Vagelis Protopapas
Vangelis Protopapas (Greek: Βαγγέλης Πρωτόπαπας, Tinos 1917 - May 21, 1995) was a Greek actor.
He was originally from Messolonghi and was the son of a senior judicial officer. His father, Dimitrios Protopapas, a first-instance judge and member of parliament, intended him to be a lawyer, but in his first year of law school he decided to pursue a career as an actor, studying at the National Theatre School where he enrolled in 1937. He interrupted his studies in 1938 for military service, and graduated in 1942, with honors in the top ten. He was a friend of Dimitris Horn, with whom he graduated together, of the director Alexis Solomos, as well as of Melina Mercouri.
He had important roles in the films A Hero in Slippers (1958), Santa Chikita (1953), The Fake Pound (1955), The Jealous Cat (1956), Miss 39 (1954), etc., all with Vasilis Logothetides, with whom he was closely friends, but also in the television series Police Officer Thanasis Papathanasis (1990), Androcles and His Lions (1985), etc.
He was also the Director of the Municipal Theater of Argos. He participated in many television and radio series. E. Protopappas was also a painter, and left behind several works.
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Films (44)
Προσοχή! Μας βάλανε μπόμπα...
1990 · President
Champion
1989 · Haralambos
Hungry and a gentleman
1989
I Rita... kai to Ritaki
1989 · Evripidis Daponte
Καμαριέρα χωρίς καριέρα
1989
Ο χαρτοπαίκτης και το χαμίνι
1989
Ο χασοδίκης
1989
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
1988
Thanasis in the country of Will
1988
One But... Leon
1988 · Stathis Froutakis Sr.
Σιγανοπαπαδιά
1988
Μπρος στρατός και πίσω τρέλλα
1988 · Leonidas
Σας έπιασα στα πράσα
1987
Τράβα μου μια ...φωτογραφία
1987
Το κορίτσι του υποπλοιάρχου
1987
Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή
1987
Alles ton protimoun gouli
1986 · Ντίνος
The Yannis who became Tzonis
1986
O proikothiras kai to manouli
1986
Erastis horis gynaika
1986 · Παρασκευάς
To Glyfitzouri
1985
Rena, ta resta sou!
1985
Anyone Else for Heaven?
1983 · Father
I Really Play the Man
1983 · Nectarios
The Big Nostril
1981
Taste from Greece
1980
The Hunchback
1966
Marriage Lads
1963
The Wise Guy
1962 · Grigoris
Koutroulis` Wedding
1962 · Strovilis
Κατηγορούμενος... ο Έρως
1962 · Defence attorney
The Tough Guy
1961 · Kalogirou
A Hero in His Slippers
1958 · Sotiris Lymberiadis
Trouble for Fathers
1957 · Μικές
Jealous like a Cat
1956 · Markos Manolopoulos
The Counterfeit Coin
1955 · Dinos
No Harm's Done
1955 · Vangelis
A Young Miss... Aged 39
1954 · Kriton Stefanis
The Swindlers
1954 · Karameletis
Santa Chikita
1953 · Michalis
A Ripple in the Pond
1952 · Giorgos
Greedy for Everything
1952 · Margaras
The Germans Strike Again
1948 · Zisis
Marina
1947 · Waiter
