Vasilis Bouyiouklakis

Acting

Vasilis Bouyiouklakis

Born 1944-02-22 · Athens, Greece

Vasilis Bougiouklakis (February 22, 1944 – January 31, 1999) was a Greek actor. He was born in Athens on February 22, 1944. He had acted in many films alongside Sotiris Moustakas and other actors. He played the role of Mayor Harchoudas in the children's radio show Edo Lilipoupoli, at the time when Manos Hadjidakis was the Director of the state radio station Trito Programma. A graduate of the drama school of the National Theatre, Vasilis Bougiouklakis worked in the theatre for over 25 years, collaborating with Karezi, Vlachopoulou, Hadjichristos, Vengos, etc. He collaborated for 8 years with the Art Theater shortly before the Revolution until 1978. He participated in the plays A Midsummer Night's Dream by Shakespeare, Pieces and Fragments by Skourtis, Faces for Violin and Orchestra by Kambanelis, etc. In 1980 he founded a children's stage by staging the play by his wife, Liana, The Strange Dream of Vasilis. The play was presented in Greece as well as in the Greek diaspora in America, Canada and Europe. He participated in films and television series. He played the role of Mayor Harchoudas on Radio Lilipopolis. Between 1990-1992 he presented the daily show Camera Truth on Channel 29, with reports from the farmers' markets, as well as the radio show A Clove of Garlic on Radio Athens 9.84.

Acting credits

Ulysses' Gaze poster
7.5

An exiled filmmaker finally returns to his home country where former mysteries and afflictions of his early life come back to haunt him once more.

Ulysses' Gaze

1995

Landscape in the Mist poster
7.6

Two Greek children embark on a journey to search for their father, who supposedly lives in Germany.

Landscape in the Mist

1988

Γρανίτα από χιόνι poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

Γρανίτα από χιόνι

1986

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World poster
6.6

Biography of the life of Aristotle Onassis, a Greek who rose to become one of the world's most wealthiest men, detailing his rise to power and unhappy marriages.

Onassis: The Richest Man in the World

1988

The Suspended Step of the Stork poster
6.9

A reporter notices an old man in a border town who may be an important Greek politician who disappeared mysteriously years ago.

The Suspended Step of the Stork

1991

Manolios Strikes Again poster
6.0

Manolios falls in love with the daughter of his wealthy boss. Her fiancé pushes him into a union confrontation with his boss, and Manolios ends up getting fired. He gets a job at a nightclub where Zambetas sings, and there a kind girl falls in love with him. He soon becomes a famous folk singer, and his old boss's daughter flirts with him. However, he has made it clear which girl truly loves him.

Manolios Strikes Again

1971

Amesi drasi papadon poster
8.0

Corruption and lawlessness infuriate Father George. The dynamic and modern priest decides to take action. Together with other priests, they form a strike force called "Immediate Action Priests." And where words fail, karate prevails.

Amesi drasi papadon

1987

National Priests poster
6.5

Papa-Malachias, Papa-Haros and Papa-Bilias have founded the Priestly Band and make appearances at the nightclub "Xerokomata". Their abbot, who is learning their new occupation, comes to Athens, but fails to make sense of them. When he returns to the monastery of Medouli and tells everything to the other monks, they leave the monastery and form their own rebetika bands, causing a crisis in the field of folk song. At the same time, Papa-Lazaros, who is looking for a solution to his financial problems and at the same time is trying to find money to build a new wing for his parish's orphanage, is resorting to the following solution: setting up a football team with priests.

National Priests

1984

Δύο κοκόρια και οι κοκότες... poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Δύο κοκόρια και οι κοκότες...

1987

The Wicked World of Thanasis poster
6.6

The film presents seven short stories of everyday madness: parking in Athens. Thanasis, the soccer referee. Thanasis, the projectionist at a porn theater. Thanasis, the extra in a pasta commercial. Thanasis, the hospital director. Thanasis, the undertaker. Thanasis, the sailor who suspects his wife is cheating on him.

The Wicked World of Thanasis

1979

The Teacher was One Hell of a Man poster
6.5

The teacher of a primary school in a mountainous village, arrives in Athens to force a rich businessman to keep his promise and to build a new school in the village.

The Teacher was One Hell of a Man

1970

Women in Arms poster
6.0

In a small village, the women seize power and command the men for an entire day. Bent on abolishing this old custom, ardent males resort to a radical solution on the eve of the momentous event. When will men realise war is not the answer?

Women in Arms

1979

Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Η ... Μικρομεσαία των Μπάτσων Σχολή

1987

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927 poster
6.4

A biographical film about the great Greek politician Eleftherios Venizelos for the period between 1910-1927. The film highlights his vision of a Greater Greece and refers to important events in Greek history such as the formation of a government by Venizelos after the Goudi movement, his dispute with the King over Greece's stance in the First World War, the temporary his withdrawal from politics after his defeat in the 1920 elections and the Asia Minor disaster. A biography of the former Greek prime minister Eleftherios Venizelos and the recreation of his acts and the political and social climate in Greece from 1910 to 1927.

Eleftherios Venizelos: 1910-1927

1980

The Dynasty poster
5.4

The adventurous life of a man who wandered around the world, spent a few years playing "Tarzan" in the jungle, became rich and eventually returned back in his birth-place.

The Dynasty

1985

Second Class Citizens poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Second Class Citizens

1981

The Protectors poster
7.0

Up against his money-grabbing relatives, his compromised superiors, and the state, a firm painter decides to protest by bricking up the windows of his house. Everyone wants to get their hands on his legacy. Will the protectors succeed?

The Protectors

1973

Filming Under Pressure poster
NR

A doc made during the nightmarish filming of The Suspended Step of the Stork at Florina.

Filming Under Pressure

1991

The Black Bank banker lady poster
NR

Black Bank is a scandal-ridden bank. Its banker travels abroad and enjoys herself. One day, she decides to conduct an audit, and her employees make a tragic mistake...

The Black Bank banker lady

1987

The Twins poster
6.0

Newborn twins are split as infants but they will find each other after many years and funny situations.

The Twins

1989