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Giannis Gionakis

Giannis Gionakis

Acting

Biography

Giannis Gionakis was a Greek actor in film and theater. Gionakis was born in Athens in 1922. He began his studies at the medical school, but was won over by acting and proceeded to study theatre at the Karolos Koun Dramatic School and the Greek Odeon. He became particularly well known for his comedic roles in movies, where he was associated with portrayals of kind but dim-witted people.

Known For

Monday's Theater
7.2

Greek television series

Monday's Theater

1972
The Barber's Beauty
5.2

A barber tries to find husbands for his four sisters so that he can marry his fiancee.

The Barber's Beauty

1969
Wheel Bag and Kopana
5.9

A major hit in the Greek cinemas at the time, this comedy by Omiros Efstratiadis is about a bunch of teenagers who make things difficult for their teachers.

Wheel Bag and Kopana

1982
Alice in the Navy
6.5

Aliki is in love with someone who serves his duty in the greek navy. Wanting to see him, she disguises as a navy soldier and gets aboard her lover's ship. Things get more complicated when she comes accross the ship's captain; her father!

Alice in the Navy

1961
The yellow gloves
6.7

When it comes to his wife, Orestis is suspicious of everything, be it a moustachioed chauffeur or a lost pair of bumblebee-yellow gloves. But, are his fears justified or is this case of the lost fashion accessories a big misunderstanding?

The yellow gloves

1960
Papasouzas
4.0

Father Isychios, who is seeing that the faith of his fellow human beings is lost and that the church where he works is emptied of believers, recruits a two-wheeled motorcycle in order to penetrate the youth and catch its pulse, while engaging in various comedic performances. The corresponding pastor of the neighboring church, Father Avgoustos, "steals" the faithful with various tricks. At the same time, Father Isychios himself loses the ultimate goal of his mission, being carried away. from the frantic rhythms of entertainment of modern youth and in general the era of disco and nightclubs.

Papasouzas

1983
Poor Bums
6.1

Intent on marrying into money, two antagonists will stop at nothing to seduce a young heiress, renouncing their sweethearts just to get a greater chance at a lucrative love. But, what does the girl have to say about their risky business?

Poor Bums

1961
Mini Skirt and Karate
8.3

A tenant who wants to write an armed forces officer's biography falls head over heels with his beautiful niece instead. As his friend falls in love with the same girl, they all meet with his sour landlady. But, can one put love on hold?

Mini Skirt and Karate

1967
Tuesday the 13th
7.0

A chain of bizarrely perfect and utterly extraordinary coincidences will convince a superstitious civil engineer that his impoverished long-lost friend is indeed a bearer of good fortune; however, is he truly an invaluable mascot?

Tuesday the 13th

1963
Sucker Groom
6.5

Two fanciful friends earn a half-apartment in a lottery and are forced to cohabit, while they like the same girl and want to marry her. So one tries to put obstacles in the other and engage in comic situations.

Sucker Groom

1962
A Rich Without Money
4.2

A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .

A Rich Without Money

1967
Another One for the Million
6.5

The honest and meticulous cashier, Savvas, works in a business and is often pressured by his wife’s siblings to embezzle money from his job and lend it to them. When his manager, leaving on a trip, entrusts him with a million drachmas without a receipt, Savvas succumbs to the pressure and gives some of the money to his brother-in-law. In the end, however, an unexpected development awaits Savvas, since his manager is killed in an airplane crash and he has to decide what to do with the money.

Another One for the Million

1964
Seven Days of Lying
7.0

Lukas and Sotiris hate the work but are forced to make ends meet working as salesman of books. In one visit, Luke would accept a proposal from the hostess, Fofi to represent her husband in the eyes of Julia's aunt, as long as you remain in Greece.

Seven Days of Lying

1963
Love Games
4.5

A father is desperately trying to tame his young daughter, while she falls for a young man during their vacation In the island of Aegina, near Athens. But young love ignores fatherly threats and takes its course.

Love Games

1960
A Pitiful Don Juan
5.4

A wealthy man is responsible for his friend’s daughter, who has come to Athens to study. The girl messes up his life and soon falls in love with him. Although he behaves like a father to her, he is tempted and jealous and flirts with her in front of a charming classmate of her, who is also interested in the girl.

A Pitiful Don Juan

1960
The Mischief-Makers
8.0

Two unemployed men are linked by friendship and go through many adventures together.

The Mischief-Makers

1963
Exotic Vitamins
2.7

A middle-aged womaniser takes in his distant cousin, who has fled from an arranged marriage, and she decides to use a potent love potion to seduce the unattainable object of her desire. Can a dash of exotic vitamins help her succeed?

Exotic Vitamins

1964
The Big Fool
8.7

Businessman Telis Birkas (Periklis Hristoforidis) decides to marry his daughter Antzela (Sasa Kastoura) with a nice guy, his accountant Dinos (Dinos Iliopoulos). Antzela though does not want to hear a word about it. Telis, decides to train Dinos in order for him to win his daughter's heart. Training does not go so well and so the call in the big guns.

The Big Fool

1967
My Wife's Husband
4.5

By closing his pharmacy, Panagiotis Panagiotidis falls on a provocative stranger, Lulu, who leads him to a beach for swimming and then drives him home. There, he learns that he is called Jordan Steka, that Lulu is his wife and that he suffers from a personality split. He asks for police assistance, but the policeman is convinced that he is crazy and he asks for a psychiatrist to prove him suffering from a personality split.

My Wife's Husband

1962
Agents 005 Against Goldenfoot
5.6

Two James Bond fans, Kosmas and Damianos Bouralas, own a wine bar and hold a 5% stake in an industry. Mikes Pararas, who owns 47.5% of the same industry, is a wealthy man who, together with his partner Telis Hatzineftis, exploits and mistreats the employees and steals from the company. The arrival of the owner of the other 47.5%, Rita Pavlidi, will help the two friends take control of the business, after Chrysopodaros' misdeeds are revealed.

Agents 005 Against Goldenfoot

1965