Vageli Protopapas
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Vangelis Protopappas was a Greek actor in film and television. His ancestry is from Messolongi. His famous roles included Enas iros me pantoufles, Santa Chiquita, I kalpiki lira, O Ziliarogatos, Despoinis eton 39, etc., all with Vassilis Logothetidis
in which he cooperated a narrow friendship. He later took part in TV shows including Astynomos Thanassis Papathanassis with Thanassis Vengos and Zoza Metaxa. O Kosmas kai o kosmos tou with Kostas Voutsas
, O Oneiroparmenos, etc.
's Dramatic School]] where he wrote in 9137. He cut his studies in 1938 for the military and finished in 1942, a smart man in his first decade. He was a loveable friend of Takis Horn in which he took part as well as Melina Mercouri
.
He fought in the Albanian lines
in which he remained until his order. A cold winter with a large hunger in Athens in 1942, he was at the Kotopouli Company with artwork producer Vassilis Logothethdis from 1942 until 1947. In the same time, his mother's death from hunger at 45 years old interrupted his career. He did not had his financial power that saved his mother, he waited from the municipality that he did until Logothetidis (which he remained in his pride for risking his prohibition of his production) which was brought an English golden lyre to pay his dues. From then, a great friendship with two men and worked together from 1947 until his death in 1960.
In that space where he acted in many theatrical plays with Logothetidis, went for performance in America and in England (in 1958 and in '58), filmed 13 movies together (many of these in Alexandria
in Egypt
) always as a partner in his right hand. His famous adversary was chess
, which many great players and the two did not want to lose.
He took part in the summer of 1960 in Nasredin Hodjas after Logothetidis' death with sources of his work with Dinos Iliopoulos, raised the work Exochiko kentro o Eros in December 1960, O ebistos Kirios Manie in March 1961, O filos mou o Lefteraksi in May 1961. In June 1962, he played in a thriller presentation by Minos Argyrakis Dream Street
with Manos Hadjidakis
as a musician which presetnred with his friend Takis Horn in which he substituted when Horn was sick. He took part in his work from the accustomed spot, with Christina Sylva in a large presentation from 1962 until 1963 entered the work Erotiko kynigi, The Tower of Thunder, Ekeini ti nychta, Anna Loukasta.
In the 1964-65 season, he went to the National Theatre with Alexis Solomos where he took part to abandon the free theater to continue his work at stage in Agios Konstantinos. His first try was with the presentation Dona Diana in which Protopappas acted as Perrin, took his critics. He went for 13 years at the National Theatre with a great classic repertoire (Tartuffo and a play by Molière
). Plays from Carlo Goldoni
, Luigi Pirandello
, William Shakespeare
, Molière
, Eduardo de Filippo
, even Aristophanes
in Epidaurus and at the ancient theater. His acts that took his presentation in Pluto by Aristophanes with N. Nezer, Kalogianni, Mairi Arroni, El. Halkousi, P. Zervos
in Epidavros at the ancient theater and also played at the National Theatre of Canada in 1967.
In 1976, he took part as an artwork sponsor which grew his sources of classical works and Greek dramas. He was a sponsor at the Public Theatre in Argos. He took part in many TV and radio shows. Protopappas was also a writer which remained for a few years. A student in writing and his friend was the writer/actor Michalis Nikolinakos
. Evangelos Protopappas died on May 21, 1995 from Alzheimer's disease
at the age of 78. He is buried at the Kallithea
Cemetery.
Vassilis Logothetidis
Vassilis Logothetidis was a Greek comedian.Logothetidis was born in 1897 in Myriofito, a village in Eastern Thrace close to Istanbul. One year after graduating from high school, in 1916, he started to participate as an amateur actor in local shows...
in which he cooperated a narrow friendship. He later took part in TV shows including Astynomos Thanassis Papathanassis with Thanassis Vengos and Zoza Metaxa. O Kosmas kai o kosmos tou with Kostas Voutsas
Kostas Voutsas
Kostas Voutsas is a famous Greek actor, director and writer.-Biography:Voutsas was born in Thessaloniki, in 1931. He studied drama at the Drama School of the Macedonian Conservatory of Thessaloniki and made his stage and screen debut in 1953...
