Vagelis Protopapas
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 1, 1917
- Died
- May 21, 1995 (aged 78)
- Birthplace
- Tinos, Greece
Biography
Vangelis Protopapas (Greek: Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας, Tinos 1917 - May 21, 1995) was a Greek actor. He was originally from Messolonghi and was the son of a senior judicial officer. His father, Dimitrios Protopapas, a first-instance judge and member of parliament, intended him to be a lawyer, but in his first year of law school he decided to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the National Theatre School where he enrolled in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1938 for military service, and graduated in 1942, with honors in the top ten. He was a friend of Dimitris Horn, with whom he graduated together, of the director Alexis Solomos, as well as of Melina Mercouri. He had important roles in the films A Hero in Slippers (1958), Santa Chikita (1953), The Fake Pound (1955), The Jealous Cat (1956), Miss 39 (1954), etc., all with Vasilis Logothetides, with whom he was closely friends, but also in the television series Police Officer Thanasis Papathanasis (1990), Androcles and His Lions (1985), etc. He was also the Director of the Municipal Theater of Argos. He participated in many television and radio series. E. Protopappas was also a painter, and left behind several works. (Source: Wikipedia)
Known For
Filmography
Μια Απίθανη Γιαγιά
TV · as Χρόνης · 18 eps
Προσοχή! Μας βάλανε μπόμπα...
Movie · as President
Hungry and a gentleman
Movie
I Rita... kai to Ritaki
Movie · as Evripidis Daponte
Champion
Movie · as Haralambos
Καμαριέρα χωρίς καριέρα
Movie
Ο χαρτοπαίκτης και το χαμίνι
Movie
Ο χασοδίκης
Movie
One But... Leon
Movie · as Stathis Froutakis Sr.
Thanasis in the country of Will
Movie
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
Movie
Σιγανοπαπαδιά
Movie
Μπρος στρατός και πίσω τρέλλα
Movie · as Leonidas
Σας έπιασα στα πράσα
Movie
Τράβα μου μια ...φωτογραφία
Movie
Το κορίτσι του υποπλοιάρχου
Movie
Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή
Movie
The Yannis who became Tzonis
Movie
Alles ton protimoun gouli
Movie · as Ντίνος
O proikothiras kai to manouli
Movie
Erastis horis gynaika
Movie · as Παρασκευάς
Rena, ta resta sou!
Movie
To Glyfitzouri
Movie
Ο Ανδροκλής και τα λιοντάρια του
TV · 26 eps
Anyone Else for Heaven?
Movie · as Father
I Really Play the Man
Movie · as Nectarios
Το ξεκίνημα της φωτιάς: Ρόκκος Χοϊδάς
TV · 1 ep
The Big Nostril
Movie
Taste from Greece
Movie
Monday's Theater
TV · as Θέμος · 1 ep
The Hunchback
Movie
Marriage Lads
Movie
The Wise Guy
Movie · as Grigoris
Koutroulis` Wedding
Movie · as Strovilis
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
Movie · as Defence attorney
The Tough Guy
Movie · as Kalogirou
A Hero in His Slippers
Movie · as Sotiris Lymberiadis
Trouble for Fathers
Movie · as Μικές
Jealous like a Cat
Movie · as Markos Manolopoulos
No Harm's Done
Movie · as Vangelis
The Counterfeit Coin
Movie · as Dinos
A Young Miss... Aged 39
Movie · as Kriton Stefanis
The Swindlers
Movie · as Karameletis
Santa Chikita
Movie · as Michalis
A Ripple in the Pond
Movie · as Giorgos
Greedy for Everything
Movie · as Margaras
The Germans Strike Again
Movie · as Zisis
Marina
Movie · as Waiter