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Nikos Rizos(1924-1999)

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Nikos Rizos
Nikos Rizos was a Greek actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son. Rizos began his career with "Anthropoi, anthropoi" in 1948 at the Metropolitan Theatre. He founded his own company in 1959 which he co-ran from 1961 with Vasilis Avlonitis and Georgia Vasileiadou. He appeared in various comedies in Greece and Germany, performing for the immigrant Greeks abroad. In 1986, he appeared at the Astor Theatre on Stadiou Street which he ran from the artistic performance until 1990. Rizos changed and he was a theatrical entrepreneur for 27 years. He starred in around 200 comedy films including The Taxi Driver (1953), The Dead Man's Treasure (1959), Klearchos, Marina, and the Short One (1961), Symmoria eraston (1972), and others. On television, he starred alongside Martha Karagianni in O dromos (1977). In 1999, he appeared in the television series of Tasos Athanasiadis's I aithousa tou thronou (1998). It was his last appearance on television. Rizos' last years were spent in Gyzi. He suffered a heart attack on 20 April 1999 and died in an Athens hospital from edema. He was 74 years old. He is buried at Athens First Cemetery.
BornSeptember 30, 1924
DiedApril 20, 1999(74)
BornSeptember 30, 1924
DiedApril 20, 1999(74)
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Pavlos Haikalis and Nikos Rizos in Trellos papas tous vaftise (1988)
Giannis Gionakis, Nasos Kedrakas, Nikos Rizos, and Sonia Zoidou in Eftyhos horis douleia (1963)
Vasilis Avlonitis and Nikos Rizos in The Cicada and the Ant (1958)
Giannis Gionakis, Sofia Mathioudaki, Marika Nezer, Nikos Rizos, and Nikos Stavridis in Jeep Kiosk and Love (1957)
Ketty Papanika, Nikos Rizos, Giannis Vogiatzis, and Kostas Voutsas in Enas trellos, trellos aeropeiratis (1973)
Mimis Hrysomallis, Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Betty Livanou, Ilias Logothetis, Despina Pajanou, Dimitris Piatas, Dimitris Poulikakos, Nikos Rizos, and Rocky Taylor in Arpa Colla (1982)
Nikos Rizos and Despoina Stylianopoulou in Ap' t' alonia, sta salonia (1972)
Nikos Rizos and Nikos Stavridis in The Swindlers (1954)

Known for

Kostas Hatzihristos, Marika Nezer, Nikos Rizos, and Dina Trianti in World Gone Mad (1963)
World Gone Mad
8.8
  • Kitsaras Bourbouris
  • 1963
Mimis Fotopoulos and Aliki Vougiouklaki in To pontikaki (1954)
To pontikaki
5.2
  • Vangelis
  • 1954
Kostas Hatzihristos, Nikos Rizos, and Nikos Stavridis in Jeep Kiosk and Love (1957)
Jeep Kiosk and Love
6.1
  • Vangelis
  • 1957
Dimitris Papamichael and Aliki Vougiouklaki in The Lady and the Tramp (1968)
The Lady and the Tramp
5.5
  • Thanasis
  • 1968

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Actor

  • Armege lagous & koureve helones (2000)
    Armege lagous & koureve helones
  • I aithousa tou thronou (1998)
    I aithousa tou thronou
  • Sofia Aliberti and Nikos Rizos in Alli to proi, alli to vrady (1995)
    Alli to proi, alli to vrady
  • Ston asterismo tis gravatas (1993)
    Ston asterismo tis gravatas
  • Cherchez la femme
  • Gia tin Ellada re gamoto (1993)
    Gia tin Ellada re gamoto
  • Babades, gioi kai peirasmoi
  • Gis madiam (1990)
    Gis madiam
  • O magas apo to Giousouroum xanahtypa (1989)
    O magas apo to Giousouroum xanahtypa
  • Tyfla nahei o Kazanovas
  • Geronto-Kapsouris
  • Ah! Kai na 'moun gomenos! (1989)
    Ah! Kai na 'moun gomenos!
  • O batsos & i batsa (1988)
    O batsos & i batsa
  • Mihanovioi kai batsoi (1988)
    Mihanovioi kai batsoi
  • Krystallo Kid (1988)
    Krystallo Kid

Production Manager

  • Vasilis Avlonitis and Nikos Rizos in The Cicada and the Ant (1958)
    The Cicada and the Ant

Soundtrack

  • Giorgos Oikonomidis, Dinos Iliopoulos, Nikos Rizos, and Georgia Vasileiadou in The Happy Beginning (1954)
    The Happy Beginning

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    • September 30, 1924
    • Peta, Arta, Epirus, Greece
    • April 20, 1999
    • Athens, Greece(pulmonary edema)
    • Elsa Rizou? - April 20, 1999 (his death)

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