Titos Vandis
| Titos Vandis | |
|---|---|
| Born |
7 November 1917 Salonika, Greece |
| Died |
23 February 2003 (aged 85) Athens, Greece |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1953–2000 |
Titos Vandis (Greek: Τίτος Βανδής; 7 November 1917 – 23 February 2003) was a Greek actor who appeared in more than 100 films and television shows between 1953 and 2000.[1] He left Greece when a dictatorship took power and lived in the United States for 24 years.[2]
Vandis starred in the film Oi paranomoi (1958), which was entered into the 8th Berlin International Film Festival.[3] In 1972, he appeared in the Woody Allen film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) as an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep.[4] In The Exorcist (1973), he had a small role as the uncle of protagonist Father Damien Karras.[5]
Vandis was a guest-star in 1976 on the NBC situation comedy The Practice, playing Nicolas in the episode "The Nose." On The A-Team, he guest-starred in the episode "Body Slam" (1985) alongside Hulk Hogan.[6]
Vandis appeared in over 250 plays before making his Broadway debut[7] in the Tony-nominated musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965). He created the role of Themistocles Kriakos, a Greek shipping magnate who believed in reincarnation and planned to leave his fortune to his future self.[8] Boston Globe critic Kevin Kelly wrote that Vandis played the role with "marvellous finesse" and that the character was "rather like Zorba as a businessman with $4 million."[9]
He later joined the cast of Man of La Mancha playing the role of Sancho Panza. Vandis was also in the original Broadway cast of Illya Darling (1967), a Tony-nominated musical[10] based on his film Never On Sunday (1960).[11]
Selected filmography
- To kleidi tis eftyhias (1953) - Nikolas
- Gynaikes dihos antres (1954) - Loukas
- To paidi tou dromou (1957) - Giorgis
- Oi paranomoi (1958) - Kosmas
- Miden pente (1958)
- Agnes psyhes (1959)
- Astero (1959) - Mitros Pithokoukouras
- Never on Sunday (1960) - Jorgo
- To potami (1960)
- Egklima sta paraskinia (1960) - Inspector Bekas
- Pothoi sta stahya (1960) - Giannis Tsakas
- To rantevou tis Kyriakis (1960)
- Poliorkia (1962) - Stelios
- I katara tis mannas (1962) - Vagias
- It Happened in Athens (1962) - Father Loues
- Island of Love (1963) - Father Anaxagoras
- Topkapi (1964) - Harback
- O teleftaios peirasmos (1964) - Dr. Kalomoiris
- I Kypros stis floges (1964)
- Apagogi (1964) - Lieutenant Stergiou
- Ohi, ...kyrie Johnson (1965)
- What's So Bad About Feeling Good? (1968) - Captain Narcopolis (uncredited)
- Stiletto (1969) - Tonio
- Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) - Milos
- Genesis II (1973) - Yuloff
- The Exorcist (1973) - Karras's uncle
- Zandy's Bride (1974) - Demas (uncredited)
- Newman's Law (1974) - Grainie
- Harrad Summer (1974) - Mr. Kolasukas
- Black Samson (1974) - Joseph Nappa
- Once Upon a Scoundrel (1974) - Dr. Fernandez
- Smile (1975) - Emile
- Gus (1976) - Papa Petrovic
- Alex & the Gypsy (1976) - Treska
- The Other Side of Midnight (1977) - President of the Council
- A Piece of the Action (1977) - Bruno
- Oh, God! (1977) - Greek Bishop Markos
- The Betsy (1978) - Angelo Luigi Perino
- A Perfect Couple (1979) - Panos Theodopoulos
- O falakros mathitis (1979) - Vesuvius Karatampanos
- National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982) -Nixos Naxos ("Success Wanters")
- Young Doctors in Love (1982) - Sal Bonafetti
- Prosohi, kindynos! (1983) - Sideris
- Ta hronia tis thyellas (1984) - Priest
- Fletch Lives (1989) - Uncle Kakakis
- To athoo soma (1997)
References
- ↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for Oi paranomoi". imdb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ↑ Savvas, Minas (31 March 2003). "Hellenic Happenings". Greek - American Review.
- ↑ "IMDB.com: Awards for Oi paranomoi". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-01-03.
- ↑ "AFI Catalog of Feature Films". afi.com. American Film Institute. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
- ↑ "IMDB.com: The Exorcist". imdb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ↑ "IMDB.com: The A-Team Body Slam". imdb.com. Retrieved 18 June 2012.
- ↑ "Greek Film Star Will Make Debut". Los Angeles Times. 13 July 1965.
- ↑ On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (CD booklet). New York, NY: RCA Victor. 1965.
- ↑ Kelly, Kevin (8 September 1965). "Lerner-Lane Musical Bright, But Too Complex". Boston Globe.
- ↑ "IBDB.com: Titos Vandis". ibdb.com. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ↑ Time Magazine review
