Takis Hristoforidis

Acting

Takis Hristoforidis

Born 1914-01-01 · Constantinople, Ottoman Empire [now Istanbul, Turkey]

Takis Christoforidis (Istanbul 1914-Athens 1973) was a Greek actor and cousin of fellow actor Pericles Christoforidis. He played mainly secondary comic roles and became known through the role of the nervous or the mad doctor, who had a tic. Actor (member of the Greek National Theatre Association since 1937) scion of the well-known Christoforidis theatrical family. At the beginning of his career he collaborated with prose troupes and with the National Theatre (1936-41). Thus, in the period 1939-40 he appeared in the operetta "Bat" staged by the Foundation's Opera Stage. Until 1945 he was at the "State Theatre of Thessaloniki" and then followed P. Kyriakos on his tour of Cyprus (1945-48). He played at D. Rontiris' "Hellenic Stage" and the "Vembo" Theatre (1951-54). Since then he began to appear in characteristic roles with the main revue and comedy troupes. He collaborated particularly with K. Hadjichristos and took part, among others, in the K. Stoligkas - M. Theofanidis Troupe, etc. He also played in many films. (Source: Wikipedia)

Acting credits

Oh, If I Only Were a Man poster
5.4

Frustrated and unemployed after being sexually harassed repeatedly, Stella decides to play the role of a guy, using the identity of her twin brother (who is living in Australia) hoping to get a job. She immediately wins the trust of her new employers and soon gets promoted to manager. The troubles begin when she falls in love with her boss' son.

Oh, If I Only Were a Man

1966

Five Thousand Lies poster
9.5

A professor asks two poor students of law to steal, for a fee, a rare figurine from the house of a collector. After the successful outcome of the theft, the professor dies from joy, and the two students decide to return the figurine to its owner. There they meet his daughters, to whom they tell numerous lies. In the end, it is revealed that the whole thing was part of a wager between the professor and the collector, and the two students fall in love with the latter's daughters.

Five Thousand Lies

1966

She's a Lunatic poster
2.0

Jenny is a real crazy girl. Latest feat is an ad that asks for work, convenient to young and unmarried entrepreneur office Candidate bosses and lovers arrived at her house. But this by accepting only serious offers will come to Mr. Papadopoulos office. Her acquaintance with Mr. Alekos and lies that will say from the outset, that is plousiokoritso will put her in big trouble

She's a Lunatic

1958

The Lagoon of Desire poster
6.6

Miranda, the rich and spoiled daughter of an Athenian businessman, accompanies her father to Messolonghi, where they have their own fish farming facilities in the best parts of the lagoon. There, while the local fishermen try to establish a cooperative so they can defend themselves against exploitation by their bosses, Miranda seduces a charming and dynamic young man, disrupting his life and his relationship with the girl he loved and intended to marry.

The Lagoon of Desire

1957

Vacation in Kolopetinitsa poster
7.0

All the village society, but especially the President Thimios Tambourlas and the policeman Miltiadis Sourvos, welcome Mr. Toni and his wife Judy. They have come to spend their honeymoon in Kolopetinitsa and this is a great honor for the village. No one suspects that this is a pair of bandits who fled to the village until their robbery was forgotten ...

Vacation in Kolopetinitsa

1959

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000' poster
7.8

Vengos studies in a secret agents' academy, dreaming of becoming a great spy like 007. Unfortunately, he can't do anything right, so he wreaks havoc during his final exams.

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

1967

A Matter of Earnestness poster
7.0

Minister Andreas Mavrogialouros (Labros Konstadaras) visits the village of his electoral district, Platanias for the inauguration of a maternity hospital. After an accident, he finds his voters' dissatisfaction and the scams of his partners. He, therefore, decides to step down from the government and bring order to his life, starting from his wife and his daughter.

A Matter of Earnestness

1965

Goodbye Zoe poster
10.0

A woman who lives happily with her husband and child discovers that she is suffering from cancer and tries to ensure their happiness after her death, without learning anything about the truth…

Goodbye Zoe

1960

Three Ladies and me poster
6.3

As the lithe accountant of an haute couture house on the brink of bankruptcy takes three beautiful mannequins to promote their work, a chance encounter with a rich businessman will soon pave the way for a delightful romance under the sun.

