Nikos Rizos ( el, Νίκος Ρίζος; 30 September 1924, in

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– 20 April 1999, in

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) was a

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actor. He took part in many Greek comedies in cinema. He and his wife Elsa had one son.

Career

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

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and

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. 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 300 comedy films including ''To soferaki'' (with Giorgos Tzavellas), ''

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'' (with Nikos Tsiforos), ''O Klearchos, i Marina kai o kontos'', ''Simoria eraston'', and others. On television, he starred alongside

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in ''O dromos'' (''The Road''). In 1999, he appeared in the television series of Tassos Athanassiadis's ''I aithousa tou thronou''. It was his last appearance on television.

Death

Rizos' last years were spent in Gkyzi. He suffered a heart attack on 20 April 1999 and died in an Athens hospital from

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. He was 74 years old.Obituary
hri.org, 21 April 1999. He is buried at Athens First Cemetery.

Filmography

As himself:

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rizos Nikos 1924 births 1999 deaths Greek male actors Greek male film actors Greek comedians 20th-century Greek male actors 20th-century comedians People from Arta (regional unit)