Spiros Focás
Spiros Focás , Σπύρος Φωκάς ; actually Xiros Andros (born August 17, 1937 in Patras ) is a Greek actor .
Life
Focás made his screen debut at the age of 22 and worked in the episode in which he established himself as a character actor in international films, mainly in Italy with directors such as Luchino Visconti and Vincente Minnelli , but also for numerous genre craftsmen such as Ferdinando Baldi or Gianfranco Mingozzi . As one of the few actors in his home country who was also able to achieve international success, he was busy in Hollywood with interpretations for On the Hunt for the Jewel of the Nile (1985) and Rambo III (1988).
After his first experiences in Greece, he was quickly committed to Italy, where he played two leading roles in a social drama by Franco Rossi and a Peplum by Vittorio Cottafavi in 1959 . Visconti then cast him for Rocco and his brothers , after which Focás constantly switched between demanding films and adventurous commercial entertainment such as the controversial Castigata - Die Gezüchtige . From the mid-1970s he was also a hard-working television actor.
A pseudonym of Focás' was Clyde Garner .
Filmography (selection)
- 1959: Matomeno iliovasilemma
- 1960: Messalina (Messalina Venere imperatrice)
- 1960: ... and found too easily (Morte di un amico)
- 1960: Rocco and his brothers (Rocco ei suoi fratelli)
- 1962: Branded (Un uomo da bruciare)
- 1966: I Stefania
- 1966: fear (O fovos)
- 1968: Hate Your Neighbor (Odia il prossima tua)
- 1969: Zorro alla corte d'Inghilterra
- 1973: Shaft in Africa (Shaft in Africa)
- 1974: Castigata - The Chastened (Flavia, la monaca musulmana)
- 1976: Nina - Just a matter of time (Nina)
- 1977: Inferno 2000 (Holocaust 2000)
- 1985: The Jewel of the Nile (The Jewel of the Nile)
- 1988: Rambo III (Rambo III)
- 1990: Breakfast with her (White Palace)
- 1991: Murder is Her Hobby ( Murder, She Wrote ; TV series, episode The List of Yuri Lermentov )
- 1993: Happy Holiday (TV series, episode The Star )
- 2008: Iatriko aporrito (TV series, 6 episodes)
- 2014: Promakhos
- 2017: O Thisavros
Web links
- Spiros Focás in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Biography at mygreek.fm (Greek)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli: Dictionnaire del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema. Gremese 2006, pp. 76/77
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Focás, Spiros |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Φωκάς, Σπύρος; Andros, Xiros (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 17, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Patras |