Manos Katrakis

Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film.

Biography

Born in Kissamos, Cretan State, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work. His brother, Giannis, emigrated to North America. Manos played soccer during his youth for the Athinaikos football team and others.

Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori in 1943.

He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos.

In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films. In 1954, he met the dancer Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Since then they lived together and got married in 1979, which lasted up to his death. Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos.

Death and legacy Katrakis died at the age of 76 on 2 September 1984, from lung cancer; he had been an avid smoker for most of his life. He was survived by his wife, Linda Alma. Alma died in 1999 at the age of 72. In 2009 the Greek Post Office issued a €0,01 postage stamp in honor of Katrakis.

Selected filmography

To Lavaro tou '21 (1929) .... Dimos Etsi kaneis, san agapiseis (1931) O Agapitikos tis voskopoulas (1932) .... Liakos Prosopa lismonimena (1946) .... Nikos Markidis (voice, uncredited) Katadromi sto Aigaion (1946) .... Lt. Cdr. Giannis Raidis Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) .... German soldier (uncredited) Marinos Kontaras (1948) .... Marinos Kontaras I Floga tis eleftherias (1952) .... narrator (voice) Eva (1953) .... Alekos O dromos me tis akakies (1954) .... Hristos Vranas Magiki polis (1954) .... Narrator Antigone (1961) .... Creon Synoikia to Oneiro (1961) .... Nekroforas Flogera kai aima (1961) .... Stathis Vlahopanagos Electra (1963) .... tutor Thriamvos (1962) .... Bournokos Enas delikanis (1963) .... father O Adelfos Anna (1963) .... Father Vasileios The red lanterns (1963) .... Kapetan Nikolas Athoa i enohi? (1963) .... Alekos Prodosia (1964) .... Professor Viktor Kastriotis Diogmos (1964) Oi Epikindynoi (1964) Enomenoi sti zoi kai sto thanato (1964) .... Captain Seratos To Bloko (1965) O Metanastis (1965) Istoria mias zois (1965) .... Mikes Papadimas Blood on the land (1966) .... father Hormovas Sparagmos (1965) O Epanastatis (1965) Katigoro tous anthropous (1966) .... Elefterios Dimitropoulos I Exodos tou Mesolongiou (1966) Dakrya gia tin Ilektra (1966) .... Tassos Petridis Tora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi (1966) Sklavoi tis moiras (1966) .... Mr. Delipetrou O Katatregmenos (1966) .... Labros Sarioglou Mazi sou, gia panta (1966) Erotas stin kafti ammo (1966) .... Nikolas Eho dikaioma na s' agapo! (1966) Aihmalotoi tou pepromenou (1966) .... Hristos Aharisti (1966) Kontserto gia polyvola (1967) .... General Dareios Ti ki an gennithika ftohos (1967) .... Mr. Razis O Labiris enantion ton paranomon (1967) To Kanoni kai t' aidoni (1968) I Leoforos tou misous (1968) .... Legatos Xerizomeni genia (1968) .... Manthos Tosa oneira stous dromous (1968) .... Mose Aron Tha kano petra tin kardia mou (1968) .... Pantelis Mia mera, o pateras mou (1968) Katigoroumeni, apologisou (1968) Jane Eyre (1968) .... Edward Rodgester I Lygeri (1968) .... Konstadis Matrozos I Kardia enos aliti (1968) .... Manos Sarris As me krinoun oi gynaikes (1968) .... Angelos Bartis Kynigimeni prosfygopoula (1969) .... Argyris Prosfygas, O (1969) .... Thanasis Daoutis Koureli tis zois (1969) .... Yiannis Romanis Kakos, psyhros ki anapodos (1969) .... Alekos Valiris I Thysia mias gynaikas (1969) I Sfragida tou Theou (1969) .... Yiannis I Ora tis alitheias (1969) I Leoforos tis prodosias (1969) .... Brig. Gen. Gerakaris Gia tin timi kai gia ton erota (1969) .... Pavlos Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta (1969) .... Stavros Karapanos Oratotis miden (1970) .... Horst Richter Aftoi pou milisan me ton thanato (1970) .... Lykourgos Venetis I Zougla ton poleon (1970) .... Lysias Sekeris To Teleftaio fili (1970) Ores agapis, ores polemou (1970) Katigoro tous dynatous (1970) .... Labros Kontarinis Esena mono agapo (1970) .... Vyronas Derkos Katahrisis exousias (1971) Me fovon kai pathos (1972) .... Alexandros Viaskos I Aliki diktator (1972) .... Eleftherios (uncredited) Horis syneidisi (1972) .... Kostas Dellis Antartes ton poleon (1972) .... Fotis's father Oi Prostates (1973) .... Petros Rallis I Fonissa (1974) .... narrator (voice) I Diki ton dikaston (1974) .... Theodoros Kolokotronis Mado mavrogenous (1974) Kravgi gynaikon (1978) .... Kreon O Ilios tou thanatou (1978) .... Papa-Giannis O Efialtis (1978) Eleftherios Venizelos (1980) .... Petros O Anthropos me to garyfallo (1980) .... Nikolaos Plastiras Voyage to Cythera (1984) .... Spyros Ta Hronia tis thyellas (1984) .... old man (final film role)