Nico Minardos
Nico Minardos ( Greek Νίκος Μινάρδος Nikos Minardos ; born February 15, 1930 in Pangrati , Athens , Greece ; † August 27, 2011 in Woodland Hills , California ) was a Greek - American actor .
Life
Minardos grew up in Greece, studied at the Sorbonne and graduated from UCLA . In 1952 he made his debut, under contract with 20th Century Fox , in the film Monkey Business alongside Cary Grant and Marilyn Monroe . Numerous roles in films, but mainly for television, emerged in the more than thirty years of activity that followed. Typically cast as a southerner, he often played guest roles in series, but also in adventure and action films. After appearing in an episode of Simon & Simon , he ended his acting career in 1986. In 1966, while making a television film in Peru, his colleague Eric Fleming drowned in a canoe scene in which Minardos was able to save himself with difficulty. In 1977 he also produced Assault on Agathon .
In 1986 Minardos, who was married twice, was involved in the Iran-Contra affair due to business connections with Adnan Khashoggi . Owen Prell made the documentary Finding Nico about him in 2010.
Filmography (selection)
- 1952: Honey, I'm Getting Younger (Monkey Business)
- 1970: Cannons for Cordoba (Cannon for Cordoba)
- 1977: Assault on Agathon (also production)
- 1986: Simon & Simon (TV series, 1 episode)
Web links
- Nico Minardos in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Obituary in the Variety
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://findingnico.com/Nico.html ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.variety.com/article/VR1118043262?categoryid=25&cs=1&cmpid=RSS%7CNews%7CLatestNews
- ↑ http://www.vanityfair.com/magazine/archive/1989/09/dunne198909
- ↑ Website of the film ( Memento of the original from November 25, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Minardos, Nico |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Minardos, Nikos; Μινάρδος, Νίκος (elS) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek-American actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 15, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pangrati , Athens , Greece |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 27, 2011 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California |