George Foundas

George Foundas

Born: February 13, 1924
Died: November 28, 2010
in Mavrolithari, Folkida
Giorgos Fountas (Greek: Γιώργος Φούντας; February 13, 1922 – November 28, 2010) was a Greek actor in film and television.

Fountas attended the Dramatic School at the Athens Odeum. He appeared for the first time in the theatre in Nyfiatiko tragoudi ("Bridal Song") and his first film in 1944. He was awarded at the Thessaloniki Film Festival in 1966 and 1967 for his participation in his films With the Shine in the Eyes and Fever on the Road.

He remained popular and he is best remembered for his role in the movie Stella with Melina Mercouri.

He also appeared on several TV roles

Movies for George Foundas...

Λεβέντες της θάλασσας
Title: Λεβέντες της θάλασσας
Released: November 28, 1997
Type: Movie
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Title: Stiletto Ηeel
Released: September 17, 1993
Type: TV
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The Girl From Mani
Title: The Girl From Mani
Character: Panagos
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
For Her Love Has Become A Desperate Dream.
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17 Bullets for an Angel
Title: 17 Bullets for an Angel
Character: Notis
Released: January 12, 1981
Type: Movie
Iro Konstantopoulou was thirteen years old when the Germans invaded Greece. Despite her age, however, she got involved with the resistance. When she was arrested for the first time, her rich father managed to set her free, and she fell in love with a young doctor who took care of her injuries following torture. A little before the withdrawal of the Germans, she participated in the blowing up of a train that was transporting ammunition, and she was arrested again, but this time no one could save her. She was executed at the Chaïdari camp, along with forty-nine other prisoners.
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Emergency exit
Title: Emergency exit
Character: Markos Angelou
Released: November 24, 1980
Type: Movie
When Daisy saves the life of police officer Markos she is immediately promoted to the drug department of the police. Markos falls in love with her and they start going out until he asks her to marry him. That's exactly when she meets a junkie named Tasos Bekiris and falls in love with him. When he is murdered by a mysterious woman all the clues lead to Daisy who tries to prove her innocence. As she discovers, this woman is in charge of a drug-smuggling racket and she is also planning to import a huge quantity of heroin in Athens. Daisy kills her and arrives at their meeting place along with Markos.
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Title: Dangerous Exits
Character: Μάρκος
Released: May 9, 1978
Type: TV
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Title: Galini
Released: July 2, 1976
Type: TV
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Title: Christ is crucified again
Character: Παναγιώταρος
Released: May 29, 1975
Type: TV
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Ο μεγάλος ένοχος
Title: Ο μεγάλος ένοχος
Character: Hristos Notaras
Released: January 1, 1970
Type: Movie
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Treason Avenue
Title: Treason Avenue
Character: Alexandros Vergos
Released: May 8, 1969
Type: Movie
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Ο Αντάρτης Του Βάλτου
Title: Ο Αντάρτης Του Βάλτου
Character: Thanasis Vardas
Released: March 13, 1969
Type: Movie
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The Refugee
Title: The Refugee
Character: Giorgos / Leonis Skoutaris
Released: January 1, 1969
Type: Movie
The adoptive son of a lawyer, with the help of a girl who loves him, healed from amnesia, which was caused because of a childhood trauma. He remembers that he has a twin brother. When he discovers, he sees with surprise that his brother has become a successful lawyer, but who will draw him to court, accusing him of burglary.
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Too Late for Tears
Title: Too Late for Tears
Released: January 1, 1968
Type: Movie
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The Asphalt Fever
Title: The Asphalt Fever
Character: Officer Merkos
Released: September 21, 1967
Type: Movie
A police constable tries to find blood during the night for his wife to be born. When he finally finds a blood donor, he will have to deal with a frenzy runaway, who holds hostage children in a school car.
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Trouba '67
Title: Trouba '67
Character: Argyris
Released: February 13, 1967
Type: Movie
A dark atmosphere pervades this film in true noir fashion. So does the feeling that our principals are trapped. They fight their way against economic forces and their status in life, and love might conquer all.
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Anakatosouras
Title: Anakatosouras
Character: Cameo (uncredited)
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
Thomas Karatoulpanis (Dinos Iliopoulos) is a naive employee at a car show in the Thessaloniki International Trade Fair. Because of his modest personality he is constantly criticised by his mother-in-law, his uncle and his boss. The only one who supports him is his wife. But the appearance of a doppelganger who buys extravagant gifts in his name causes a ruckus. Thomas is an amateur singer and participates in the Thessaloniki Song Festival winning the first prize. This is when everyone realises that there are two people who look alike.
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Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
Title: Με Τη Λάμψη Στα Μάτια
Released: June 14, 1966
Type: Movie
During the German occupation, the Nazis plan to execute 30 men in retaliation for the death of a German soldier at the hands of the partisans. Among the men are three brothers (Giorgos Fountas, Anestis Vlachos and Giannis Fertis). The villagers ask the German officer (Zoras Tsapelis) to spare the life of one of the brothers. He accepts on the condition that their father (Lavrentis Dianellos) selects the one to remain alive.
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Ο Ψαρόγιαννος
Title: Ο Ψαρόγιαννος
Character: Psarogiannos
Released: June 10, 1966
Type: Movie
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The stigmatized
Title: The stigmatized
Character: Giorgos Floras
Released: February 4, 1966
Type: Movie
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Zorba the Greek
Title: Zorba the Greek
Character: Mavrandoni
Released: December 14, 1964
Type: Movie
An uptight English writer traveling to Crete on a matter of business finds his life changed forever when he meets the gregarious Alexis Zorba.
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Scream
Title: Scream
Character: officer Giorgos
Released: November 8, 1964
Type: Movie
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The barker
Title: The barker
Character: Tasos Kagiapis
Released: November 1, 1964
Type: Movie
A union leader is corrupted by the owner of a factory and appointed as its CEO.
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The Sunday girl
Title: The Sunday girl
Character: Miltos
Released: October 24, 1964
Type: Movie
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Ανεμοστρόβιλος
Title: Ανεμοστρόβιλος
Character: Andreas Vardis
Released: February 2, 1964
Type: Movie
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Jealousy
Title: Jealousy
Character: Alexis Romanos
Released: December 31, 1963
Type: Movie
A successful businessman suspects that his wife is having an affair with his best friend. Sadly, it will take more than a decade to unearth the truth, as his daughter thirsts for answers and closure. But, were they, indeed, lovers?
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The Red Lanterns
Title: The Red Lanterns
Character: Mihailos
Released: December 2, 1963
Type: Movie
The inextricably intertwined stories of five sex workers who live in a brothel at Pireas harbor.
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The Scum
Title: The Scum
Character: Manos
Released: October 7, 1963
Type: Movie
A string of miscalculated choices and the longing of a fresh start will drag Magda of the slums deeper and deeper into a tireless personal nightmare.
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Betrayed love
Title: Betrayed love
Character: Stratos
Released: June 6, 1962
Type: Movie
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Η μεγάλη θυσία
Title: Η μεγάλη θυσία
Released: February 6, 1962
Type: Movie
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Dawn on the Third Day
Title: Dawn on the Third Day
Character: le résistant
Released: January 26, 1962
Type: Movie
The inhabitants of Praxos, a mountain village in an occupied country, organize their own resistance to the oppressor. Faced with reprisals, they decide that every hour a man will cross the bridge that is the population's only supply route. The action, which results in the death of all those taking part, continues until dawn on the third day.
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Serenity
Title: Serenity
Character: Fotis Glaros
Released: June 25, 1961
Type: Movie
Originally edited in two versions. Version I, 70 minutes; version II, 90 minutes. (The only known existing version is not Markopoulos’s edit and contains additional titles, music and voice-over added later than 1961. 65 minutes.) Filmed in Mytilene and Annavysos, Greece, 1958. Existing copy on video, J. and M. Paris Films, Athens.
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The mother's curse
Title: The mother's curse
Released: January 1, 1961
Type: Movie
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The Dawn of Triumph
Title: The Dawn of Triumph
Character: Γιώργος
Released: November 14, 1960
Type: Movie
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Πόθοι στα Στάχυα
