Petros 'Pedro' Regas (born Panagiotis Thomas Regakos; April 18, 1897 – August 10, 1974 in Hollywood,

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), a veteran stage actor, Regas was spotted on the

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stage by

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who persuaded him to go to

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and be in pictures, which he did in 1920 and continued to play in films for 50 years. Regas died of a

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and was interred in the

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Partial filmography

* ''

Señorita Señorita (the Spanish honorific equivalent of Miss) may refer to: Film * ''Senorita'' (film), a 1927 American silent film *''Señorita'', a 2011 film directed by Isabel Sandoval Music * "Señorita" (Don Williams song), 1987 *'' Señorita EP'' ...

'' (1927) - Hernandez Gaucho (uncredited) * '' The Ridin' Renegade'' (1928) - Little Wolf * '' Two Fisted Justice'' (1931) - Henchman Cheyenne Charlie * ''

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'' (1932) - Mexican (uncredited) * '' Scarface'' (1932) - Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited) * ''

The Mouthpiece ''The Mouthpiece'' is a 1932 American pre-Code crime drama film starring Warren William and directed by James Flood and Elliott Nugent. It was produced and distributed by Warner Bros.''The American Film Institute Catalog Feature Films: 1931-40'' ...

'' (1932) - One of J.B.'s Henchmen (uncredited) * ''

Thunder Below ''Thunder Below'' is a 1932 American pre-Code drama film directed by Richard Wallace, written by Sidney Buchman and Josephine Lovett, and starring Tallulah Bankhead, Charles Bickford, Paul Lukas, Eugene Pallette, Ralph Forbes and Leslie Fenton. ...

'' (1932) - Messenger (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1932) - Crewman (uncredited) * '' Trailing the Killer'' (1932) - Manuel * '' The Barbarian'' (1933) - Dragoman (uncredited) * ''Fighting Texans'' (1933) - Store Customer (uncredited) * ''

Flying Down to Rio ''Flying Down to Rio'' is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the fe ...

'' (1933) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Viva Villa! ''Viva Villa!'' is a 1934 American pre-Code film directed by Jack Conway and starring Wallace Beery as Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa. The screenplay was written by Ben Hecht, adapted from the 1933 book ''Viva Villa!'' by Edgecumb Pinchon an ...

'' (1934) - Tomás * ''

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'' (1934) - Henchman (uncredited) * '' West of the Pecos'' (1934) - Manuel * '' Black Fury'' (1935) - Tony - a Miner (uncredited) * ''

Under the Pampas Moon ''Under the Pampas Moon'', also known as ''The Gaucho'', is a 1935 American Western film directed by James Tinling and starring Warner Baxter and Ketti Gallian. Baxter plays an Argentine gaucho. Rita Hayworth also had an early role in the film. ...

'' (1935) - Jockey (uncredited) * ''

The Adventures of Rex and Rinty ''The Adventures of Rex and Rinty'' (1935) is a Mascot film serial directed by Ford Beebe and B. Reeves Eason and starring the equine actor Rex ("The King of Wild Horses") and canine actor Rin Tin Tin, Jr. Cast * Rex the king of wild horses as ...

'' (1935, Serial) - Pasha hs. 1-4, 7-11* ''

Sutter's Gold ''Sutter's Gold'' is a 1936 American Western film. It is a fictionalized version of the aftermath of the discovery of gold on Sutter's property, spurring the California Gold Rush of 1849. Edward Arnold plays John Sutter. The supporting cast inc ...

'' (1936) - De La Cruz (uncredited) * ''

Give Us This Night ''Give Us This Night'' is one of five movies produced by Paramount Pictures featuring Gladys Swarthout, a very popular Metropolitan Opera mezzo-soprano. The studio was attempting to build on the popularity of Grace Moore, another opera singer, w ...

'' (1936) - Fisherman * '' Robin Hood of El Dorado'' (1936) - Lookout Yelling 'Murrietta Comes!' (uncredited) * '' The Traitor'' (1936) - Pedro Moreno * '' Lady Luck'' (1936) - Head Barber (uncredited) * ''

Mummy's Boys ''Mummy's Boys'' is a 1936 American comedy film directed by Fred Guiol and written by Jack Townley, Philip G. Epstein and Charles E. Roberts. The film stars Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Barbara Pepper, Moroni Olsen, Frank M. Thomas and Willie Be ...

'' (1936) - Fakir (uncredited) * ''

Waikiki Wedding ''Waikiki Wedding'' is a 1937 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Burns, Martha Raye, and Shirley Ross. Crosby plays the part of Tony Marvin, a PR man charged with extolling the virtues of the Territory ...

