Manos Katrakis

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.

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