, O Oneiroparmenos, etc.
Biography
Vangelis Protopappas was a descended of a judge members. His father Dimitrios Protopappas was a city judge and a politician with he took part for a judge even himself in his first year at law school took part to participate in a message with an actor, he enrolled himself into the National TheatreNational Theatre of Greece
The National Theatre of Greece is based in Athens, Greece.-History:The theatre was originally founded in 1880 with a grant from King George I and Efstratios Rallis to give theatre a permanent home in Athens...
's Dramatic School]] where he wrote in 9137. He cut his studies in 1938 for the military and finished in 1942, a smart man in his first decade. He was a loveable friend of Takis Horn in which he took part as well as Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri
Melina Mercouri , born as Maria Amalia Mercouri was a Greek actress, singer and politician.As an actress she made her film debut in Stella and met international success with her performances in Never on Sunday, Phaedra, Topkapi and Promise at Dawn...
.
He fought in the Albanian lines
Greco-Italian War
The Greco-Italian War was a conflict between Italy and Greece which lasted from 28 October 1940 to 23 April 1941. It marked the beginning of the Balkans Campaign of World War II...
in which he remained until his order. A cold winter with a large hunger in Athens in 1942, he was at the Kotopouli Company with artwork producer Vassilis Logothethdis from 1942 until 1947. In the same time, his mother's death from hunger at 45 years old interrupted his career. He did not had his financial power that saved his mother, he waited from the municipality that he did until Logothetidis (which he remained in his pride for risking his prohibition of his production) which was brought an English golden lyre to pay his dues. From then, a great friendship with two men and worked together from 1947 until his death in 1960.
In that space where he acted in many theatrical plays with Logothetidis, went for performance in America and in England (in 1958 and in '58), filmed 13 movies together (many of these in Alexandria
Alexandria
Alexandria is the second-largest city of Egypt, with a population of 4.1 million, extending about along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the north central part of the country; it is also the largest city lying directly on the Mediterranean coast. It is Egypt's largest seaport, serving...
in Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
) always as a partner in his right hand. His famous adversary was chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, which many great players and the two did not want to lose.
He took part in the summer of 1960 in Nasredin Hodjas after Logothetidis' death with sources of his work with Dinos Iliopoulos, raised the work Exochiko kentro o Eros in December 1960, O ebistos Kirios Manie in March 1961, O filos mou o Lefteraksi in May 1961. In June 1962, he played in a thriller presentation by Minos Argyrakis Dream Street
Dream Street
Dream Street was an American pop boy band that was formed in mid 1999 by Louis Baldonieri and Brian Lukow. Dream Street later disbanded in 2002 after a legal dispute between the parents and the group's managers...
with Manos Hadjidakis
Manos Hadjidakis
Manos Hatzidakis was a Greek composer and theorist of the Greek music. He was also one of the main prime movers of the "Éntekhno" song ....
as a musician which presetnred with his friend Takis Horn in which he substituted when Horn was sick. He took part in his work from the accustomed spot, with Christina Sylva in a large presentation from 1962 until 1963 entered the work Erotiko kynigi, The Tower of Thunder, Ekeini ti nychta, Anna Loukasta.
In the 1964-65 season, he went to the National Theatre with Alexis Solomos where he took part to abandon the free theater to continue his work at stage in Agios Konstantinos. His first try was with the presentation Dona Diana in which Protopappas acted as Perrin, took his critics. He went for 13 years at the National Theatre with a great classic repertoire (Tartuffo and a play by Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
). Plays from Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Goldoni
Carlo Osvaldo Goldoni was an Italian playwright and librettist from the Republic of Venice. His works include some of Italy's most famous and best-loved plays. Audiences have admired the plays of Goldoni for their ingenious mix of wit and honesty...
, Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello
Luigi Pirandello was an Italian dramatist, novelist, and short story writer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1934, for his "bold and brilliant renovation of the drama and the stage." Pirandello's works include novels, hundreds of short stories, and about 40 plays, some of which are written...
, William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
, Molière
Molière
Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, known by his stage name Molière, was a French playwright and actor who is considered to be one of the greatest masters of comedy in Western literature...
