Kostas Hatzihristos

Kostas Hatzihristos

Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos (Greek: Κώστας Χατζηχρήστος; 1921 – October 3, 2001) was a Greek actor. He was born in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh child of the family. His parents were from Constantinople (today Istanbul), and they were initially relocated to Kavala, moved to Thessaloniki thereafter, and later moved to the northern Athens suburb of Pagkrati. The young Kostas studied initially at the Sergeants Major Military School of Syros and finished his studies in the Kavala. He worked in the variety theatre Missouri in Piraeus and with the Nitsa Gaitanaki company where he played in The Grouch (Το Στραβόξυλο) by Dimitris Psathas. From 1945 until 1948, he worked in an operetta company owned by Paraskevas Oikonomou and appeared in the Pefka variety with Oikonomidis and Oasia with Mimis Traiforos. In 1949‒50, he participated in Koula Nikolaidou's musical company at the Verdun theatre (Θέατρο Βερντέν) at Alexandras Avenue. At the Verdun theatre, Hatzichristos acted for his first time in his successful run in the role of a villager character called Thymios, a role inspired by Kostas Nikolaidis, brother of his wife Mary Nikolaidou. Hatzichristos first screen appearance was in the movie The Knights' Castle in 1952 with Giorgos Asimakopoulos and Nikos Tsiforos. At the same time, he was successful at the theatre founded in 1952 by his own theatrical troupe. In 1960, he became a theatrical entrepreneur and founded his own theatre: Hatzichristos Theatre (Θέατρο Χατζηχρήστου). The theatre premiered on 18 February 1960, and was later renamed as the Treatre Orfeas. It was located at Panepistimiou Avenue in the Athens neighborhood of Akadimia. Among the greatest successes in his career were the films What a Mess (Της Κακομοίρας) in 1963 and Τhe Man Who Returned from the Plates (Ο Άνθρωπος που Γύρισε από τα Πιάτα!) in 1969 with Anna Fonsou and Dionysis Papagiannopoulos. He also produced three films and directed eight. His theatrical work continued until 1983. After a long period of absence, he returned into the theatre in 1994‒95 era and played in the local Hatzichristos Theatre. His difficult years begun when his third wife, Eleni Pantazi died at the age of 42. Kostas Hatzichristos died by cancer on 3 October 2001, suffering from economic problems.[20] He was interred at public expense at First Cemetery of Athens on 5 October 2001.

Known For: Acting

Born: Thessaloniki, Greece, 1921-01-01

Died: 2001-10-03

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1952	The Tower of Knights		57
2	1954	Τρεις δραπέτες του φρενοκομείου		0
3	1955	Τα τρία μωρά	Filippas	0
4	1955	Πιάσαμε την καλή	Thymios	60
5	1955	The Beloved Of The Shepherdess	Gerlas	50
6	1956	Dollars and Dreams		0
7	1956	The Hunters of Athens	Αγαμέμνων	0
8	1957	Three Detectives	Vangelis	50
9	1957	The tree children from Volo	policeman Dimos	0
10	1957	The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie	Alexandros Kortakias	0
11	1957	The Girl Has Got an Uncle	Polyzois	52
12	1957	Jeep, Pavilion and Love	Giorgaras	55
13	1957	Maria Pentagiotissa	Thymios	30
14	1958	Gerakina		0
15	1959	Dracula and Company	Thanasis Karatribouras	67
16	1959	Long live the poor children	Tonis	0
17	1959	Lisa, Tosca of Athens	Iordanis Kollaros	47
18	1959	Love in installments		32
19	1959	Krystallo		50
20	1959	The Policeman of the 16th Precinct	Hlias	77
21	1959	O Thymios takane thalassa	Thimios Boukouras (Dr. Spyros Beliris)	55
22	1959	Vacation in Kolopetinitsa	Efthymios Tamzourlas	40
23	1959	Laos and Kolonaki	Kostas	46
24	1960	The Dervish Boys	Thodoros	40
25	1960	O thymios tahei 400	Thymios Taboulas / Kostas Hatzis	48
26	1960	Makrykostas and Kontogiorgis	Thomas Makrykostas	71
27	1961	The Clever Bird	Loukas Manis	58
28	1961	The child of the square	Mimis Fakis	55
29	1961	Captain for Tears	Simos Papafigos	48
30	1961	The Tough Guy	Iraklis Leontopoulos	80
31	1962	Taxi Driver	Thanasis Perimenis	60
32	1962	Sidewalk		0
33	1962	Michalios of the 14th Regiment	Mihalios Karamihalis	59
34	1962	Dimos from Trikala	Paraskevas	36
35	1963	Thymios in the Land of Striptease		0
36	1963	Casanova	Giorgos Hatzigeorgalas	60
37	1963	My Nephew Manolis	Manolis Maramenos	45
38	1963	Mr. Wing Commander	Kanellos	58
39	1963	The Toreador Advances!	Mihalis	45
40	1963	World Gone Mad	Zikos	82
41	1964	A tough corporal	Corp. Thanasis Prasinadas	50
42	1964	The Heirs	Panagiotis Tsokos	71
43	1964	Paras and Foukaras	Kosmas Peristeris	55
44	1964	The seawolf	Pantelis Kazouras	53
45	1964	The Woman Driver	policeman	55
46	1965	Agents 005 Against Goldenfoot	Kosmas Bouralas	53
47	1965	No, Mr. Johnson.		50
48	1966	O tetraperatos	Dimos	60
49	1966	Meletis of the Flying Squad	Meletis	38
50	1966	A Ship Full of Papadopoulos	Thymios	43
51	1966	Electricity... Water... Telephone, Plots with Installments	Manolis Pelekoudis	50
52	1967	Get Up, Dance Sirtaki	Thymios	60
53	1968	The Lucky One	Thymios Kabourlas	60
54	1968	Athens after midnight		0
55	1969	Bad, Cold, and Cantankerous	Thymios / Kostas Papahatzis	52
56	1969	The Man Who Returned from the Plates	Laki Petris	51
57	1970	A Hippie With Slippers		0
58	1970	A Bouzouki Different from the Others	Kostas Karavedouras	60
59	1970	The Incredible	Makis Harisis	60
60	1970	What Does Man Do To Live	Leandros Perperis	75
61	1971	Thimios vs. Tsitsios	Thymios / Tsitsios	50
62	1972	Aliki the Dictator	Εκδότης	27
63	1978	Παράσταση για ένα ρόλο	(archive footage)	0
64	1979	Women in Arms		40
65	1981	Wild Chickens	Θύμιος	0
66	1987	Ένας πιλότος για πέταμα	Thymios	0
67	1988	A Cop with Slippers	Kostas	40
68	2001	Αλέξανδρος και Αϊσέ		0

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