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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1919-01-06

Place of Birth

Athens, Greece

Andreas Filippides

Biography

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. Katerina's troupe in Eugene O'Neill's 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 vice-president of the Greek Actors' Union. (Source: Wikipedia)

Known for

Atlas

Atlas

Evil king Praximedes convinces superhero Atlas to fight for him, but Atlas eventually sees the king's true nature and turns against him.

O Hristos xanastavronetai

O Hristos xanastavronetai

Το Σπίτι με το Φοίνικα

Το Σπίτι με το Φοίνικα

Summer Lovers

Summer Lovers

Michael Pappas and his girlfriend, Cathy, are enjoying the white sand beaches of a Greek island as well as the freewheeling nature of the locals. When Michael meets Lina, who is in Greece from Paris doing archaeological work, he is enamored with the beautiful foreigner. Cathy, unhappy about Lina getting close to Michael, confronts the woman -- only to be unexpectedly wooed by her charms as well.

Μεθυσμένη πολιτεία

Μεθυσμένη πολιτεία

Loafing and Camouflage

Loafing and Camouflage

A group of Greek soldiers are assigned to run the Cinematographic Unit of the army in the midst of political unrest.

Act of Reprisal

Act of Reprisal

Love story set against the backdrop of Cyprus' struggle for independence from the British in the 1950s.

Λεηλασία μιας ζωής

Λεηλασία μιας ζωής

Γιάννης και Μαρία

Γιάννης και Μαρία

Loustrakos

Loustrakos

The small loustrakos Vasilis Maras alongside the school of fine on the streets of Athens to make money. The mother finds injustice in prison for the murder of Demetrias. With the persistence of the king, however, and the help of a lawyer, the Karelia, the mother of leaving prison.

Youth of Athens

Youth of Athens

A rich widower impregnates a poor young woman and dumps her. Her brother, member of a resistance group during the Occupation, tries to mend things up.

You Came Too Late

You Came Too Late

The bond between a young painter and a girl who accidentally encounters a beach finds obstacles because of the information that her father learns about her past, who visits her and persuades her to give up. Based on the story of The Lady with the Camellias.

Conspiracy in the Mediterranean

Conspiracy in the Mediterranean

The adventures of a secret British agent who undertakes his last mission, with Greece as his destination. His mission will prove extremely dangerous, as foreign double agents, the Greek police, and ruthless killers become involved in a relentless chase that takes us to various parts of Greece, such as Meteora, Athens, and Nafplio.

Lolitas of Athens

Lolitas of Athens

What lies hidden in a nymphet’s soul? Lust for sex? Self-preservation? Childhood trauma? Father quest? Who can really see? A Police Officer who wants to bring Rosie back onto the right track does - but Rosie is too busy flirting with middle-aged men, destroying virtuous families and scheming her way up the social ladder, while also wallowing in seedy night clubs of the ’60ies wrestling Frida, the naked dancer hiding a rod, for Jim’s eyes only. Jim is not 100% sure which one of the two blondes he wants to kill so he might just make a serious mistake and kill Rosie. But is it really easy for a nymphet to be killed?

The third way

The third way

A woman (Tasso Kavvadia), the scion of a wealthy family, returns to Greece after many years and claims her son (George Marinos) from her ex-husband (Dimitris Myrat). She wants to make her son a director in her companies and marry him to a girl (Elli Fotiou), whom she has chosen herself.