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Alekos Tzanetakos
Actor

Alekos Tzanetakos

1 Jan 1937Born
11 Apr 2010Died
73Age at death
81Credits

Biography

Alekos Tzanetakos (Greek: Αλέκος Τζανετάκος, 1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis.

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Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad the Tendyboy, The Crazy Fifty, Some Prefer the Cold, Law 4000, etc. In the early 1980s he retired from the theater and became involved in writing scripts for video films in which he starred. Tzanetakos was also a racing car and motorcycle driver, taking part in the Panhellenic championships and races of the time and scoring many victories. The actor suffered from serious health problems in the last years of his life, culminating in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in November 2009. He passed away at the age of 73 in April 2010.

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Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 81 credits.

  1. 1989Τρεις παρθένες στο κρεβάτι μουFilm: Writer
  2. 1987Seduction... of an AdultFilm: Terry, Writer
  3. 1987Rabbits and BunniesFilm: Πέτρος, διευθυντής ξενοδοχείου
  4. 1987Roky-0 No. 2Film: Ρόκυ, Writer
  5. 1987Επιχείρηση προίκαFilm: Writer
  6. 1987Σφαλιάρα ΚίντFilm: Writer
  7. 1987The cleanersFilm
  8. 1987Στα μανούλια λέμε ναιFilm
  9. 1987Μια στο καρφί και μια στο πέταλοFilm
  10. 1987Εδώ παπάς εκεί...λαπάςFilm
  11. 1987Οι εγκέφαλοιFilm
  12. 1986Anamesa se 7 gynaikesFilm
  13. 1986Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός ΟνειροπαρμένοςFilm: Αλέκος Αλεξίου, Writer
  14. 1986Raki No. 0, the Number!Film: Rocky, Writer
  15. 1986Taxi, Mon AmourFilm: Writer
  16. 1986Οι ατσίδεςFilm
  17. 1985The maid of the nightFilm
  18. 1983Untouched... flirting!!Film: Frixos
  19. 1976Επαγγελματίες ρεμάλιαFilm
  20. 1972One Groom, Many LightweightFilm: Grigoris
  21. 1972Great Brides, Gullible GroomsFilm: Aspromousis
  22. 1972If I Were RichFilm: Mihalis
  23. 1971Carefree... NutFilm: Customer in Gas Station, crook
  24. 1971Two Modern RevelersFilm: Marios
  25. 1971Holidays in VietnamFilm: Makis
  26. 1971Two Clever FoolsFilm: Loukas
  27. 1971King of LiarsFilm: Andreas
  28. 1971Καυτά... ψυχρά κι' ανάποδαFilm: Babis
  29. 1971The Crazy FiftyFilm: Lakis Agarinos
  30. 1971Ship Owner Without Wanting ToFilm
  31. 1971My Adopted Son the Rally DriverFilm
  32. 1970The Three LiarsFilm
  33. 1970Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning personFilm
  34. 1970One Vengos for All JobsFilm: Fotis
  35. 1970The IncredibleFilm: Petros Karalis
  36. 1970My Luck Went CrazyFilm: Alekos Detsikas
  37. 1970Crazy Girls Awesome BoysFilm
  38. 1970The HeadstrongFilm: Δημήτρης Ποντικόπουλος / Τζέιμς Ποντ
  39. 1969I Neraida Kai to PalikariFilm: Manolios
  40. 1969The BlufferFilm: Andreas
  41. 1969The... victimFilm: Dimitris
  42. 1969The Barber's BeautyFilm: Loukas
  43. 1969The Crooked WoodFilm: Petros Markopoulos
  44. 1969Two Feet in One ShoeFilm: Harilaos (voice)
  45. 1969Wake up, you sucker...Film: Lakis Baroles
  46. 1968The Right-Minded MadmanFilm: Tzilis
  47. 1968The Avenue of HateFilm: Stamos
  48. 1968The Giant of KypseliFilm: Alekos
  49. 1968Captain Fandis BastounisFilm: racing driver
  50. 1967A Rich Without MoneyFilm: John Birdas
  51. 1967Welcome DollarFilm: Takis Aggeloutsos
  52. 1967The Drunk of the HarborFilm
  53. 1967For the heart of beautiful HelenFilm
  54. 1967Father, Behave Yourself!Film: Thomas Papastafidas
  55. 1967The Playful GirlFilm: Mikes Stamatiou
  56. 1967Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's WebFilm: Sparos
  57. 1967The World Has Gone Mad...Film: Lelos Dynamitis
  58. 1966Ο Μπαμπάς Μου Ο ΤεντυμπόυςFilm: Leandros
  59. 1966Five Thousand LiesFilm: Vasilis Hatzikosmas
  60. 1966The Parliamentarian LadyFilm
  61. 1966A Man for All Jobs...Film: Fanis
  62. 1966The Smart AleckFilm: Tzinos
  63. 1965A Crazy, Crazy FamilyFilm: Miltos
  64. 1965RuthlessFilm
  65. 1965A Very Clever GuyFilm: Pashalis
  66. 1965Kiss the GirlsFilm: Alekos Grigoriadis
  67. 1965Κάνε Με ΠρωθυπουργόFilm: Zannis
  68. 1964EgoismFilm: Dimitris
  69. 1964The Orgies VillaFilm: Thomas [uncredited]
  70. 1964Something HotFilm: Sotiris
  71. 1963One Girl For Two MenFilm
  72. 1963VertigoFilm: Fotis
  73. 1963Mr. Wing CommanderFilm: staff sergeant
  74. 1963Someone like It Cold...Film
  75. 1963Thymios in the Land of StripteaseFilm
  76. 1962Runaway BrideFilm: member of the band
  77. 1962AstronautsFilm: student
  78. 1962Nomos 4000Film: Alkis
  79. 1962Women want beatFilm
  80. 1959The Policeman of the 16th PrecinctFilm: Spanomarias

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