George Foundas
Date of birth: 1924-02-13
Place of birth: Mavrolithari, Folkida
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Giorgos Foundas, Giorgos Fountas , Γιώργος Φούντας , Йоргос Фунтас, Йоргос Фундас, Гиоргос Фундас
Biography
Giorgos Fountas (Greek: Γιώργος Φούντας; February 13, 1924 – November 28, 2010) was a Greek actor in film and television. Fountas attended the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He appeared for the first time in the theatre in Nyfiatiko tragoudi ("Bridal Song") and his first film in 1944. He was awarded at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1966 and 1967 for his participation in his films With the Shine in the Eyes and Fever on the Road. He remained popular and he is best remembered for his role in the movie Stella with Melina Mercouri. He also appeared on several TV roles
Movie Credits
Zorba the Greek
1964-12-14
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever
Jealousy
1963-12-31
A successful businessman suspects that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. Sadly, it
Never on Sunday
1960-05-24
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the local prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
Stella
1955-04-04
The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restles
The Red Lanterns
1963-12-02
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
A Girl in Black
1956-06-08
Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian
Λεβέντες της θάλασσας
1997-11-28
Ο μεγάλος ένοχος
1970-01-01
Dawn on the Third Day
1962-01-26
The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance
The Magic City
1955-07-18
A look at poverty in post-war Athens. Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to m
The Lagoon of Desire
1957-08-01
Miranda, the rich and spoiled daughter of an Athenian businessman, accompanies her father to Messolo
Trouba '67
1967-02-13
A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals a
Serenity
1961-06-25
Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known ex
Anakatosouras
1967-01-01
Thomas Karatoulpanis (Dinos Iliopoulos) is a naive employee at a car show in the Thessaloniki Intern
Bitter Bread
1951-04-15
A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children. When he gets killed in
The barker
1964-11-01
A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO.
17 Bullets for an Angel
1981-01-12
Iro Konstantopoulou was thirteen years old when the Germans invaded Greece. Despite her age, however
Emergency exit
1980-11-24
When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug departmen
Scream
1964-11-08
Sergeant George Merkos is so absorbed in his duties that he never finds the time to meet the relativ
Θα σε περιμένω πάντα
1954-06-15
The Sunday girl
1964-10-24
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
The Scum
1963-10-07
A string of miscalculated choices and the longing of a fresh start will drag Magda of the slums deep
Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
1966-06-14
During the German occupation, the Nazis plan to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a Ger
Ο Αντάρτης Του Βάλτου
1969-03-13
1868, Thessaly. Thanasis Vardas stalked by a Turkish-Albanian gang and forced to leave the 5 year ol
Applause
1944-12-04
Alfa (Attik) runs an itinerant theatrical troupe and can see that a young woman, Nora (Zinet Lakaz),
Psarogiannos
1966-06-10
Psarogiannos lives with his wife and five children in a seaside village. One day, a sailor appears,
Treason Avenue
1969-05-08
A prisoner of war who escaped from Albania claims to be a major in the Greek army named Alexandros V
The Refugee
1969-01-01
The adoptive son of a lawyer, with the help of a girl who loves him, healed from amnesia, which was
Η Ζαβολιάρα
1960-04-04
A fisherman's daughter is secretly in love with a strong man who works for her father; however, afte
Open Sea
1954-01-01
On an island in the Aegean, a young girl, when he learns of the authoritarian father that is illegit
Take Me Away, My Love
1960-01-01
Graceful Sofia falls in love with Alkis, a charming young writer. They make plans for the future; bu
Just for One Night
1958-01-01
A notorious thief seeks refuge in the home of a young woman who works in the nightlife industry. She
The Girl From Mani
1986-01-01
For Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.
The Girl of the Neighbourhood
1954-03-18
Spyros, an honest young man from a poor neighborhood, owns a small coffee shop. His only friends are
Betrayed love
1962-06-06
Anna, who lives with her aunt, is afraid that Stratos, the man she loves, is cheating on her with an
The Stigmatized
1966-02-04
A man who lives in the underworld and on the margins of society, in order to pay off his debts, pret
The mother's curse
1961-01-01
After the murder of a brutal landowner, and six long years of incarceration, unarmed Tasos returns t
The Dawn of Triumph
1960-11-14
A group of resistance fighters during the Occupation, collaborates with a lieutenant who comes to Gr
The lover of the shepherdess
1955-01-01
Mavri Gi
1952-01-01
A young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot supp
Too Late for Tears
1968-01-01
Alexis abandons his fiancée Irene when he realizes that her family no longer has the wealth it was o
Goodbye Zoe
1960-03-29
A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and
Tornado
1964-02-02
Andreas, as the owner of a semi-central building in Athens, intends to give it away in exchange for
The Great Sacrifice
1962-02-06
The love between a folk singer and a civil engineer is met with resistance from the latter's mother,
Gerakina
1958-01-01
Maro, the daughter of shepherd Panos, is in love with his son, Liakos. They want to marry but his fa
Desires in the Straw
1960-10-31
In the Thessalian plain, a wealthy landowner creates insecurity among farmers when he brings in a th
Dead City
1951-12-03
A young painter returns to his hometown, Mystras, where he falls in love with the daughter of a fami
Experts on the Football Field
1956-03-12
The everyday lives of some international football players before and after a big game.
Ο άνεμος του μίσους
1954-04-26