'' (1937) - Cab Driver (uncredited) * '' Midnight Taxi'' (1937) - Dazetta (uncredited) * '' Behind the Headlines'' (1937) - (uncredited) * '' Border Cafe'' (1937) - Mexican Policeman (uncredited) * '' The Girl of the Golden West'' (1938) - Renegade in Prologue (uncredited) * ''

Tropic Holiday ''Tropic Holiday'' is a 1938 American musical film directed by Theodore Reed and starring Bob Burns, Dorothy Lamour and Ray Milland. The film was nominated for the Academy Award's Best Original Score. Cast * Bob Burns as Breck Jones * Dor ...

'' (1938) - Peón (uncredited) * '' Juarez'' (1939) - Antonio Regales (uncredited) * ''

Only Angels Have Wings ''Only Angels Have Wings'' is a 1939 American Adventure film, adventure drama (film and television), drama film directed by Howard Hawks, starring Cary Grant and Jean Arthur, and is based on a story written by Hawks. Its plot follows the manager ...

'' (1939) - Pancho * ''

Code of the Secret Service ''Code of the Secret Service'' is a 1939 film directed by Noel M. Smith and starring Ronald Reagan. It is the second of four films in the U.S. Secret Service Agent Brass Bancroft series, having been preceded by ''Secret Service of the Air'' (193 ...

'' (1939) - Diego (uncredited) * ''

The Rains Came ''The Rains Came'' is a 1939 20th Century Fox film based on an American novel by Louis Bromfield (published in June 1937 by Harper & Brothers). The film was directed by Clarence Brown and stars Myrna Loy, Tyrone Power, George Brent, Brenda ...

'' (1939) - Official (uncredited) * ''

Road to Singapore ''Road to Singapore'' is a 1940 American semi- musical comedy film directed by Victor Schertzinger and starring Bing Crosby, Dorothy Lamour and Bob Hope. Based on a story by Harry Hervey, the film is about two playboys trying to forget previo ...

'' (1940) - Zato - Policeman (uncredited) * '' They Drive by Night'' (1940) - Harry's Partner (uncredited) * '' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) - Half-breed Archer (uncredited) * ''

Our Wife Our Wife may refer to: * Our Wife (1931 film) ''Our Wife'' is a 1931 American pre-Code Hal Roach comedy film starring Laurel and Hardy. It was directed by James W. Horne and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Plot Oliver is making plans to be ma ...

'' (1941) - Cuban Driver (uncredited) * ''

The Night of January 16th ''Night of January 16th'' (sometimes advertised as ''The Night of January 16th'') is a theatrical play by Russian-American author Ayn Rand, inspired by the death of the "Match King", Ivar Kreuger. Set in a courtroom during a murder trial, an ...

'' (1941) - Cuban Bartender (uncredited) * ''

Remember Pearl Harbor ''Remember Pearl Harbor'' is a 1942 American propaganda film directed by Joseph Santley and written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan and Isabel Dawn. The film stars Don "Red" Barry, Alan Curtis, Fay McKenzie, Sig Ruman, Ian Keith and Rhys Williams. '' ...

'' (1942) - Code Interpreter (uncredited) * ''

Perils of Nyoka ''Perils of Nyoka'' is a 1942 Republic serial directed by William Witney. It stars Kay Aldridge as Nyoka the Jungle Girl, a character who first appeared in the Edgar Rice Burroughs-inspired serial ''Jungle Girl''. Plot Nyoka, with help from La ...

'' (1942) - Ibrahim - Bedouin

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(uncredited) * ''

Action in the North Atlantic ''Action in the North Atlantic'', also known as ''Heroes Without Uniforms'', is a 1943 American black-and-white war film from Warner Bros. Pictures, produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, that stars Humphrey Bogart and Raymond Massey a ...

'' (1943) - Greek Seaman (uncredited) * ''

For Whom the Bell Tolls ''For Whom the Bell Tolls'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1940. It tells the story of Robert Jordan, a young American volunteer attached to a Republican guerrilla unit during the Spanish Civil War. As a dynamiter, he is assigned ...

'' (1943) - Soldier #3 (uncredited) * ''

Tiger Fangs ''Tiger Fangs'' is a 1943 American adventure/thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Frank Buck and June Duprez. It was distributed Producers Releasing Corporation. The film's sets were designed by the art director Paul Palmentola. ...

'' (1943) - Takko * ''

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves" ( ar, علي بابا والأربعون لصا) is a folk tale from the ''One Thousand and One Nights''. It was added to the collection in the 18th century by its French translator Antoine Galland, who heard ...

'' (1944) - Thief (uncredited) * ''

The Mask of Dimitrios ''The Mask of Dimitrios'' is a 1944 American film noir directed by Jean Negulesco and written by Frank Gruber, based on the 1939 novel of the same title written by Eric Ambler (in the United States, it was published as ''A Coffin for Dimitrios'' ...

'' (1944) - Turkish Morgue Attendant (uncredited) * ''

To Have and Have Not ''To Have and Have Not'' is a novel by Ernest Hemingway published in 1937 by Charles Scribner's Sons. The book follows Harry Morgan, a fishing boat captain out of Key West, Florida. ''To Have and Have Not'' was Hemingway's second novel set in th ...

'' (1944) - Civilian (uncredited) * '' The Conspirators'' (1944) - Fisherman (uncredited) * ''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is a philosophical fiction, philosophical novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American periodical ''Lippincott's Monthly Magazine''.''Th ...

'' (1945) - Barkeep (uncredited) * '' South of the Rio Grande'' (1945) - Luis * ''

Perilous Holiday ''Perilous Holiday'' is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Pat O'Brien and Ruth Warrick.Stephens p.276 The screenplay concerns a woman newspaper reporter who is on the trail of a smuggling ring operat ...

'' (1946) - Pedro (uncredited) * '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1946) - Guide (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Mexican Sheepherder (uncredited) * ''

The Homestretch ''The Homestretch'' is a 1947 American drama film directed by H. Bruce Humberstone and written by Wanda Tuchock. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Maureen O'Hara, Glenn Langan, Helen Walker, James Gleason, Henry Stephenson and Margaret Bannerman. The ...

'' (1947) - First Mate (uncredited) * ''

Trail of the Mounties ''Trail of the Mounties'', also known as ''Law of the Mounties'', is a 1947 American Western film directed by Howard Bretherton and starring Russell Hayden, Jennifer Holt, and Emmett Lynn. Premise A Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman is seeking ...

'' (1947) - Trapper La Porte * ''

Secret Beyond the Door ''Secret Beyond the Door'' is a 1947 American film noir psychological thriller and a modern updating of the Bluebeard fairytale, directed by Fritz Lang, produced by Lang's Diana Productions, and released by Universal Pictures. The film stars Joan ...

'' (1947) - Waiter (uncredited) * '' French Leave'' (1948) - Seaman (uncredited) * '' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) - Esteban (uncredited) * ''

Mexican Hayride ''Mexican Hayride'' is a 1948 film starring the comedy team of Abbott and Costello. The film is based on Cole Porter's Broadway musical ''Mexican Hayride (musical), Mexican Hayride'' starring Bobby Clark (comedian), Bobby Clark. No songs from th ...

'' (1948) - Proprietor (uncredited) * ''

Viva Zapata! ''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American Western film directed by Elia Kazan and starring Marlon Brando. The screenplay was written by John Steinbeck, using Edgcomb Pinchon's 1941 book ''Zapata the Unconquerable'' as a guide. The cast includes Jean Pe ...

'' (1952) - Innocente (uncredited) * ''

Tonight We Sing ''Tonight We Sing'' is a 1953 American musical biopic film directed by Mitchell Leisen and starring David Wayne, Ezio Pinza and Roberta Peters. It is based on the life and career of the celebrated impresario Sol Hurok. The film is based on the 1 ...

'' (1953) - Greek (uncredited) * ''

Ride, Vaquero! ''Ride, Vaquero!'' is a 1953 American Western (genre), Western film photographed in Ansco Color (print by Technicolor) made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by John Farrow and produced by Stephen Ames from a screenplay by Frank Fe ...

'' (1953) - Comrade (uncredited) * '' Killer Ape'' (1953) - Magi (uncredited) * '' The Outsider'' (1961) - Mr. Sinta (uncredited) * ''The Madmen of Mandoras'' (1963) - Presidente Juan Padua * ''

Alvarez Kelly ''Alvarez Kelly'' is a 1966 American Western (genre), Western film set in the American Civil War directed by Edward Dmytryk and starring William Holden and Richard Widmark. The picture was based on the historic Beefsteak Raid of September 1864 ...

'' (1966) - Mexican Manservant (uncredited) * ''

They Saved Hitler's Brain ''They Saved Hitler's Brain'' is a 1968 TV movie directed by David Bradley. It was adapted for television from a shorter 1963 theatrical feature film, ''Madmen of Mandoras'', produced by Carl Edwards and directed by David Bradley. The film was ...

'' (1968) - Old Arab * '' Justine'' (1969) - Aged Man (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1970) - She'll-Be-Back-Pretty-Soon * ''

Angel Unchained ''Angel Unchained'' (also known as ''Hell's Angels Unchained'') is a 1970 American action thriller film directed by Lee Madden for American International Pictures and starring Don Stroud as the title character Angel. It was released in the United ...

'' (1970) - Injun

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