Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos (; 12 July 1912 – 13 April 1984) was a Greek actor. He was born in Diakopto in the northeastern part of Achaea in 1912. He studied at the Drama School of the National Theatre of Greece (Ethniko Theatro) in Athens and made his stage debut in 1938, appearing as the Knight in William Shakespeare's King Lear. He excelled in Shakespeare's Hamlet as the Grave Digger and in Dimitris Psathas' Fonazei o Kleftis as General Solon Karaleon.

Stage and screen Dionysis Papagiannopoulos acted in all types of plays and appeared in more than 120 films in supporting and leading roles. One of his leading roles in cinema was O Kyr Giorgis Ekpaidevetai (Mr. Giorgis is being educated) (1977) which was the last film made by Finos Film and marked the end of an era. He also worked for television. One of his biggest successes was his role once again as Mr Giorgis for the television show Louna Park. He was generally considered as an actor with an enormous talent and incredible acting techniques. He always left a strong impression in all the roles he had, comical and dramatic. Remarkable was his work in the play To Megalo mas Tsirko by Iakovos Kambanelis, in which he portrayed Theodoros Kolokotronis, Eleftherios Venizelos and Karagiozis. Also he left a very good impression for his work in his last film, Voyage to Cythera directed by the famous Theo Angelopoulos.

He died suddenly at the age of 71, in his apartment on Alexandras Avenue, today to the Metro Station Ampelokipoi region, due to a stroke. The people of Diakopto erected a statue in his memory, although, during his life, some had opposed him due to political issues.

