Mimis Fotopoulos
Acting
Biography
Dimitris "Mimis" Fotopoulos (Greek: Δημήτρης (Μίμης) Φωτόπουλος; 8 April 1913 – 29 October 1986) was a Greek actor, writer, poet, and artist. He was born in Zatouna, Gortynia, Arcadia. He studied at the Dramatic School of National Theatre (Δραματική Σχολή του Εθνικού Θεάτρου). He also studied at the Philosophical School at the University of Athens until his second year in 1933. He headed a theatrical company from 1952 and an actor from 1960. He died on 29 October 1986 in Athens, from a heart attack, aged 73.
Born: April 20, 1913
Place of Birth: Zatouna, Arkadia, Greece
Known For
The goody dad
A married couple is having a son and they do everything to raise it right.
Enter Manolio
Manolios decides to quit working on a ship and return to Crete so he can marry his beloved one, Lenio.
Ο Θείος μας ο Μίμης
The Coffee Reader (Kafetzou)
In a poor neighborhood of Athens, next to the coffee shop of Spyros (Mimis Fotopoulos) is a coffee shop that has gained a great reputation and is preparing to move to Kolonaki as it has made a lot of money by telling the cup. In the same neighborhood is a laundress, Kalliopi (Georgia Vassiliadou), who makes a living by force. One day, after an incident in which a customer (Kostas Mentis) humiliates Kalliopi and Spyros intervenes, he comes up with an idea: for Kalliopi to run the coffee shop, since the other one has left.
Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης
Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living by arranging marriages. He does not hesitate to dress up according to the occasion in order to satisfy his clients' whims. Everything goes well until he meets Eva and his heart beats wildly with love.
Fanouris and His Kin
A good-natured paterfamilias who is struggling to make ends meet rests his hopes on his successful expatriate brother to finally see their older sister get married. However, is the wealthy sibling willing to help?
The Counterfeit Coin
Four stories, humorous, romantic or dramatic, are linked by a counterfeit gold sovereign. It is made by the honest engraver in the first story, seduced by the charms of a young widow, and it subsequently passes into the hands of a beggar and a prostitute, a wealthy miser and a newly married couple where the husband is a poor artist.
What Does Man Do To Live
Leandros is a night club owner who is trying to avoid imprisonment by searching for money to pay the insurance contributions. Along with his debts, he has to withstand the pressures of his beloved for marriage.
The Hurdy-Gurdy
Two poor portable barrel piano players ramble through Greek countryside and play in fairs. They meet by chance with a rich runaway girl whose father offers a large reward to her finders.They have to choose between getting the reward or helping the girl with her renegade love affair.
Laterna, Poverty and Carnation
Pavlaras and Petrakis have spent the money that Kaiti's father gave them two years ago and continue to travel around Athens with their lantern. However, Pavlaras is not well and needs to rest, as recommended by his doctor. Petrakis collects money from their friends, but it is not enough to cover their expenses. He is then forced to secretly sell the lantern without Pavlaras' knowledge.
Filmography
as Mitsos
as Μίμης
as Aristeidis Havales
as Iordanis
as Aristeidis Havales
as Aristeidis Havales
as hotel owner
as Vangelis
as Barba-Kyriakos
as Patroklos Arhondakis
as Αφηγητής
as Father
as Dochtoras
as Πελοπίδας
as Δον Καμίλο
as Salat
as Pelopidas
as Antonis Lebesis
as Orestis Barboutsoglou
as Captain Nikolas
as Tryfonas
as Vasilis
as Vasilis
as Alekos
as Kotsos
as Dimos
as manager
as Diamantis Karanabasis
as Ahilleas
as Stelios
as Lalakis
as Vangelis
as Ksenofontas
as Menios Dalbasis
as Periklis Birbiropoulos
as Pythagoras Konstadineas
as Σάββας
as Kyriakos
as Narrator / Beggar
as Thodoros
as Stamatis Bastakas
as Vlasis
as Patroklos Baratelas
as Fondas Bardousis
as Antonis Charis
as Vrasidas
as Λέανδρος
as Miltos
as Meletis
as Miltiadis Sourvos
as Alekos Lazanis
as Vasilakis
as Vangelis
as Konstadinos Makrygiannis
as Φανούρης Σκαρβέτσος
as Πετράκης
as Vangelis Polychroniou / Lalakis Birbilis
as Spyros Tsardis
as Beggar
as Petrakis
as Giannos
as Stelios Molfetas
as Δημητράκης
as Notis Douros
as Loukis
as Pantelis
as Vagos
as Colonel Menelaos Karapistolis
as Babis
as Fanouris Karababas
as Fanis
as Makis
as Antonis
as Mikis
as Looter
as Vrasidas
as Memas
as Fotis Giores
as Karkaletsos
as Loukas Manopoulos
as Kleomenis Finins
as Nikos