Title: Πόθοι στα Στάχυα
Released: October 31, 1960
Type: Movie
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Never on Sunday
Title: Never on Sunday
Character: Tonio
Released: May 24, 1960
Type: Movie
An American scholar in Greece sets about improving the prostitute with whom he is infatuated.
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Η Ζαβολιάρα
Title: Η Ζαβολιάρα
Character: Lambros Desillas
Released: April 4, 1960
Type: Movie
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Αντίο Ζωή
Title: Αντίο Ζωή
Released: March 29, 1960
Type: Movie
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…
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Λύτρωσέ με, αγάπη μου
Title: Λύτρωσέ με, αγάπη μου
Character: Μεμάς
Released: January 1, 1960
Type: Movie
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Γερακίνα
Title: Γερακίνα
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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Just for One Night
Title: Just for One Night
Character: Dimitris Sergiou
Released: January 1, 1958
Type: Movie
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The Lagoon of Desire
Title: The Lagoon of Desire
Character: Hristos Razis
Released: August 1, 1957
Type: Movie
Greece's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1957.
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A Girl in Black
Title: A Girl in Black
Character: Hristos
Released: June 8, 1956
Type: Movie
Against the backdrop of a cloudless summer, love's unforeseen complications will entwine an Athenian writer, a morosely beautiful daughter, and a scorned local suitor. And then, calamity strikes. Can love redeem the sad girl in black?
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Experts on the Football Field
Title: Experts on the Football Field
Released: March 12, 1956
Type: Movie
The everyday lives of some international football players before and after a big game.
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The Magic City
Title: The Magic City
Character: Kosmas Betsos
Released: July 18, 1955
Type: Movie
A look at poverty in post-war Athens. Kosmas, a young man living in the slums, constantly tries to make ends meet, hoping for a better day. Because of debts, he gets tangled up in smuggling. His morals are tested and he tries to find a way out.
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Stella
Title: Stella
Character: Miltos
Released: April 4, 1955
Type: Movie
The story of a young, wild woman who doesn't want to compromise and settle down. Stella is a restless, rebellious Greek woman who plays with men and enjoys her life as much as she can. But when she meets a young footballer, things get mixed up. She loves him but she loves her freedom too. So it's about time she made an important choice.
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The lover of the shepherdess
Title: The lover of the shepherdess
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
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Θα σε περιμένω πάντα
Title: Θα σε περιμένω πάντα
Character: Zanis
Released: June 15, 1954
Type: Movie
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The Girl of the Neighbourhood
Title: The Girl of the Neighbourhood
Character: Spyros
Released: March 18, 1954
Type: Movie
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Open Sea
Title: Open Sea
Released: January 1, 1954
Type: Movie
On an island in the Aegean, a young girl, when he learns of the authoritarian father that is illegitimate, he tries to commit suicide by falling from the cliff into the sea, but is saved from a wreck in the desert shore Marine
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Mavri Gi
Title: Mavri Gi
Character: Dimitris
Released: January 1, 1952
Type: Movie
A young emerald miner is in love with a girl but doesn't ask her to marry him because he cannot support her financially.
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Dead City
Title: Dead City
Released: December 3, 1951
Type: Movie
Dead City (Greek: Nekri politeia) is a 1951 Greek drama film directed by Frixos Iliadis. It was entered into the 1952 Cannes Film Festival.
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Bitter Bread
Title: Bitter Bread
Character: Giangos Lyberis
Released: April 15, 1951
Type: Movie
A poor builder tries, with the help of his wife, to raise his three children. When he gets killed in an accident at the construction site, his oldest son undertakes the responsibility of providing for the family, facing all difficulties.
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Applause
Title: Applause
Released: December 4, 1944
Type: Movie
Alfa (Attik) runs an itinerant theatrical troupe and can see that a young woman, Nora (Zinet Lakaz), is very talented. Indeed, Nora turns into a great actress. However, when she does not reciprocate his love, he turns her away. After this, Alfa falls on hard times, while Nora achieves great popular success.