, Eduardo de Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo
Eduardo De Filippo was an Italian actor, playwright, screenwriter, author and poet, best known for his Neapolitan works Filumena Marturano and Napoli Milionaria.-Biography:...
, even Aristophanes
Aristophanes
Aristophanes , son of Philippus, of the deme Cydathenaus, was a comic playwright of ancient Athens. Eleven of his forty plays survive virtually complete...
in Epidaurus and at the ancient theater. His acts that took his presentation in Pluto by Aristophanes with N. Nezer, Kalogianni, Mairi Arroni, El. Halkousi, P. Zervos
Pantelis Zervos
-Biography:Zervos was born in Loutraki near Corinth in Perachora. He attended the Art Theatre School with Karolos Koun . He entered the theatrical scene from 1933 and participated with the greatest stars of the time as distinction in classic and main roles, even in modern Greek civics.His most...
in Epidavros at the ancient theater and also played at the National Theatre of Canada in 1967.
In 1976, he took part as an artwork sponsor which grew his sources of classical works and Greek dramas. He was a sponsor at the Public Theatre in Argos. He took part in many TV and radio shows. Protopappas was also a writer which remained for a few years. A student in writing and his friend was the writer/actor Michalis Nikolinakos
Michalis Nikolinakos
Michalis Nikolakos or Mihalis Nikolakkos was a Greek theatrical and cinematic actor. He was born in 1923 in Alyka, Laconia, in the southeastern Peloponnese. In his childhood years, he moved to Piraeus. After 1946, he studied both at the art school and the drama school of the Athens Odeum, where...
. Evangelos Protopappas died on May 21, 1995 from Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease also known in medical literature as Alzheimer disease is the most common form of dementia. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death...
at the age of 78. He is buried at the Kallithea
Kallithea
Kallithea is the 8th largest municipality in Greece and the 4th biggest in the Athens urban area...
Cemetery.
Filmography
| Year | Film | Transliteraion and translation | Role |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Marina... | Μαρίνα... | - |
| 1948 | The Germans are Coming | 'Οι Γερμανοί ξανάρχονται I Yermani xanarhonte |
- |
| 1947 | Ena votsalo sti limni Ena votsalo sti limni Ena votsalo sti limni is a 1955 Greek comedy film directed by Giorgos Tzavelas and stars Vassilis Logothetidis and Ilya Livykou-Plot:A miserly man cheats his wife one night... |
Ένα βότσαλο στη λίμνη | Giorgos |
| 1953 | Santa Chiquita | Σάντα Τσικίτα | Michalis |
| 1964 | Despoinis eton 39 Despoinis eton 39 Despinis eton 39 or Despinis eton 39 is a 1954 Greek drama-comedy film directed by Alekos Sakellarios and starring Vassilis Logothetidis, Smaro Stefanidou and Ilya Livykou.-Plot:... |
Δεσποινίς ετών 39 A 39 Year-Old Lady |
Kriton Stefanis |
| 1955 | I kalpiki lira | Η κάλπικη λίρα | Dinos |
| 1956 | O ziliarogatos O ziliarogatos O ziliarogatos is a 1956 Greek black and white comedy film made by Anzervos and based on a theatrical play O erastis erhete by Georgios Roussos. It was directed and written by Giorgos Tzavellas-Plot:... |
Ο ζηλιαρόγατος | Markos Manolopoulos |
| 1957 | Delistavros kai yios | Δελησταύρου και υιός | Mikes |
| 1958 | A Hero with Slippers | Ένας ήρως με παντούφλες Enas iros me pantoufles |
Liveriadis |
| 1962 | O atsidas O atsidas O atsidas is a 1962 Greek comedy film directed by Giorgos Giannis Dalianidis and starring Dinos Iliopoulos, Zoi Laskari and Vangelis Protopappas.-Synopsis:... |
Ο ατσίδας | Grigoris Mavrofrydis |
| 1963 | Palikarakia tis pantreias | Παλικαράκια της παντρειάς' | Orfeas |
| 1966 | O kabouris | Ο καμπούρης | Nikos |
| 1986 | Alles ton protimoun giouli | Άλλες τον προτιμούν γουλί | Dinos |
| 1990 | Prosochi... mas valane boba | Προσοχή... μας βάλανε μπόμπα | - |