Manos Katrakis

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Manos Katrakis (August 14, 1909 in Kastelli (Kissamos), Crete - September 2, 1984) was a Greek stage and screen actor.

He was the youngest of five children and his parents were Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. He moved to Athens when he was 10 because his father's work wasn't going well. His brother, Yiannis Katrakis, emigrated to North America.

He played soccer during his childhood and played for the Athinaikos football team among others.

Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the National Theatre in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori at the age of 35.

During the Greek Civil War of 1946-1949 he was exiled in Makronisos.

In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos and his work was slow. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films.

In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (a pseudonym of Eleni Malioufa) shortly after the theatrical premiere.

He was an avid smoker for most of his life, something which eventually led to his death. Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the journey to Kythera/Kythira with the director Theo Angelopoulos. He died at the age of 75 on September 2, 1984 following a period of declining health.

Filmography

  • To Lavaro tou '21 (1929) .... Dimos
  • Etsi kaneis, san agapiseis (1931)
  • O Agapitikos tis voskopoulas (1932) .... Liakos
  • Katadromi sto Aigaion (1946) .... Raidis
  • Marinos Kontaras (1948) .... Marinos Kontaras
  • Oi Germanoi xanarhontai... (1948) .... German soldier
  • I Floga tis eleftherias (1952) .... narrator
  • Eva (1953) .... Alekos
  • Magiki polis (1954)
  • O Dromos me tis akakies (1956) .... Christos Vranas
  • Flogera kai aima (1956) .... Stathis Vlachopanagos
  • Antigone (1961) .... Creon
  • Synoikia to Oneiro (1961) .... Nekroforas
  • Electra (1963) .... tutor
  • Thriamvos (1962) .... Bournokos
  • The red lanterns (1963) .... Kapetan Nikolas
  • Athoa i enohi? (1963) .... Alekos
  • Enas delikanis (1963) .... father
  • O Adelfos Anna (1963) .... Father Vasilios
  • Oi Epikindynoi (1964)
  • Enomenoi sti zoi kai sto thanato (1964) .... Captain Seratos
  • Prodosia (1964) .... Professor Viktor Kastriotis
  • Diogmos (1964).... village priest
  • O Epanastatis (1965)
  • O Metanastis (1965)
  • Istoria mias zois (1965) .... Mikes Papadimas
  • To bloko (1965)
  • Tora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi (1966)
  • Sklavoi tis moiras (1966) .... Mr. Delipetrou
  • Mazi sou, gia panta (1966)
  • Katigoro tous anthropous (1966) .... Elefterios Dimitropoulos
  • O Katatregmenos (1966) .... Lambros Sarioglou
  • To Homa vaftike kokkino (1966) .... father Hormovas
  • Erotas stin kafti ammo (1966) .... Nikolas
  • Eho dikaioma na s' agapo! (1966)
  • Dakrya gia tin Ilektra (1966) .... Tassos Petridis
  • Aichmalotoi tou pepromenou (1966) .... Christos
  • Acharisti (1966)
  • I Exodos tou Mesolongiou (1966)
  • Ti ki an gennithika ftohos (1967) .... Mr. Razis
  • O Labiris enantion ton paranomon (1967)
  • Kontserto gia polyvola (1967) .... General Dareios
  • Xerizomeni genia (1968) .... Manthos
  • Tosa oneira stous dromous (1968) .... Moshe Aron
  • Tha kano petra tin kardia mou (1968) .... Pantelis
  • Mia mera, o pateras mou (1968)
  • I Lygeri (1968) .... Konstadis Matrozos
  • I Leoforos tou misous (1968)
  • Katigoroumeni, apologisou (1968)
  • I Kardia enos aliti (1968)
  • To Kanoni kai t' aidoni (1968)
  • Jane Eyre (1968) .... Edward Rodgester
  • As me krinoun oi gynaikes (1968) .... Angelos Bartis
  • I Thysia mias gynaikas (1969)
  • I Sfragida tou Theou (1969) .... Yiannis
  • O Prosfygas (1969) .... Thanasis Daoutis
  • I Ora tis alitheias (1969)
  • I Leoforos tis prodosias (1969) .... Brig. Gen. Gerakaris
  • Kynigimeni prosfygopoula (1969) .... Argyris
  • Koureli tis zois (1969)
  • Kakos, psychros ki anapodos (1969) .... Alekos Valiris
  • Gia tin timi kai gia ton erota (1969) .... Pavlos
  • Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta (1969) .... Stavros Karapanos
  • I Zougla ton poleon (1970) .... Lysias Sekeris
  • To Teleftaio fili (1970)
  • Ores agapis, ores polemou (1970)
  • Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta (1970) .... Stavros Karapanos
  • Oratotis miden (1970) .... Horst Richter
  • Katigoro tous dynatous (1970) .... Labros Kontarinis
  • Esena mono agapo (1970) .... Vyronas Derkos
  • Aftoi pou milisan me ton thanato (1970)
  • Katachrisis exousias (1971)
  • Me fovon kai pathos (1972) .... Alexandros Viaskos
  • Horis syneidisi (1972) .... Kostas Dellis
  • Andartes ton poleon (1972) .... Fotis's father
  • I Aliki diktator (1972)
  • Oi Prostates (1973) .... Petros Rallis
  • I Fonissa (1974) .... narrator
  • I Diki ton dikaston (1974) .... Theodoros Kolokotronis
  • O Efialtis (1978)
  • Kravgi gynaikon (1978) .... Kreon
  • O Ilios tou thanatou (1978)
  • Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910–1927 (1980) .... Petros
  • O Anthropos me to garyfallo (1980) .... Nikolaos Plastiras
  • Ta chronia tis thyellas (1984) .... old man
  • Voyage to Cythera (1984) .... Spyros


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