Gus Trikonis

Kostas "Gus" Tritchonis (born November 21, 1937) is a Greek-American actor, dancer, and director.

Career Trikonis began his career as an actor and dancer, notably appearing in the 1961 film West Side Story as Indio, one of the "Sharks", His films included The Student Body.

From the 1980s to the mid-1990s Trikonis mostly directed television series. He directed episodes of television series including Baywatch, The Flash, Quantum Leap, Hunter, Beauty and the Beast and Wiseguy.

Personal life Trikonis was married to actress Goldie Hawn from 1969 to 1976; he was her first husband and they have the same birthday (in different years). He was later married to costume designer Barbara Andrews from 1978 until her death in 2012 and they had one child together: a son Nicolas, born in 1981. His sister Gina also appeared in West Side Story as Graziella, Riff's girlfriend, later becoming a costumer and costume/wardrobe supervisor.

Filmography Actor Year Title Role Notes 1960 Bajour Steve 1961 West Side Story Indio 1963 The Alfred Hitchcock Hour Gordie Sykes Episode "Diagnosis Danger" 1964 The Unsinkable Molly Brown Joe Pajama Party Pajame Boy #13 1966 The Sand Pebbles Restorff 1967 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre Rio 1968 The Hellcats Scorpio

Director (selection) Five the Hard Way / The Sidehackers (1969) Supercock (1975) The Swinging Barmaids (1975) The Student Body (1976) Nashville Girl (1976) Moonshine County Express (1977) The Evil (1978) She's Dressed to Kill (1979) (TV movie) Touched by Love (1980) Elvis and the Beauty Queen (1981) TV movie) Take This Job and Shove It (1981) Dance of the Dwarfs (1983) Malice in Wonderland (1985)