Manos Katrakis

Manos Katrakis Μάνος Κατράκης
Born	Emmanuel Katrakis August 14, 1908 Kasteli, Kissamos, Cretan State
Died	September 2, 1984(1984-09-02) (aged 76) Athens, Greece
Spouse	Anna Lori (1943–) ??? Linda Alma (1954–)
Awards	San Francisco International Film Festival Golden Gate Award 1961 Antigone International Thessaloniki Film Festival Greek Competition Award 1961 Synoikia to Oneiro

Manos Katrakis (August 14, 1908 – September 2, 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film.

Biography

Born in Kastelli, Crete, Greece, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work. His brother Giannis Katrakis emigrated to North America.

He played soccer during his youth for the Athinaikos football team and others.

Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori at the age of 35.

During the Greek Civil War of 1946–1949 he was exiled in Makronisos.

In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films.

In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma—a pseudonym of Eleni Malioufa (Ελένη Μαλιούφα).

He was an avid smoker for most of his life, something which eventually led to his death. Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira with the director Theo Angelopoulos. He died at the age of 76 on September 2, 1984.

In 2009 the Hellenic Post S.A., the Greek Post Office, issued a €0,01 postage stamp in honor of Manos Katrakis.

Filmography

• Lavaro tou '21, To (1929) .... Dimos
• Etsi kaneis, san agapiseis (1931)
• Agapitikos tis voskopoulas, O (1932) .... Liakos
• Katadromi sto Aigaion (1946) .... Raidis
• Marinos Kontaras (1948) .... Marinos Kontaras
• Germanoi xanarhontai..., Oi (1948) .... German soldier
• Floga tis eleftherias, I (1952) .... narrator
• Eva (1953) .... Alekos
• Magiki polis (1954)
• Dromos me tis akakies, O (1956) .... Hristos Vranas
• Flogera kai aima (1956) .... Stathis Vlahopanagos
• Antigone (1961) .... Creon
• Synoikia to Oneiro (1961) .... Nekroforas
• Electra (1963) .... tutor
• Thriamvos (1962) .... Bournokos
• The red lanterns (1963) .... Kapetan Nikolas
• Athoa i enohi? (1963) .... Alekos
• Enas delikanis (1963) .... father
• Adelfos Anna, O (1963) .... Vasiliou
• Epikindynoi, Oi (1964)
• Enomenoi sti zoi kai sto thanato (1964) .... Captain Seratos
• Prodosia (1964) .... Professor Viktor Kastriotis
• Diogmos (1965)
• Epanastatis, O (1965)
• Metanastis, O (1965)
• Istoria mias zois (1965) .... Mikes Papadimas
• Bloko, To (1965)
• Tora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi (1966)
• Sklavoi tis moiras (1966) .... Mr. Delipetrou
• Mazi sou, gia panta (1966)
• Katigoro tous anthropous (1966) .... Elefterios Dimitropoulos
• Katatregmenos, O (1966) .... Labros Sarioglou
• Homa vaftike kokkino, To (1966) .... father Hormovas
• Erotas stin kafti ammo (1966) .... Nikolas
• Eho dikaioma na s' agapo! (1966)
• Dakrya gia tin Ilektra (1966) .... Tassos Petridis
• Aihmalotoi tou pepromenou (1966) .... Hristos
• Aharisti (1966)
• Exodos tou Mesolongiou, I (1966)
• Ti ki an gennithika ftohos (1967) .... Mr. Razis
• Labiris enantion ton paranomon, O (1967)
• Kontserto gia polyvola (1967) .... General Dareios
• Xerizomeni genia (1968) .... Manthos
• Tosa oneira stous dromous (1968) .... Mose Aron
• Tha kano petra tin kardia mou (1968) .... Pantelis
• Mia mera, o pateras mou (1968)
• Lygeri, I (1968) .... Konstadis Matrozos
• Leoforos tou misous, I (1968)
• Katigoroumeni, apologisou (1968)
• Kardia enos aliti, I (1968)
• Kanoni kai t' aidoni, To (1968)
• Jane Eyre (1968) .... Edward Rodgester
• As me krinoun oi gynaikes (1968) .... Angelos Bartis
• Thysia mias gynaikas, I (1969)
• Sfragida tou Theou, I (1969) .... Yiannis
• Prosfygas, O (1969) .... Thanasis Daoutis
• Ora tis alitheias, I (1969)
• Leoforos tis prodosias, I (1969) .... Brig. Gen. Gerakaris
• Kynigimeni prosfygopoula (1969) .... Argyris
• Koureli tis zois (1969)
• Kakos, psyhros ki anapodos (1969) .... Alekos Valiris
• Gia tin timi kai gia ton erota (1969) .... Pavlos
• Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta (1969) .... Stavros Karapanos
• Zougla ton poleon, I (1970) .... Lysias Sekeris
• Teleftaio fili, To (1970)
• Ores agapis, ores polemou (1970)
• Filise me, prin fygeis gia panta (1970) .... Stavros Karapanos
• Oratotis miden (1970) .... Horst Richter
• Katigoro tous dynatous (1970) .... Labros Kontarinis
• Esena mono agapo (1970) .... Vyronas Derkos
• Aftoi pou milisan me ton thanato (1970)
• Katahrisis exousias (1971)
• Me fovon kai pathos (1972) .... Alexandros Viaskos
• Horis syneidisi (1972) .... Kostas Dellis
• Antartes ton poleon (1972) .... Fotis's father
• Aliki diktator, I (1972)
• Prostates, Oi (1973) .... Petros Rallis
• Fonissa, I (1974) .... narrator
• Diki ton dikaston, I (1974) .... Theodoros Kolokotronis
• Efialtis, O (1978)
• Kravgi gynaikon (1978) .... Kreon
• Ilios tou thanatou, O (1978)
• Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910–1927 (1980) .... Petros
• Anthropos me to garyfallo, O (1980) .... Nikolaos Plastiras
• Hronia tis thyellas, Ta (1984) .... old man
• Voyage to Cythera (1984) .... Spyros

References

External links

• Manos Katrakis at the Internet Movie Database
• Biography from creta-info.gr

Persondata
Name	Κατράκης, Manos Katrakis Μάνος
Alternative names	Katrakis, Emmanuel
Short description
Date of birth	August 14, 1908
Place of birth	Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece
Date of death	1984-9-2
Place of death	Athens, Greece