Person Details

Birthday: 1920-11-15 16:53:31

Death: 1999-05-05 16:53:31

Aliases: Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος , Βασιλης Διαμαντοπουλος , Basile Diamantopoulos

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Piraeus, Greece

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Movie Involvements: 13

TV Involvements: 1


Most Famous Work

Biography

Vasilis Diamantopoulos (15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play "Him and his pants" of Iakovos Kambanellis in 1966. His most characteristic role was that of the austere professor in Giannis Dalianidis' movie Law 4000 and later in shorts including Ekmek Ice Cream in private TV. He was born in Piraeus and studied at Athens Law and at the National Theatre's Dramatic schools as well as Coon Art School. He ran together along with Maria Alkeou in 1956 at the New Theatre/Theater and in 1993 at the Different Theatre. He returned to Greece from Paris in 1970 and took part in several different companies, he also took part at the Public Theatre of Northern Greece. He also participated in many film and television productions, oppositely took part at the Dramatic Schools at the National Theatre and at Art School. His last years was a member of a hypocrite art factory for young actors. He died in Athens in 1999 from a heart attack at the Athens General Clinic due to his head fracture at the left femur which triggered from the fall. He is buried at the First Athens Cemetery. He was married twice, firstly to the actress Tonia Karali with whom he had a daughter and secondly to the actress Marina Georgiou with whom he had a son. Source: Article "Vasilis Diamantopoulos" from Wikipedia in english, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Most Famous Work

Erotic Stories
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7

Erotic Stories

(1959) Vasilis
A Bullet Through the Heart
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5

A Bullet Through the Heart

(1966) Rizzardi
Nomos 4000
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7

Nomos 4000

(1962) Andreas
Death Will Return
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0

Death Will Return

(1961) Inspector Fox
Cavafy
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4

Cavafy

(1996) Konstantinos Kavafis (old)
Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927
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6
The Trip
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7

The Trip

(1962) Manolis
The Idlers of the Fertile Valley
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6

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2015 Alexandros Papadiamantis
1997 N/A
N/A
1996 N/A
Konstantinos Kavafis (old)
1991 N/A
Teacher
1987 Spyros
1984 N/A
1983 N/A
1982 N/A
Colonel
1981 Periklis Papachristoforos
1980 Apostolos
1979 σιορ Τάπας, συμβολαιογράφος
N/A
1978 Father
1971 Porphyre Aristophanopoulos
1970 N/A
1966 Rizzardi
1963 N/A
1962 Anestis
Andreas
Manolis
1961 Inspector Fox
1959 Vasilis
Andreas Dellis
1957 N/A
Stelios
1956 N/A
1954 N/A
1949 Colonel Miltiadis Marelis
Year Character Movie/Tv

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