Vasilis Diamantopoulos

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Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος; 15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play "Him and his pants" of Iakovos Kambanellis in 1966. His most characteristic role was that of the austere professor in Giannis Dalianidis' movie Law 4000 and later in shorts including in private TV.

Biography[]

He was born in Piraeus and studied at and at the National Theatre's schools as well as . He ran together along with in 1956 at the New Theatre/Theater and in 1993 at the Different Theatre. He returned to Greece from Paris in 1970 and took part in several different companies, he also took part at the . He also participated in many film and television productions, oppositely took part at the Dramatic Schools at the National Theatre and at Art School. His last years was a member of a hypocrite art factory for young actors. He died in Athens in 1999 from a heart attack at the due to his head fracture at the left femur which triggered from the fall. He is buried at the First .^[1]

Personal life[]

He was married twice, firstly to the actress ^[2] with whom he had a daughter and secondly to the actress with whom he had a son.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Television[]

References[]

External links[]

• Vasilis Diamantopoulos at IMDb
• Filmography at retrodb.gr
• Photos of the actor and filmography at 90lepta.com (in Greek)