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Dinos Iliopoulos

Jun 12, 1913 - Jun 04, 2001 (87 years old) in Alexandria, Egypt

Dinos Iliopoulos (Greek: Ντίνος Ηλιόπουλος, 12 June 1913 – 4 June 2001) was a Greek actor. He was one of the most prevalent film/theater actors in Greece.

He was born in Alexandria, Egypt in 1913. A few years later his family moved to Marseille and there he finished high school. He permanently relocated to Greece in 1935 at the age of 22 started studying at the Berkshire High Commercial School in Athens and also studied acting at the Drama School of Giannoulis Sarantidis. In 1944, he made his stage debut at the Katerina Andreadi Theatre with the play of Leo Lenz's Lady I Love You, and in cinema he debuted in 1948 in the film 100,000 Pounds. In 1963, he became theatrical entrepreneur founded his own theatre Gloria (Γκλόρια) at Ippokratous Street in Athens.

He played in more than 70 films, usually as leading actor. In 1956 he starred in the film O Drakos (The Ogre of Athens) that is considered as one of the ten best Greek films of all times by Greek Film Critics Association. Other important roles of his were in the films Ζiteitai Pseftis, Thanasakis o Politevomenos, Makrykostaioi kai Kondogiorgides, O Atsidas, To Koroidaki tis Despoinidas, Kyries tis Avlis, Stournara 288, My Friend Lefterakis and others.

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Known For

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Monday's Theater
Βίκτωρ Ντένι / Αλέξης
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I Zoi Pou Den Ezisa
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Αξιότιμοι κύριοι
Αλέξανδρος
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Τα ξύλινα σπαθιά
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The Beekeeper
Spyros' Friend
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One Street Organ, One Life
Thanasis
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My friend, Lefterakis
Thodoros Vlassis
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The Bait
Manthos Valiris
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A Bachelor's Pad For Ten
Ministry Inspector
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Makrykostas and Kontogiorgis
Stelios Kondogiorgis

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