Dinos Iliopoulos

Dinos Iliopoulos Greek Ντίνος Ηλιόπουλος 12 June 1913 4 June 2001 was a Greek actor He was one of the most prevalent filmtheater actors in Greece He was born in Alexandria Egypt in 1913 A few years later his family moved to Marseille and there he finished high school He permanently relocated to Greece in 1935 at the age of 22 started studying at the Berkshire High Commercial School in Athens and also studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis In 1944 he made his stage debut at the Katerina Andreadi Theatre with the play of Leo Lenzs Lady I Love You and in cinema he debuted in 1948 in the film 100000 Pounds In 1963 he became theatrical entrepreneur founded his own theatre Gloria Γκλόρια at Ippokratous Street in Athens He played in more than 70 films usually as leading actor In 1956 he starred in the film O Drakos The Ogre of Athens that is considered as one of the ten best Greek films of all times by Greek Film Critics Association Other important roles of his were in the films Ζiteitai Pseftis Thanasakis o Politevomenos Makrykostaioi kai Kondogiorgides O Atsidas To Koroidaki tis Despoinidas Kyries tis Avlis Stournara 288 My Friend Lefterakis and others From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia