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 Broadway 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

* ''

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'' (1927) - Hernandez Gaucho (uncredited) * ''

The Ridin' Renegade ''The Ridin' Renegade'' (also known as ''The Riding Renegade'') is a 1928 American silent film, silent Western (genre), Western film directed by Wallace Fox for Film Booking Offices of America (FBO) and starring Bob Steele (actor), Bob Steele, ...

'' (1928) - Little Wolf * '' Two Fisted Justice'' (1931) - Henchman Cheyenne Charlie * '' Law and Order'' (1932) - Mexican (uncredited) * '' Scarface'' (1932) - Tony - Bodyguard (uncredited) * '' The Mouthpiece'' (1932) - One of J.B.'s Henchmen (uncredited) * '' Thunder Below'' (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'' (1933) - Waiter (uncredited) * '' Viva Villa!'' (1934) - Tomás * '' Grand Canary'' (1934) - Henchman (uncredited) * '' West of the Pecos'' (1934) - Manuel * '' Black Fury'' (1935) - Tony - a Miner (uncredited) * '' Under the Pampas Moon'' (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. Plot Cast * Rex the king of wil ...

'' (1935, Serial) - Pasha hs. 1-4, 7-11* '' Sutter's Gold'' (1936) - De La Cruz (uncredited) * '' Give Us This Night'' (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'' (1936) - Fakir (uncredited) * '' Waikiki Wedding'' (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'' (1938) - Peón (uncredited) * '' Juarez'' (1939) - Antonio Regales (uncredited) * ''

Only Angels Have Wings ''Only Angels Have Wings'' is a 1939 American adventure romantic 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 of an air freight company in a r ...

'' (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'' ( ...

'' (1939) - Diego (uncredited) * '' The Rains Came'' (1939) - Official (uncredited) * ''

Road to Singapore ''Road to Singapore'' is a 1940 American musical film, 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 avoid ...

'' (1940) - Zato - Policeman (uncredited) * '' They Drive by Night'' (1940) - Harry's Partner (uncredited) * '' North West Mounted Police'' (1940) - Half-breed Archer (uncredited) * '' Our Wife'' (1941) - Cuban Driver (uncredited) * '' The Night of January 16th'' (1941) - Cuban Bartender (uncredited) * '' Remember Pearl Harbor'' (1942) - Code Interpreter (uncredited) * '' Perils of Nyoka'' (1942) - Ibrahim - Bedouin h.1(uncredited) * ''

Action in the North Atlantic ''Action in the North Atlantic'' is a 1943 American war film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Jerry Wald, directed by Lloyd Bacon, and adapted by John Howard Lawson from a story by Guy Gilpatric. The film stars Humphrey Bogart and R ...

'' (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 film, adventure/thriller film directed by Sam Newfield and starring Frank Buck (animal collector), Frank Buck and June Duprez. It was distributed Producers Releasing Corporation. The film's sets were de ...

'' (1943) - Takko * '' Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves'' (1944) - Thief (uncredited) * '' The Mask of Dimitrios'' (1944) - Turkish Morgue Attendant (uncredited) * '' To Have and Have Not'' (1944) - Civilian (uncredited) * '' The Conspirators'' (1944) - Fisherman (uncredited) * ''

The Picture of Dorian Gray ''The Picture of Dorian Gray'' is an 1890 philosophical fiction and Gothic fiction, Gothic horror fiction, horror novel by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. A shorter novella-length version was published in the July 1890 issue of the American period ...

'' (1945) - Barkeep (uncredited) * '' South of the Rio Grande'' (1945) - Luis * '' Perilous Holiday'' (1946) - Pedro (uncredited) * '' Anna and the King of Siam'' (1946) - Guide (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Mexican Sheepherder (uncredited) * '' The Homestretch'' (1947) - First Mate (uncredited) * '' Trail of the Mounties'' (1947) - Trapper La Porte * '' Secret Beyond the Door'' (1947) - Waiter (uncredited) * '' French Leave'' (1948) - Seaman (uncredited) * '' The Kissing Bandit'' (1948) - Esteban (uncredited) * '' Mexican Hayride'' (1948) - Proprietor (uncredited) * ''

Viva Zapata! ''Viva Zapata!'' is a 1952 American biographical Western film directed by Elia Kazan, dramatizing the life of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata from his peasant upbringing through his rise to power in the early 1900s and his death in 1919. I ...

'' (1952) - Innocente (uncredited) * '' Tonight We Sing'' (1953) - Greek (uncredited) * '' Ride, Vaquero!'' (1953) - Comrade (uncredited) * '' Killer Ape'' (1953) - Magi (uncredited) * '' The Outsider'' (1961) - Mr. Sinta (uncredited) * ''The Madmen of Mandoras'' (1963) - Presidente Juan Padua * '' Alvarez Kelly'' (1966) - Mexican Manservant (uncredited) * '' They Saved Hitler's Brain'' (1968) - Old Arab * '' Justine'' (1969) - Aged Man (uncredited) * '' Flap'' (1970) - She'll-Be-Back-Pretty-Soon * '' Angel Unchained'' (1970) - Injun

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