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Titos Vandis

Titos Vandis

Actor · 1917 – 2003 · Neo Faliro, Greece

Titos Vandis (7 November 1917 – 23 February 2003) was a Greek actor. Vandis began his career on the Greek stage in the late 1930s. In 1962, he won the Best Actor award for the film Poliorkia at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Vandis left Greece when a dictatorship took power and lived in the United States for 24 years. Vandis appeared in over 250 plays before making his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965). Vandis was in the original Broadway cast and led the title song in Illya Darling (1967), a musical based on his film Never on Sunday (1960). The title character Illya was a carefree Greek prostitute. Newsday critic George Oppenheimer wrote, "Major credit goes to Titos Vandis for his playing of Illya's oldest client, who sings and dances as rousingly as the youngsters ..." Vandis reprised his role in a Westbury Music Fair production in 1968. Newsday critic Murry Frymer wrote that Vandis "... is delightfully authentic. In fact, he's better than that. Vandis has been in both the film Never on Sunday and the Broadway production of Illya Darling and he's not tired of it at all. His portrayal was fresh and kept bringing the affair back to the colorful gayety that bubbled through the motion picture." In 1970 Vandis joined the cast of Man of La Mancha as Sancho Panza at the Martin Beck Theater. He also played the title role in the musical Zorba at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. Critic W. C. Flahault wrote, "His portrayal of the Greek vagabond with an eye for the girls has an earthiness which brings reality to the role." In 1972 Vandis played an uneducated coal miner on Ironside who sought Ironside's help in discovering the murderer of his daughter. He admitted "that drama was easier for him than the musical stage." Vandis said, "I suppose this part can be considered a change of pace for me, but as an actor, I find myself considering each role I play as a separate entity ... During the days of my early training, I often played old men; in fact, I relished the opportunities. Today, of course, as I grow older, I wish the positions were reversed!" That same year, he appeared in the Woody Allen film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) as Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. In The Exorcist (1973), he played the uncle of protagonist Father Damien Karras. Vandis wore a hat in one shot that obscured his face, as director William Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role as Milos. Vandis had a recurring role in the detective series Baretta (1975-1978), having appeared in four episodes, and guest-starred alongside Hulk Hogan in The A-Team episode "Body Slam" (1985-1986 season). His other TV appearances have included The Flying Nun, Trapper John, M.D., M*A*S*H, The Odd Couple, Kojak, Barney Miller, Wonder Woman, Newhart, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Titos Vandis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Series24

  • TV6.3

    The Love Boat

    1977 · 199 votes

  • TV7.3
  • TV7.5

    The A-Team

    1983 · 1.1K votes

  • TV6.8

    Ironside

    1967 · 71 votes

  • TV7.9

    M*A*S*H

    1972 · 769 votes

  • TV6.8

    Mannix

    1967 · 56 votes

  • TV7.6

    Mission: Impossible

    1966 · 320 votes

  • TV7.7
  • TV7.3

    Night Court

    1984 · 149 votes

  • TV7.2

    Hawaii Five-O

    1969 · 164 votes

  • TV7.8

    The Odd Couple

    1970 · 69 votes

  • TV7.6

    Airwolf

    1984 · 497 votes

  • TV6.7

    Charlie's Angels

    1976 · 241 votes

  • TV7.3

    Barney Miller

    1975 · 62 votes

  • TV6.5
  • TV6.9

    Hart to Hart

    1979 · 133 votes

  • TV7.5

    The Bob Newhart Show

    1972 · 66 votes

  • TV7.3

    Kojak

    1973 · 154 votes

  • TV6.5

    Baretta

    1975 · 42 votes

  • TV7.0

    How the West Was Won

    1977 · 35 votes

  • TV6.3

    The Flying Nun

    1967 · 36 votes

  • TV7.1

    McMillan & Wife

    1971 · 27 votes

  • TV7.0

    Wonder Woman

    1975 · 499 votes

  • TV7.5

    Nero Wolfe

    1981 · 10 votes

Movies23

  • Movie7.7

    The Exorcist

    1973 · 8.9K votes

  • Movie6.5
  • Movie6.0

    Fletch Lives

    1989 · 349 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Young Doctors in Love

    1982 · 70 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Oh, God!

    1977 · 142 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Topkapi

    1964 · 225 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Smile

    1975 · 44 votes

  • Movie4.8

    The Betsy

    1978 · 34 votes

  • Movie6.8

    Never on Sunday

    Ποτέ την Κυριακή

    1960 · 79 votes

  • Movie5.8

    A Piece of the Action

    1977 · 22 votes

  • Movie6.4

    Zandy's Bride

    1974 · 35 votes

  • Movie5.0

    Black Samson

    1974 · 12 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The San Pedro Bums

    1977 · 1 votes

  • Movie3.4
  • Movie6.9

    The Miracle Worker

    1979 · 22 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Genesis II

    1973 · 26 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Gus

    1976 · 47 votes

  • Movie6.7
  • Movie5.7

    Gridlock

    1980 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Last Angry Man

    1974 · 1 votes

  • Movie3.7
  • Movie5.4

    Satan's Triangle

    1975 · 29 votes

  • Movie5.3

    Stiletto

    1969 · 7 votes