Giannis Vogiatzis
Date of birth: 1927-06-12
Place of birth: Etoliko, Greece
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Γιαννης Βογιατζης, Γιάννης Βογιατζής, Yannis Vogiatzis
Biography
Ioannis "Giannis" Vogiatzis (Greek: Ιωάννης «Γιάννης» Βογιατζής; born 16 December 1926) is a Greek actor in theatre and film. Vogiatzis was born in Aitoliko, Aetolia-Acarnania on 16 December 1926 He studied at the National Theatre of Greece Drama School and for some time at the UniPi as well. He first appeared onstage in 1955, right after his graduation, in the play by William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice" held at the Dionyssia Theater. On the silver screen, Vogiatzis made his debut in 1957 in the movie Laterna, Ftoheia kai Garyfallo. He has since worked with several theatrical groups, leading the group quite a few times. His comedic talent has rendered him a household name in radio broadcasting, cinema and television. (I gitonia mas and O oniroparmenos) Vogiatzis has appeared in 68 films, mainly in comedic roles. His favorite productions include: I gynaika mou trelathike, Mia Italida ap' tin Kypseli, Despoinis Dievthyntis, Ena koritsi gia dyo, O Klearch, i Marina ki o Kontos, Tha se Kano Vasilissa, Nyhta Gamou (Wedding Night), The Mother's Child and O Mikes Pantrevetai. Vogiatzis is the cousin of the late singer and actor Giannis Vogiatzis (1934–2023) with whom he shares both name and surname.
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Mikes Is Getting Married
1968-09-30
A naive young man, Mikes tries to solve its economic problems by marriage with a wealthy bride. Afte
An Italian girl from Kypseli
1968-10-28
A young student (Alekos Alexandrakis) comes from Italy and presents to his sister (Katerina Gioulaki
Smyrna
2021-12-23
Members of the Baltatzis family recount the 1922 burning of Smyrna, Greece, including the assault on
Daskale ti didaskes?
1983-01-01
Dimitris Thalassias is a single singing teacher at a senior high school in Athens and undertakes the
Miss Manager
1964-12-18
The strict and formal director Lila Vassiliou has under her orders all the staff of the technical of
Someone like It Cold...
1963-01-10
Lakis (Dinos Iliopoulos) has to make sure that his three sisters are married before he can marry his
Something Hot
1964-01-13
During an International Trade Fair at Thessaloniki, a mature woman, Rena (Martha Karagianni), goes t
The Papadopoulou Family
1960-01-01
Young Alexis Vranas returns to Athens form studying abroad and starts working for a major company. T
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
1963-09-30
Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries
Mermaids for Love
1968-12-02
Petros, a race car driver and son of a construction mogul, hears about an island with promising busi
The King of Gaffes
1962-02-08
A very clever detective is on a mission to find a shipowner's daughter, having as a sole research el
The Cicada and the Ant
1958-04-03
Two friends and co-owners of a flower shop, Eudaimon and Loulis, live by completely opposite princip
The Treasure of the Beatitude
1959-10-11
Theoni finds a strange way to gain some money, in order to pay her bills , by renting rooms in her r
Hooray for Madness
1962-01-08
A good-hearted guy, Romeos, who thinks he's a big "Kazanova", comes out of the madhouse. At the sugg
One Girl For Two Men
1963-10-21
Kimon and Aris are brothers, still they are completely different characters. Kimon, the eldest one,
Η Ζωή Μου Αρχίζει Με Σένα
1961-03-03
An arrogant lieutenant of the Royal Hellenic Navy who finds out that his ex-lover has deeper feeling
The Blue Beads from Greece
1967-02-20
A feud develops between a taverna with bouzoukia and a club next door that plays modern music.
Thymios in the Land of Striptease
1963-01-01
Staple of music-dance with acrobatics and theatrical skits mainly foreign artists metaklithikan in G
My wife went mad
1966-12-19
Anna thinks up a clever plan to bring her husband Manos on track. Having discovered that he is cheat
Date In The Air
1966-01-30
A hopeful Miss Europe 1966 and her girlfriends fall for an aircraftman and his friends. To be togeth
Ένας τρελλός τρελλός αεροπειρατής
1973-10-10
Two apartments of an apartment building with common balcony, living two same-sex couples. At one res
Wheel, Bag and Truants 3
1984-06-21
Aris, Billias, and the rest of the students decide to return to school with the excuse of earning th
Sheriff "The Mechanophagous"
1983-05-01
A trafficker is obsessed with the arrest and dislocation of a gang of motorbikes. A Greek-American m
Men Know How to Love
1971-03-18
A delicious and understated countryman, Anna, leaves for the capital to study. He's hitchhiking on t
A Lady In Bouzoukia
1968-01-01
Three brothers watched as pupil their sister and only trust George, their teammate from the football
Paras and Foukaras
1964-07-23
Cosmas (Kostas Hadjichristos) learns that his mother needs to be immediately subjected to surgery. H
Wedding night
1967-12-11
As fate would have it, four newly-weds who aren't quite total strangers unknowingly reunite at a sea
Kiss the Girls
1965-01-25
A director of a travel agency goes with her niece to Greece for holidays and business, there they me
I'll Make You Queen
1964-10-12
Antonis Tsilivikis, a stingy construction contractor, neglects his home and wife Eleni and forces he
All Men Are the Same
1966-08-14
Polyxeni becomes enraged when she finds her husband flirting with their maid. After dismissing the g
Lisa and the Other Woman
1961-11-13
A rich girl leaves her family to avoid marrying the person her father has chosen for her. Her father
The Twins
1964-01-01
By a cruel fate, a pair of newborn twin brothers get separated, and one of them becomes a pampered C
The Poor Demons
1964-01-01
Two pickpockets get involved in a bank robbery organized by an American, at the urging of a colleagu
Klearhos, Marina and the short one
1961-12-18
The Clearchos order to escape the unbearable and domineering wife Marina and found a lively geitonis
The Miss Of The Mister
1962-03-12
Minas, a conscientious and honest employee, is responsible for procurement at the company where he w
Yannis is afraid of the Beast...
