Andreas Filippides

Andreas Filippidis 6 January 1919 8 January 1989 was a Greek actor He was born in Athens in 1919 the son of musical theatre actor Manos Filippidis He was a graduate of the Drama School of the National Theatre and a final year student of the Law School of the University of Athens He made his stage debut in 1943 with Mrs Katerinas troupe in Eugene ONeills Strange Intermezzo playing the role of Gordon He played alongside Vasso Manolidou Mary Aroni Georgios Pappas and Dimitris Horn He worked at the National Theatre in leading roles from 1946 to 1957 at the State Theatre of Northern Greece and at the Free Theatre while for some years he served as a troupe leader He directed plays by Chekhov Molière Grigorios Xenopoulos and others while for 20 years he served as a professor at the Theodosiadis Drama School He has appeared in many Greek films He has also recorded several collaborations with radio and television After the dictatorship he was elected vicepresident of the Greek Actors Union Source Wikipedia