Spyros Kalogirou
Date of birth: 1922-11-03
Place of birth: Athens, Greece
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Σπύρος Καλογήρου , Σπυρος Καλογηρου, Spiros Kalogirou
Biography
Spyros Kalogirou (Kypseli, 3 November 1922 - Athens, 27 June 2009) was a Greek theatre and film actor, best known for his villainous roles on the big screen. His trembling voice and fierce appearance were characteristic. He acted in many films, both on television and in cinema, and when he played such roles he was very convincing. He also participated in many theatrical performances but did not have many collaborations with his wife, as she was at the National Theater and he was more involved with independent theater. After the '80s they formed their own troupe, staged performances and toured. He acted in approximately two hundred plays and in all genres of theater, classical and contemporary writers, from theater of the absurd (Eugene Ionesco) to revue, but also in many of the Greek dramaturgy. He first appeared in cinema in 1955 in Dimis Dadiras’ film O agapitikos tis voskopoulas. Since then, he has participated in more than 60 films, alongside the biggest names in Greek cinema. He appeared in about 55 films, including: Athens at Night, Stefania, Machine Gun Concerto, The Fairy and the Boy, The Blonde Teacher, Maria of Silence, The Man with the Carnation, and Stakaman. However, the film that left an era was Lola, in which Spyros Kalogirou had said the unforgettable phrase "There's a lot of money, Aris", to his then co-star Nikos Kourkoulos about the "eyes" of Jenny Karezi. In 1966, at the Thessaloniki Film Festival, he was awarded an honorary distinction for his performance in the short film Jimmy the Tiger by Pantelis Voulgaris, and in 1971, the film critics awarded him the Silver Apollo for his role in the film Abuse of Power. He was honored with the Golden Head of the Vakhtangov Theater in Moscow. He also appeared in television series (Even Married People Have a Soul).
Movie Credits
Επιχείρηση προίκα
1987-01-01
Érotas sta Kýmata
1988-01-01
In a television contest, three boys and three girls, high school graduates earn a 7 day cruise on th
Άγρια Πάθη
1967-01-01
Ραντεβού με τον θάνατο
1989-01-01
Its sink or swim as four bakers dive into baking cookies, cupcakes and a showpiece cake inspired by
Υπέρ επείγον
1989-10-01
O kapetanios ki i horeftria
1989-01-01
Dinos captain in gkazadiko returns to Greece after Tesserete year absence. He decides to marry his g
O xemoramenos
1987-01-01
Jimmy the Tiger
1966-01-01
A Greek strongman seduces a young tourist and spend the day with her. "Jimmis the Tiger" is a family
The little man
1969-12-01
Eftixios is a very decent, low profile man in love with his employee , an ambitious girl who wants t
Visibility Zero
1970-01-05
Angelos Kreouzis (Nikos Kourkoulos) survives a shipwreck and reveals to the committee in charge that
Athens by Night
1962-01-01
Wandering Athens by night. A grand parade with actors, singers, composers, orchestras, attractions a
The Trial of the Judges
1974-01-01
A true story: The trial of judges Polizoidi and Tertseti for disobedience and their triumphant acqui
Hands Up, Hitler
1962-10-31
Two friends (Thanasis Vengos and Vasilis Diamantopoulos) meet after many years and recollect the tra
O Katergaris
1971-04-05
Chronis employed by a company, the chairman of which is a consequential, terrible moralist man, who
The Craziest Star
1989-01-01
The Johnny Lloveras, singer and showman, leaving the province and comes to Athens in order to conque
The Teacher with the Golden Hair
1969-10-27
Amid blinding prejudice, a vivacious blonde teacher gets married to an honest man, only to see him l
The... victim
1969-08-04
A young man is wasting the money his brother sends for studies, fun and abuse. But when the big brot
Εσχάτη Προδοσία
1971-11-22
An officer in his secret mission to India is injured by foreign agents. He returns to Greece but mus
The Jungle of Cities
1970-08-12
Athens, 1964. A police reporter, Nikos Avgeris, has the journalistic mission to cover a suspected ca
Concert for Machine Guns
1967-07-22
Athens, shortly before the outbreak of World War II and an Army General Staff official, Niki (Jenny
The Revolutionary
1971-03-04
Set in the 1880's, a rich young man from the middle class falls in love with the daughter of a local
O kontos me to papaki
1988-01-01
A Thief and a Gentleman
1986-02-04
Stathis tries to find a job but in the meantime he finds Marina, who he decides to help figure out w
Young Lad at the School Desks
1987-01-01
One teacher is hired in a private school full of spoiled children.