Filmography

Ta paidia tis Athinas (1947) .... Thanos Matomena Hristougenna (1951) .... Condemned To pontikaki (1954) .... Argyris To stavrodromi tou pepromenou (1954) Joe the Menace (1955) .... Chimpanzee Stella (1955) .... Mitsos Dva zrna grozdja (1955) Tis tyhis ta grammena (1957) Tria paidia Voliotika (1957) Opou ftoheia kai filotimo (1957) We Have Only One Life (1958) .... Daoglou Haroumenoi alites (1958) .... Tenoro de Fiasko O anemos tou misous (1958) Mia Italida stin Ellada (1958) Eglima sto Kolonaki (1959) .... Delios Stournara 288 (1959) .... Agisilaos Papafronimopoulos Erotikes istories (1959) .... Husband of Lambrini O Ilias tou 16ou (1959) .... Labros Maiden's Cheek (1959) .... Makrydakis O Giannos ki i Pagona (1959) O Ali Pasas kai i kyra Frosyni (1959) .... Ali Pasas I Liza toskase (1959) .... Mr. Papadeas Epistrofi ap' to metopo (1959) Enas vlakas kai misos (1959) .... Sotiris Karamaounas Bouboulina (1959) .... Mohamed To koroidaki tis despoinidos (1960) .... Telis Karalis To megalo kolpo (1960) .... Isidoros Mia tou klefti (1960) .... Pafsanias I Hionati kai ta 7 gerontopallikara (1960) .... Stylianos To nisi tis agapis (1960) .... Alexis Amartola niata (1960) .... Simademenos I zoi mou arhizei me sena (1961) .... Commander Myrtia (1961) .... Tsakalos Exo oi kleftes (1961) .... Kleanthis Kleftodimos Pagida (1962) Irthes arga (1962) .... Alexis To koritsi tou lohou (1962) .... Vasilis Georgiou Ta hristougenna tou aliti (1962) .... Varanis Pote de se xehasa (1962) .... Telis O andras tis gynaikas mou (1962) .... Psychiatrist Klapse, ftohi mou kardia (1962) Exomologisis mias miteras (1962) .... Vlasis Angeloi tou pezodromiou (1962) Agni kai atimasmeni (1962) .... Miranda's Father I pseftra (1963) .... Mr. Delipetros Enas delikanis (1963) .... Mayor Htypokardia sto thranio (1963) .... Mr. Nikiteas To gelio vgike ap' ton Paradeiso (1963) .... Xenophon Haritidis Skandala sto nisi tou erota (1963) Osa kryvei i nyhta (1963) O kos pterarhos (1963) .... Karatzovas O adelfos mou... o trohonomos (1963) .... Kosmas Karabismanis Lola (1964) .... Stelios I villa ton orgion (1964) .... Lieutenant I soferina (1964) .... Judge Despoinis diefthyntis (1964) .... Mr. Thomas Vasileiou Oi paides (1964) O gyrismos tis manas (1964) .... Zafeiris An eheis tyhi (1964) .... Alekos Alygisti sti zoi (1964) Fonazei o kleftis (1965) .... Solonas Karaleontas Mia trelli... trelli oikogeneia (1965) .... Stelios Yparhei kai filotimo (1965) .... Thodoros Grouezas Merikes to protimoun haki (1965) Kane me prothypourgo (1965) .... Kimon Ftohos ekatommyriouhos (1965) Exileosi (1965) Jenny Jenny (1966) .... Kosmas Skoutaris Dancing the Sirtaki (1966) .... Lefteris Oi kyries tis avlis (1966) .... Nondas O xypolytos pringips (1966) .... Klearhos Oloi oi andres einai idioi (1966) .... Menelaos O babas mou, o teddyboys (1966) .... Mr. Foteinos I adelfi mou thelei xylo (1966) .... Mr. Fragopoulos Fouskothalassies (1966) .... Nikolis Sfakianos Ah! Kai na 'moun andras (1966) .... Othon Belalis 5.000 psemmata (1966) .... Aristeidis Fesarlis Gabros ap' to Londino (1967) .... Kyriakos O ahortagos (1967) .... Mihalis Kapantais Kati kourasmena pallikaria (1967) .... Dr. Spiros O gabros mou, o proikothiras (1967) .... Eftichios Chrysos I paihnidiara (1967) .... Yakoumis Lorentzos Gia tin kardia tis oraias Elenis (1967) .... Kleon Karamouzis Erotes sti Lesvo (1967) An milouse to parelthon mou (1967) .... Leonidas Stergiou O pseftis (1968) .... Thomas Argyriou To kanoni kai t' aidoni (1968) .... Triandafyllou O Mikes pantrevetai (1968) .... Panagiotis Sinaxaridis Enas ippotis gia ti Vasoula (1968) .... Captain Fatouros Mermaids and Rascals (1968) .... Mr. Athanasiou Gia poion htypa i... koudouna (1968) .... Apostolis Labirikos I arhontissa ki o alitis (1968) .... Mr. Katsaros Poly arga gia dakrya (1968) .... Mr. Menandros Oikogeneia Horafa (1968) .... Deranged Scientist Enas kleftis me filotimo (1968) .... Thanasis Empaine, Kitso! (1968) Doktor Zi-Vengos (1968) .... Apostolos O gois (1969) .... John Christian I neraida kai to palikari (1969) .... Fourtounakis Xypna, koroido (1969) .... Kyriakos Balores To nyfopazaro (1969) O anthropos pou gyrise apo ta piata (1969) .... Spyros Lounas Gia ena tagari dollaria (1969) .... Jenny's Father Gabros ap' ti Gastouni (1969) .... Periklis Karabisbikis Ena asyllipto koroido (1969) .... Mr. Haroupoglou Zitountai gabroi me proika (1970) .... Evripidis Strouthambelos Trella koritsia, apithana agoria (1970) .... Nionios Hionatos O trellos tis plateias Agamon (1970) .... John Agras Omorfes meres (1970) .... Pantelaras O daskalakos itan leventia (1970) .... Babis Hanos O apithanos (1970) .... Thomas Karalis Natane to 13 napefte se mas! (1970) .... Tzevelakos Giakoumis, mia romeiki kardia (1970) .... Grantis Enas hippis me tsarouhia (1970) .... Pelopidas O epanastatis popolaros (1971) .... Dimaras Kafta... psyhra ki anapoda (1971) .... Kleanthis Toboglou I zavoliara (1971) Enas xenoiastos palaviaris (1971) .... Nikiforos Diakopes stin Kypro mas (1971) .... Hatzigiannis Lysistrata (1972) .... Provoulos O magas me to trikyklo (1972) .... Papanastasiou Yperohes nyfes... koroida gabroi! (1972) .... Arhelaos Pio trelloi ki ap' tous trellous (1972) .... Pelopidas O Patouhas (1972) .... Saitonikolis O monahogios mou o... agathiaris (1972) .... Kleanthis An imoun plousios! (1972) .... Aristeidis Tsitsis O tsarlatanos (1973) .... Mpalamoutis Louna Park, To (1974, TV Series) .... Kyr-Yorgis Enas nomotagis politis (1974) O Kyr Giorgis ekpaidevetai (1977) .... Giorgis Kollas Kathenas me tin trella tou (1980) .... Iordanis Koroido Romie! (1981) .... Fotis Firikis Voyage to Cythera (1984) .... Antonis (final film role)