Spiros Focás (; 17 August 1937 – 10 November 2023) was a Greek actor.

Life and career

Spyros Fokas was born Spyridon Androutsopoulos in Patras on 17 August 1937. Focás made his first appearance in 1959. He first appeared in Andreas Lambrino's film '' Bloody Twilight'' in 1959. The film was screened at the 1959 Cannes Film Festival and was the starting point for his international career. After this distinction, being also a graduate of Kostis Michalidis drama school, Spyros Focás did not take long to take the risk and go to Italy, to the studios of Cinecittà, where he took advantage of the auditions and the opportunities presented to him. Thus, he participated in international productions, such as in the films '' A Matter of Time'' by

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, alongside Katina Paxinou. Throughout his film career, he successfully acted in over 30 films, most of them in

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, and it is worth mentioning that he became particularly well-known and loved, also from his appearances in well-known theatres abroad. His presence on Greek television was also an important end, starring in many drama series.

Personal life and death

Focás had four marriages. While he had no biological children, he was the stepfather of the daughter of his fourth wife, Lillian, to whom he had been married since 2013. Spiros Focás died in a rehabilitation center in

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, where he had been receiving treatment since the previous summer, on 10 November 2023. He was 86. His remains were cremated on 14 November.

Selected filmography

* (1959) - Giannos * (1959) - Tasos Lygos * (1959) - Alekos * '' Death of a Friend'' (1959) - Bruno * (1960) - Lucio Massimo * ''

'' (1960) - Vincenzo Parondi * (1961) - Ilias * (1961) - Pietro, l'autista * '' Run with the Devil'' (1960) - Marco Belli * '' Eighteen in the Sun'' (1962) - Johnny * '' A Man for Burning'' (1962) - Jachino * (1962) * (1964) - Kostas * '' A Bullet Through the Heart'' (1966) - Navarra * '' The Fear'' (1966) - Nikos * (1966) - Giorgos Daponte * '' Queen of Clubs'' (1966) - Alexandros * (1966) * (1966) - Stefos Pergamos * (1967) - Giovanni * '' Hate Thy Neighbor'' (1968) - Ken Dakota * (1968) - Hristos Sgouros * (1968) - Petros * (1968) - Timos * '' Zorro in the Court of England'' (1969) - Pedro Suarez / Zorro * (1970) * (1970) - Fernando * '' Lover of the Great Bear'' (1971) - Alfred * (1972) * '' I Kiss the Hand'' (1973) - Luca Ferrante * '' Shaft in Africa'' (1973) - Sassari * '' Flavia the Heretic'' (1974) - the French Duke * '' Mark Shoots First'' (1975) - Morini * (1975) * '' A Matter of Time'' (1976) - (uncredited) * '' Holocaust 2000'' (1977) - Harbin * (1979) * (1979) * (1979) * ''Sonia'' (1980) - Tonio * (1981) - Iasonas * (1981) * (1981) * (1981) - Petros Georgiou * (1982) - Petros Parisis * (1983) - Nikos * '' The Jewel of the Nile'' (1985) - Omar * ''Fout Bol'' (1985) * ''Black Tunnel'' (1986) - Colonel Jack Roth * '' Rambo III'' (1988) - Masoud * (1990) - Anthony Bassouri - il socio di Leporino * '' White Palace'' (1990) - George (uncredited) * ''The Serpent of Death'' (1990) - Stavros * (1992) - Triandafillos * (1994) * (1995) * (1996) * (1997) * (1999) * (2000) - Marios Venieris * (2002) * (2002) * (2003) - Uncle * (2003) * (2003) * (2003) * ''448 BC: Olympiad of Ancient Hellas'' (2004) - Empedocles * ''A Simple Love Story'' (2007) * (2009) * ''Bring them back'' (2010) * (2014) - Fotis * (2015) * ''Raw Trip'' (2016) - Sheriff * (2017) * ''Outlanders 2018'' (2018)

References

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* 1937 births 2023 deaths Greek male film actors Greek male television actors Actors from Patras 20th-century Greek male actors 21st-century Greek male actors {{Greece-actor-stub