Darling, Let's Get Naked!
1984-10-18
Stathis, a naughty young man whose father owns a coffee shop at the island’s central square, picks u
Madalena
1960-10-24
Madalena is a tough seventeen-year-old who is forced to take on her father's ferry business after he
Stakaman!
2001-02-02
A not yet recruited mathematician travels to Kastoria to accept the inheritance that his mother left
Ο Εραστής
1990-03-13
Stathis, naive and dreamy, is a fisherman in a coastal small village. His big flaw is his love for a
The Daughter of the Sun
1971-12-27
The plain of Thessaly, 1910. The tenant farmers suffer untold hardships, both from the Arvanites inv
Abuse of authority
1971-01-01
A police officer tries to discover the murderer of his brother, who was a pianist and a morphine. As
Lieutenant Natassa
1970-12-12
The year is 1965. Natasa Arseni visits Dachau, the place where she was found by the Americans at the
I Neraida Kai to Palikari
1969-12-22
Fourtounakis’ daughter, Katerinio, is forced to get engaged with a brutal Cretan, Skandalakis. But t
Panic
1969-11-20
Returning from a business trip to Rhodes, Markos finds out that his sick son has been kidnapped. He
Bullets Don't Come Back
1967-09-01
From a tragic misunderstanding, the farmer Stathis Karatasos (Angelos Antonopoulos) is accused as th
Confession of a Mother
1962-04-28
Having found, after many years, the man she loved and their daughter, a woman hesitates to reveal he
Jobber crazy awesome girls
1986-01-01
A wacky gang mikrokompinadoron decides that it is time to deal with more scams. Their aim is to leav
Tall, Thin and a Big Liar
1985-10-17
A pathological liar, having reached old age, tells his life in order to become a television series,
The Asphalt Fever
1967-09-21
A police constable tries to find blood during the night for his wife to be born. When he finally fin
Εγκέφαλος Με Βίδα... Και Βαλβίδα!!!
1988-01-01
Eftyhios Anemelos is a detective with slow down business. One day...
Ληστές και ασφαλιστές
1988-01-01
Antonis Alaiporos has just been fired from his job and gets into the world of insurance market.
O Tamtakos Zei!
1990-01-01
Tamtakos wants to do business in Albania so he can be rich quickly.
Trouba '67
1967-02-13
A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals a
Τα Τσακάλια
1981-06-07
In a television program dedicated to the problem of drugs, George tells the story of his life which
A Funny Girl
1970-10-26
The son of a shipping magnate finds himself increasingly drawn to a lively circus clown, unaware of
The Constellation of Virgin
1973-12-03
3 different story's that a prostitute says to her patrons whe she is asked about her story life
Love and Blood
1968-01-01
The abysmal hatred which exists between two landowners is transferred to their natural environment a
The Ruthless
1965-06-12
After his release from prison, Stathis visits a private investigator, Othonas, whom he had assigned
O protaris batsos kai i troteza
1989-11-15
Stathis Xetrypis, a naive policeman patrolling in an area frequented by prostitutes. As not yet enou
I blame the People
1966-10-01
A new, ambitious prosecutor undertakes a great trial for a murder trial but things get very confused
Stefania
1966-03-20
18 year old Stefania is brought to a juvenile reformatory for young prostitutes. The institution is
Astrapogiannos
1970-09-21
The battle-scarred hero of the Greek Revolution, Giannos "Astrapogiannos", returns home after the en
Hymnographer Kassiani
1960-01-01
Byzantium, 6th century AD, and Emperor Michael II convenes a meeting to elect a wife for his regent,
The Omnipresent
1989-01-01
A company producing baby products is facing survival problems. These are shouldered by its director,
Maria in Silence
1973-01-01
Maria, the daughter of Barbie Lambrou is dumb village we all laugh. The new village teacher Gregory,
In the name of the law
1970-05-09
A traumatised Korean War veteran is accused of arson and murder. Now, the deceased's criminal attorn
Amok
1963-01-01
Ten women hide out on an deserted island in the Ageian after an prison break where seven men, led by
Η μάνα της φόνισσας
1988-10-01
Fanny, young daskalitsa, is in love with Lambros, student of Chemistry. Transferred to the Greek sch
Η εκδίκηση του Πατέρα
1990-01-01
Συζυγικά Βραχυκυκλώματα
1987-01-01
Agapios Agapiou has a very good friend, a robot with high intelligence, its name is Lakis.
