Dionysis Papagiannopoulos

Dionysis Papagiannopoulos Greek Διονύσης Παπαγιαννόπουλος 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 Shakespeares King Lear He excelled in Shakespeares Hamlet as the Grave Digger and in Dimitris Psathas Fonazei o Kleftis as General Solon Karaleon 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 Source Wikipedia