
Spyros Kalogirou
Biography
Spyros Kalogirou (Kypseli, 3 November 1922 - Athens, 27 June 2009) was a Greek theatre and film actor, best known for his villainous roles on the big screen. His trembling voice and fierce appearance were characteristic.
He acted in many films, both on television and in cinema, and when he played such roles he was very convincing. He also participated in many theatrical performances but did not have many collaborations with his wife, as she was at the National Theater and he was more involved with independent theater. After the '80s they formed their own troupe, staged performances and toured.
He acted in approximately two hundred plays and in all genres of theater, classical and contemporary writers, from theater of the absurd (Eugene Ionesco) to revue, but also in many of the Greek dramaturgy.
He first appeared in cinema in 1955 in Dimis Dadiras’ film O agapitikos tis voskopoulas. Since then, he has participated in more than 60 films, alongside the biggest names in Greek cinema. He appeared in about 55 films, including: Athens at Night, Stefania, Machine Gun Concerto, The Fairy and the Boy, The Blonde Teacher, Maria of Silence, The Man with the Carnation, and Stakaman. However, the film that left an era was Lola, in which Spyros Kalogirou had said the unforgettable phrase "There's a lot of money, Aris", to his then co-star Nikos Kourkoulos about the "eyes" of Jenny Karezi.
In 1966, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, he was awarded an honorary distinction for his performance in the short film Jimmy the Tiger by Pantelis Voulgaris, and in 1971, the film critics awarded him the Silver Apollo for his role in the film Abuse of Power. He was honored with the Golden Head of the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow. He also appeared in television series (Even Married People Have a Soul).
Acting (88 movies)

Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987

Érotas sta Kýmata
1988

Άγρια Πάθη
1967

Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο
1989

Υπέρ επείγον
1989

O kapetanios ki i horeftria
1989

O xemoramenos
1987

Jimmy the Tiger
1966

The little man
1969

Visibility Zero
1970

Athens by Night
1962

The Trial of the Judges
1974

Hands Up, Hitler
1962

O Katergaris
1971

The Craziest Star
1989

The Teacher with the Golden Hair
1969

The... victim
1969

Εσχάτη Προδοσία
1971

The Jungle of Cities
1970

Concert for Machine Guns
1967

The Revolutionary
1971

O kontos me to papaki
1988

A Thief and a Gentleman
1986

Young Lad at the School Desks
1987

Darling, Let's Get Naked!
1984

Madalena
1960

Stakaman!
2001

Ο Εραστής
1990

The Daughter of the Sun
1971

Abuse of authority
1971

Lieutenant Natassa
1970

I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969

Panic
1969

Bullets Don't Come Back
1967

Confession of a Mother
1962

Tall, Thin and a Big Liar
1985

The Asphalt Fever
1967

Εγκέφαλος Με Βίδα... Και Βαλβίδα!!!
1988

Ληστές και ασφαλιστές
1988

O Tamtakos Zei!
1990

Trouba '67
1967

Τα Τσακάλια
1981

A Funny Girl
1970

The Constellation of Virgin
1973

Love and Blood
1968

The Ruthless
1965

O protaris batsos kai i troteza
1989

I blame the People
1966

Stefania
1966

Astrapogiannos
1970

Hymnographer Kassiani
1960

The Omnipresent
1989

Maria in Silence
1973

In the name of the law
1970

Amok
1963

Η μάνα της φόνισσας
1988

Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
1990

Συζυγικά Βραχυκυκλώματα
1987

O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido
1985

A German in Kalavryta
1970

Τα ντερέκια
1987

Five Thousand Lies
1966

O kavalaris ton F.M. Stereo
1986

I am innocent
1960

The Red Train
1982

Agrafos nomos
1987

Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
1988

I Love You, Mitso
1988

To koritsi tou batsou
1987

I trapezitissa tis Black Bank
1987

Ena moro... gia treis
1988

Markisia tou limaniou
1988

Varvaros erastis
1990

At Hell's Door
1960

Lola
1964

Μαντάμ Ορτάνς
1986

Liza and All the Others
2003

Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες
1964

Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
1987

Of Fortune The Written
1957

The Beloved Of The Shepherdess
1955

Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε
1986

Ο παπαλεβέντης
1988

Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας
1989

Ο παπαφαγάνας
1987

Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;
1988

Φωτιά στα μπατζάκια μου
1988

Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
1989
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