Alekos Tzanetakos

Acting

Born Jan 01, 1937

From Athens, Greece

Died Apr 11, 2010

Alekos Tzanetakos (1937–2010) was a Greek film actor and screenwriter. He was born in Maniatika, Piraeus, in 1937. He studied at the Karolos Koun School of Theatre Arts and the Lykourgos Stavrakos Higher Film School. He made his theatre debut in 1957 with the troupe of Alekos Sakellarios and Christos Giannakopoulos in the play "Our People", while with the Thessaloniki Regional Theatre of Kostas Hatziskos he also appeared in classical repertoire roles. He first appeared on the big screen in Grigoris Grigoriou's comedy The Abduction of Persephone (1956), written by Iakovos Kambanellis. Later he participated in several films such as Elias of the 16th Century, My Dad the Tendyboy, The Crazy Fifty, Some Prefer the Cold, Law 4000, etc. In the early 1980s he retired from the theater and became involved in writing scripts for video films in which he starred. Tzanetakos was also a racing car and motorcycle driver, taking part in the Panhellenic championships and races of the time and scoring many victories. The actor suffered from serious health problems in the last years of his life, culminating in abdominal aortic aneurysm surgery in November 2009. He passed away at the age of 73 in April 2010.

Alekos Tzanetakos

Known For

A Very Clever Guy

The Smart Aleck

The Orgies Villa

Someone like It Cold...

The Crazy Fifty

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

Mr. Wing Commander

Kiss the Girls

A Crazy Crazy Family

A Rich Without Money

Filmography — Acting

A Very Clever Guy

The Smart Aleck

The Orgies Villa

Someone like It Cold...

The Crazy Fifty

I Neraida Kai to Palikari

Mr. Wing Commander

Kiss the Girls

A Crazy Crazy Family

A Rich Without Money

Father, Behave Yourself!

Wake up, you sucker...

The Ogre of Athens

Welcome Dollar

The Parliamentarian Lady

If I Were Rich

The Policeman of the 16th Precinct

The Barber's Beauty

Five Thousand Lies

Κάνε Με Πρωθυπουργό

The Giant of Kypseli

The... victim

Carefree... Nut

The Playful Girl

A Man for All Jobs...

Seduction... of an Adult

Runaway Bride

King of Liars

The World Has Gone Mad...

The Incredible

The Right-Minded Madman

My Luck Went Crazy

The cleaners

Vertigo

Holidays in Vietnam

Ένας Τρελός... Τρελός Ονειροπαρμένος

The Avenue of Hate

Great Brides, Gullible Grooms

Rabbits and Bunnies

Untouched... flirting!!

Ο Μπαμπάς Μου Ο Τεντυμπόυς

Captain Fandis Bastounis

The maid of the night

Kokovios and Sparos in the Spider's Web

My Adopted Son the Rally Driver

Two Feet in One Shoe

Egoism

Something Hot

Astronauts

The Bluffer

Two Clever Fools

Nomos 4000

Women want beat

Two Crazy and crafty, clever and cunning person

Καυτά... ψυχρά κι' ανάποδα

One Groom, Many Lightweight

The Headstrong

The Crooked Wood

Thymios in the Land of Striptease

One Girl For Two Men

The Three Liars

The Drunk of the Harbor

Two Modern Revelers

Σφαλιάρα Κίντ

Crazy Girls Awesome Boys

Ship Owner Without Wanting To

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