O agalitsas: Ena exagomeno koroido
1985-01-01
An honest citizen finds a package containing twenty million drachmas and hands it over to the police
A German in Kalavryta
1970-09-23
Τα ντερέκια
1987-01-01
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
O kavalaris ton F.M. Stereo
1986-11-19
A poor and "arbitrary" young man creates a radio station to send messages of love to his girlfriend.
I am innocent
1960-01-01
The Red Train
1982-03-13
Captain Angelos and the soldier Memos participate in a group of experienced ELAS's guerrillas. The t
Agrafos nomos
1987-12-01
Stratos, a marginal figure, carries on his shoulders the freedom and doubts of his generation. Upon
Πασοκομαζέματα Ανδρεοσκορπίσματα
1988-01-01
I Love You, Mitso
1988-01-23
Detective Mitsos finds a baby on the doorstep of an industrial building completely by chance. In his
To koritsi tou batsou
1987-01-01
Eleni is a journalist who takes on dangerous assignments. Her fiancé is a police detective and alway
I trapezitissa tis Black Bank
1987-01-01
Black Bank is a scandal-ridden bank. Its banker travels abroad and enjoys herself. One day, she deci
Ena moro... gia treis
1988-01-01
Charalambos Stournaras is a selfish, loud-mouthed but ultimately kind-hearted father. His daughter i
Markisia tou limaniou
1988-01-01
She was a woman of the night, but she never became a prostitute. She was mired in filth up to her ne
Varvaros erastis
1990-01-01
Natasha, daughter of shipowner Dimitrios, receives threatening phone calls. Her father decides to hi
At Hell's Door
1960-01-01
A priest tries to reassure the inhabitants of his village, who are preparing for the end of the worl
Lola
1964-02-17
Aris, Nikos Kourkoulos, is released from prison after three years, and he turns up at Troumpa, a slu
Μαντάμ Ορτάνς
1986-01-01
Liza and All the Others
2003-03-07
Lisa: A 25 years old pretty girl. She lives alone and works at the magazine Cosmopolitan. She is dis
Η Κύπρος στις φλόγες
1964-01-01
Τίποτα δεν Άλλαξε Λαέ!
1987-01-01
Of Fortune The Written
1957-03-18
Accompanied by his feathery associate, a wandering fortune-teller predicts the fates of passers-by t
The Beloved Of The Shepherdess
1955-10-10
A precious golden cross and a regretful incident lead to a bitter conflict between a wealthy chief-s
Οικογένεια παντρευόμαστε
1986-01-01
Ο παπαλεβέντης
1988-01-01
Ο εθνικός μας έρωτας
1989-01-01
Ο παπαφαγάνας
1987-01-01
Το παιδί... Που είναι το παιδί;
1988-01-01
Φωτιά στα μπατζάκια μου
1988-01-01
Gregory has developed separate bonds with four married women, the atheophobe. They all love him and
Ο τελευταίος πειρασμός του Μήτσου
1989-01-01
Λούφες θρανία και τρελλά σχολεία
1989-01-01