George Kotsonaros
George Kotsonaros was a film actor, mostly in silent pictures. He was born October 16, 1892, in Nauplie, Greece, and died July 13, 1933, in Eutaw, Alabama.
His swarthy, menacing face -- and pugilist's rearranged nose -- got him many roles as a tough guy or a prizefighter at a time when boxing movies were a flourishing sub-genre due to the sport's huge popularity with the public.
Most of Kotsonaros's films are today considered lost, as is the case with most silent films.
Filmography
Honeymoon Lane (1931) -- Nolay
Dangerous Paradise (1930) -- Pedro
aka Two Against Death (USA: alternative title)
The Body Punch (1929) -- Paul Steinert
The Shakedown (1929) -- Battling Roff
We Faw Down (1928) -- One-Round Kelly (uncredited)
aka We Slip Up (UK)
Beggars of Life (1928) -- Baldy (uncredited)
Street of Sin (1928) -- Iron Mike
The Fifty-Fifty Girl (1928) -- Buck (the Gorilla Man)
The Love Mart (1927) -- Fleming Henchman (uncredited)
The Private Life of Helen of Troy (1927) -- Hector
aka Helen of Troy (USA)
The Wizard (1927) -- The Gorilla
King of the Jungle (1927)
Catch-As-Catch-Can (1927) -- Butch
The Tender Hour (1927) -- The Wrestler
When a Man Loves (1927) -- Convict Prisoner (uncredited)
aka His Lady (UK)
While London Sleeps (1926) -- The Monk
Cupid's Knockout (1926)
Vanishing Millions (1926)