Three Ladies and me

1960

Papatrechas poster
7.8

Polydoros Lagos is a janitor in an ordinary Athens' block in the 1960s who's struggling to serve as many of the building's residents as possible in order to save some money to help his six sisters (and his aunt) get married, since this is the only way he can finally get married too.

Papatrechas

1966

The Hustler poster
7.3

Thanasis is part of a mistaken identity featuring an angry brother concerned about his sister's troubled marriage.

The Hustler

1964

Meletis of the Flying Squad poster
4.8

The life of the kind-hearted policeman Study, and endless unexpected incidents faced

Meletis of the Flying Squad

1966

Long live the poor children poster
10.0

A wealthy man, Tonis , in love with a poor girl, wants to marry her despite the objections of his father. The brother of the girl falls in love with Tonis' sister and the two couples will finally be able to get away with the tough father.

Long live the poor children

1959

I Want a Forceful Man poster
6.5

Mrs. Mina is fed up with her husband Laki's excessive kindness, patience, and stoicism. She can no longer stand his gentle nature and, with his consent, goes out in the evenings with his friend Fani. Nionios, another friend of Lakis, who is also fed up with his behavior, in an attempt to change him, tells him about his exploits with women and urges him to find a mistress. That same evening, the naive Lakis recounts to Pavlina, Nionios' wife, what his friend told him, and she, in order to take revenge on her husband, decides to seduce Lakis.

I Want a Forceful Man

1959

A Rich Without Money poster
4.2

A poor accountant, in order to raise money for his marriage, finds a second job in a luxury hotel where he accepts to change his name and life with a rich playboy who wants to try if women want him for his money .

A Rich Without Money

1967

The Skirtchaser poster
4.3

Paschalis Zoumpoulos, an otherwise decent family man and director of the house Frabalas & Co. belonging to his wife Corinna, is an incorrigible skirtchaser. His assistant Aristos covers as it can, but someday found himself in the dock because Paschalis stung a woman in the street. In court, where he ordered course a poor but clean-cut girl is in dire need of money, and that the way of obliging Paschalis to hire her as a secretary. When Paschalis flirting Alki, she immediately leaves her job and Aristos, resigns.

The Skirtchaser

1957

A tough corporal poster
7.5

Lieutenant Colonel Thanasis helps the colonel's son and his niece to marry their loved ones, while he wants to marry the general's servant, Frosso.

A tough corporal

1964

Jack of All Trades, Master of None poster
7.0

Thanasis Vengos plays a poor young man that comes to Athens looking for a job. We watch as he tries many different jobs; druggist, photographer, even wrestling referee. The result is always hilarious and explosive!

Jack of All Trades, Master of None

1963

For the heart of beautiful Helen poster
6.5

Louisa's father does not approve her young painter lover because he is poor.

For the heart of beautiful Helen

1967

Captain for Tears poster
4.8

A mildly inebriated second mate promises to marry an unknown woman; however, when he sobers up, he sends a jovial midshipman to get him off the hook, convinced that she is unattractive. But, what happens if she is truly ravishing instead?

Captain for Tears

1961

The seawolf poster
5.8

A trainee sailor makes life difficult for his marker to be presented with his outfit and his name to a girl he likes.

The seawolf

1964

Modern Cinderella poster
6.2

Katerina, a poor girl, finds a job as a secretary and falls in love with her boss on a trip to Rome.

Modern Cinderella

1965

The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie poster
10.0

In 1927, a student in Athens met three young women and broke up with them during pregnancy to return home. Years later, his three identical sons have grown up, and they are unaware of each other's existence.

The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie

1957

Taxi Driver poster
6.3

Thanasis is a good-looking taxi driver whose girlfriend is pushing him to marry. When an uncle from America gives him an expensive car, Thanasis' life will change. He will marry his beloved and, when uncle returns to Greece, he will run a car dealership on his behalf.

Taxi Driver

1962