1969-03-06
Pericles, a barber, leaves his homeland and goes to Africa to hunt wild animals. Someday he decides
Agries plakes sta thrania
1983-03-07
The teachers at a high school are unable to control their students, until a literature teacher arriv
Δουλικό Αμέσου Δράσεως
1972-01-01
A young and very talented actress Despoina is having an affair with Angelos who is been depressed by
Mom's Child
1970-01-01
Giannis Vogiatzis is Tilemahos, a young man with a very strict mother. One day he decides to get mar
I lived a monk without love
1971-01-01
A talented young musician, Petros Apostolou, arrives in Athens and soon manages to record his first
Μήτσος ο Ρεζίλης
1984-01-01
Mitsos, the son of a coffee shop owner and matchmaker, runs a marriage bureau and earns his living b
If the Violin Were a Bird
1984-03-15
A violinist, Lefteris, is constantly running around on account of his work - from the Symphonic Orch
The Orgies Villa
1964-10-17
A parliamentary candidate and his mistress will spend the night at the police station. After all, no
The Ruthless
1965-06-12
After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned
You are in the EEC, Learn About the EEC
1981-01-01
With Greece about to join the EEC, the folks in a village are split: the right-wing president, Nomas
Rokakias tin imera... to vrady kamariera
1984-01-01
Babis, who is crazy about rock music, gives a performance with his band "Jelings Band" to his fellow
Kotsos at the EEC
1980-01-01
Kotsos, the representative Greek, is sent to Brussels to meet Mrs. Evropaidou and take part in the 1
The sex hunter
1981-01-01
Andreas, a blind shepherd, is the only man left in the village of Platanos, since all the others hav
Roda, tsanta & kopana 2
1983-10-12
A rich kid comes to Havale High School with his servant for the new school year and, of course, beco
Gymna skandala
1985-01-01
One lie requires two to cover it up, and two require four. Even Kosmas cannot escape this inviolable
Don't Fall in Love on a Saturday
1962-01-01
A streetwise investment broker, who has been tricked into accepting a counterfeit $100 bill by a sta
Five Thousand Lies
1966-10-17
A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a c
Θα Σε Κλέψω, Μ' Ακούς;
1982-01-01
The Stupid Face
1965-01-01
Two persons try to become rich using an... armchair.
Ethniki papadon
1984-04-07
Papa-Malachias, Papa-Haros and Papa-Bilias have founded the Priestly Band and make appearances at th
Iptamena manoulia
1989-01-01
An "air comedy" with Yannis Vogiatzis as commander.
Ένας Πρωτάρης Στο Κολλέγιο!
1984-01-01
A country kid enters a physical education college that prepares future champions. Rookie as he is, h
Μπορούμε και κάτω απ' τα θρανία
1983-10-18
A scholar assigned to a high school that is famous for unruly pupils, and suffers from the pranks he
Sweetwater Erotic
1972-01-01
In a neighborhood of Athens lives a slightly eccentric kiosk owner, Manolios, who is searching for t
Grooms Wanted with Dowry
1970-01-01
Zizi is a poor young woman who wants to get married to a wealthy man. When she finds out that her fo
Gomena ypsilou kindynou
1987-01-01
Lambros is a stingy, married industrialist. However, his stinginess will eventually begin to waver w
Kai kapsouria kai bakouria
1987-01-01
Three childhood friends are discharged from the army and seek ways to become wealthy. They form a pa
Lost and Found: An Athenian Story
2017-09-22
The story follows Ero, a former police woman, who works currently as a private investigator. An old
Νυχτοπερπατήματα
1964-01-01
Lola
1964-02-17
Aris, Nikos Kourkoulos, is released from prison after three years, and he turns up at Troumpa, a slu
Trellos eimai oti thelo kano!..
1984-06-21
After numerous fruitless attempts to get a job, an outspoken unemployed Greek, Michalis Vidas, is ev
Laterna, Poverty and Carnation
1957-04-01
Pavlaras and Petrakis have spent the money that Kaiti's father gave them two years ago and continue
Ο Κίτσος και τ' αδέλφια του
1968-01-01
Ο Ράμπο απ' τα Τρίκαλα
1985-01-01
Ματάκιας και βρωμόστομος
1986-01-01
A rich sheikh, don't imagine oil, he is a scumbag. Where everyone was digging for oil, he hit spring
Ο Παπα-Ράμπο
1988-01-01
Ο παπαφαγάνας
1987-01-01