Menelaos | |
Αγάπησα έναν αλήτη | I Loved a Tramp | 1971 | Alekos Raisis | ||
H κόμισσα της Κέρκυρας | The Countess of Corfu | 1972 | Sotiris Karelis | ||
Ιπποκράτης και δημοκρατία | Hippocrates and Democracy | 1972 | Periklis | ||
Η Μαρία της σιωπής | Silent Maria | 1973 | Grigoris | ||
O glaros | 1976 | ||||
O anthropos me to garyfallo | Ο άνθρωπος με το γαρύφαλλο | The Man With the Carnation | 1980 | Georgios Kartalis | |
Mia statheri sizigos | 1983 | ||||
Τα παιδιά της χελιδόνας | The Swallow's Children | 1987 | Markianos | ||
Η εκδίκηση του πατέρα | The Father's Revenge | 1990 | Phaethon | ||
Το φως που σβήνει | The Light That Fades | 2000 | Nikolas Soursoumis | ||
Μια μέρα τη νύχτα | One Day at Night | 2001 | Harilaos | (final film role) |
Television[]
Title | Hellenization | English name | Year | Role | Notes |
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O Paraksenos taksidiotis | Ο Παράξενος Ταξιδιωτης | Strange traveller | 1972 | strange traveller | |
Οι μυστικοί αρραβώνες | The Secret Engagement | 1979 | Nasos Anastis | ||
Ο χαρτοπαίχτης | The Cardplayer | 1990 | Nikos Vranas | ||
O fovos | Ο φόβος | The Fear | 1991 | Nikitas Veros | |
Πάθος | Passion | 1993 | Alexandros Verginas | ||
Οι δικηγόροι της Αθήνας | The lawyers of Athens | 1994 | Konstantinos Laskaridis | ||
I aithousa tou thronou | Η αίθουσα του θρόνου | The Throne Room | 1998 | Marinos Fleris | 16 episodes |
Ταξίμ | Taksim | 2000 | grandfather | ||
Να με προσέχεις | Take Care of Me | 2000 | grandfather |
Television series (as a guest star)[]
Title | Hellenization | English name | Year | Role | Episode | Hellenization | English name |
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Τμήμα ηθών | Vice Department | 1992 | Andreas Kanelos | Επικίνδυνο βελούδο | Dangerous Velvet | ||
Ανατομία ενός εγκλήματος | Anatomy of a Crime | 1994 | Γόρδιος δεσμός | Gordian Knot |
Movies (as a director)[]
Name | Hellenization | English name | Year |
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Θρίαμβος | - | 1960 | |
Συνοικία το όνειρο | - | 1961 |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Alekos Alexandrakis: a gifted gentleman of film and theater". Kathimerini. 10 November 2005. Retrieved 14 December 2010.
External links[]
Categories:
- 1928 births
- 2005 deaths
- Male actors from Athens
- Greek male film actors
- Greek male stage actors
- Greek male television actors
- Deaths from cancer in Greece
- Deaths from lung cancer