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name: "George Foundas"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 February 1924"
died: "28 November 2010"
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# George Foundas

Actor. Born 13 February 1924 in Mavrolithari, Folkida. Died 28 November 2010.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1924, Mavrolithari, Folkida
- **Died:** 28 November 2010
- **Also known as:** Giorgos Foundas, Giorgos Fountas	, Γιώργος Φούντας	, Йоргос Фунтас, Йоргос Фундас, Гиоргос Фундас, George Fundas, Yiorgos Foundas, Yorgos Foundas
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giorgos_Fountas, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1525600, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0288344/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/65897

## Biography

Giorgos Fountas, also credited as George Foundas, was a Greek actor in film, theatre and television. Born on 13 February 1924 in Mavrolithari, he studied at the Drama School of the Athens Conservatory and made his first film appearance in 1944.

He gained wider recognition in the 1950s and 1960s with roles in *Stella* (1955), *Never on Sunday* (1960) and *Zorba the Greek* (1964), in which he played Mavrandoni. He also appeared in the American productions *America America* (1963) and received Best Actor awards at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1966 and 1967. From the 1970s he worked increasingly in television, notably in the series *O Hristos xanastavronetai* (1975–1976). Fountas died in Athens on 28 November 2010.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), Fi1m 67, as Mavrandoni — [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)

## Complete filmography (54)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Λεβέντες της θάλασσας* (1997), Actor
- *Stiletto Heel* (1993), series, as πατέρας Εύας
- *The Girl From Mani* (1986), as Panagos
- *17 Bullets for an Angel* (1981), as Notis
- *Emergency exit* (1980), as Markos Angelou
- *Dangerous Exits* (1978), series, as Μάρκος
- *Galini* (1976), series, Actor
- *O Hristos xanastavronetai* (1975), series, as Παναγιώταρος
- *Ο μεγάλος ένοχος* (1970), as Hristos Notaras
- *Treason Avenue* (1969), as Alexandros Vergos
- *Ο Αντάρτης Του Βάλτου* (1969), as Thanasis Vardas
- *The Refugee* (1969), as Giorgos / Leonis Skoutaris
- *Too Late for Tears* (1968), Actor
- *The Asphalt Fever* (1967), as Officer Merkos
- *Trouba '67* (1967), as Argyris
- *Anakatosouras* (1967), as Cameo (uncredited)
- *Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια* (1966), Actor
- *Psarogiannos* (1966), as Psarogiannos
- *The Stigmatized* (1966), as Giorgos Floras
- *Zorba the Greek* (1964), as Mavrandoni — Fi1m 67, [page](https://film.one/film/zorba-the-greek.md)
- *Scream* (1964), as officer Giorgos
- *The barker* (1964), as Tasos Kagiapis
- *The Sunday girl* (1964), as Miltos
- *Tornado* (1964), as Andreas Vardis
- *Jealousy* (1963), as Alexis Romanos
- *The Scum* (1963), as Manos
- *The Red Lanterns* (1963), as Mihailos
- *Betrayed love* (1962), as Stratos
- *The Great Sacrifice* (1962), Actor
- *Dawn on the Third Day* (1962), as le résistant
- *Serenity* (1961), as Fotis Glaros
- *The mother's curse* (1961), Actor
- *The Dawn of Triumph* (1960), as Γιώργος
- *Desires in the Straw* (1960), Actor
- *Never on Sunday* (1960), as Tonio
- *Η Ζαβολιάρα* (1960), as Lambros Desillas
- *Goodbye Zoe* (1960), as Δημήτρης Βεργής
- *Take Me Away, My Love* (1960), as Μεμάς
- *Just for One Night* (1958), as Dimitris Sergiou
- *Gerakina* (1958), Actor
- *The Lagoon of Desire* (1957), as Hristos Razis
- *A Girl in Black* (1956), as Hristos
- *Experts on the Football Field* (1956), Actor
- *The Magic City* (1955), as Kosmas Betsos
- *Stella* (1955), as Miltos
- *The lover of the shepherdess* (1955), Actor
- *Θα σε περιμένω πάντα* (1954), as Zanis
- *Ο άνεμος του μίσους* (1954), Actor
- *The Girl of the Neighbourhood* (1954), as Spyros
- *Open Sea* (1954), Actor
- *Mavri Gi* (1952), as Dimitris
- *Dead City* (1951), as Mathios
- *Bitter Bread* (1951), as Giangos Lyberis
- *Applause* (1944), Actor

## Gallery

- ![George Foundas](https://film.one/media/person/1241904/gallery-820a2f1aa124.jpg) George Foundas — Image via TMDB
- ![George Foundas](https://film.one/media/person/1241904/gallery-b730a0b6dedc.jpg) George Foundas — Image via TMDB
- ![George Foundas](https://film.one/media/person/1241904/gallery-e1a5591177c2.jpg) George Foundas — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Best male role award of Thessaloniki International Film Festival 1967: Best male role award of Thessaloniki International Film Festival (won)
- Best male role award of Thessaloniki International Film Festival 1966: Best male role award of Thessaloniki International Film Festival (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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