Vasilis Diamantopoulos

Vasilis Diamantopoulos (Greek: Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος; 15 November 1920 – 5 May 1999) was a Greek actor. He was one of the founders of the Modern Theater and was the first actor to appear live on Greek television in the single act play "Him and his pants" of Iakovos Kambanellis in 1966. His most characteristic role was that of the austere professor in Giannis Dalianidis' movie Law 4000 and later in shorts including Ekmek Ice Cream in private TV.

Vasilis Diamantopoulos Βασίλης Διαμαντόπουλος
Born	15 November 1920 Piraeus, Greece
Died	5 May 1999 (1999-05-06) (aged 78) Greece
Occupation	actor
Spouse(s)	Tonia Karali, Marina Georgiou

Biography

He was born in Piraeus and studied at Athens Law and at the National Theatre's Dramatic schools as well as Coon Art School. He ran together along with Maria Alkeou in 1956 at the New Theatre/Theater and in 1993 at the Different Theatre. He returned to Greece from Paris in 1970 and took part in several different companies, he also took part at the Public Theatre of Northern Greece. He also participated in many film and television productions, oppositely took part at the Dramatic Schools at the National Theatre and at Art School. His last years was a member of a hypocrite art factory for young actors. He died in Athens in 1999 from a heart attack at the Athens General Clinic due to his head fracture at the left femur which triggered from the fall. He is buried at the First Athens Cemetery.

Personal life

He was married twice, firstly to the actress Tonia Karali with whom he had a daughter and secondly to the actress Marina Georgiou with whom he had a son.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Transliteration and translation	Role	Notes
Unknown	The Little Car	Το αμαξάκι To amaxaki
1948	Marinos Kontaras	Μαρίνος Κοντάρας	Grigoris Fousekis
1949	The Last Mission	Τελευταία αποστολή	Colonel Miltiadis Marelis
1954	Nychterini Peripeteia	Νυχτερινή Περιπέτεια Nighttime Adventures	Diamantis Nikolaou
1956	I arpagi tis Persefonis	Η αρπαγή της Περσεφόνης	Dias
1956	Ekklisiazousai
1957	To amaxaki
1957	Tis nihtas ta kamomata	Της νύχτας τα καμώματα	Stelios
1959	Erotikes istories		Vasilis
1959	Na petheros, na malama!	Να πεθερός, να μάλαμα	Andreas Delis
1961	O thanatos tha xanarthi		Inspector Fox
1962	Law 4000	Νόμος 4000 Nomos 4000	Andreas Ikonomou
1962	The Journey	Το ταξίδι To taxidi	Lazy Manolis
1962	Psila ta heria Hitler		Anestis
1963	Afosiosi
1964	Mia 'vdomada ston paradeiso		Aristos
1966	A Bullet Through the Heart		Rizzardi
1967	The Road to Corinth
1970	The Confession
1971	L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste
1976	Agnostos stratiotis
1977	O toihos i Pos piastike o Ramon Novaro
1978	I tembelides tis eforis kiladas	Οι τεμπέληδες της εύφορης κοιλάδας	father
1979	Jack the Knight	Τζακ ο καβαλλάρης Jack o kavallaris
1979	To hamogelo tis Pythias
1980	O gyrologos
1980	Eleftherios Venizelos 1910-1927	Ελευθέριος Βενιζέλος 1910-1927	Apostolos
1981	Mathe pedi mou gramata	Μάθε παιδί μου γράμματα	Perilkos Papachristoforos
1981	O teleftaios... antras!
1982	The Red train	Το κόκκινο τρένο To kokino treno	conductor
1982	O teleftaios dialogos
1983	Horis martyres		Lieutenant Loukas Haridimos
1984	Akropolis Now		Camilles Vater
1987	Ta paidia tis Chelidonas	Τα παιδιά της Χελιδόνας	Spyros
1991	Isimeria		Teacher
1996	Cavafy	Καβάφης	Constantine Cavafy
1996	Business in the Balkans	Μπίζνες στα Βαλκάνια Biznes (Business) sta Valkania	a customer at a bar
1997	The Overcoat	The overcoat		Short

Television

Year	Title	Transliteration and translation	Channel
1973-1974	Infamous War (1971–74)	Άγνωστος Πόλεμος Agnostos Polemos	YENED
1972-1974 1989	Himself and Himself	Εκείνος κι εκείνος Ekinos ki ekinos	EIRT ET2 ad his next appearance
1979	O symvolaiografos	Ο συμβολαιογράφος	ERT
1984	Hadjimanouil	Χατζημανουήλ
1986	Here Tasso Karatasso	ERTΧαίρε Τάσο Καρατάσο Hail Tasso Karatasso	ERT
1991	Ekmek Ice Cream	Εκμέκ παγωτό Ekmek pagoto	Mega
1994	To gelion tou pragmatos	Το γελοίον του πράγματος	ANT1
1997	I agapi argise mia mera	Η αγάπη άργησε μια μέρα	ERT

External links

• Vasilis Diamantopoulos at IMDb
• Filmography at retrodb.gr
• Photos of the actor and filmography at 90lepta.com (in Greek)