Pavlos Katapodis

Biography

Pavlos Katapodis was a self-made actor who first appeared in Kiriakos Mavreas' theatrical company. Before that, he used to be a typographer. He worked with many stars of the time (Manos Filippidis, Yannis Prineas, Vasilis Argyropoulos, Vasilis Logothetidis, Marika Kotopouli, Mimis Fotopoulos, Dinos Iliopoulos and lastly with Dimitris Myrat) and turned to be a successful comical character actor. He had a big success with Fotopoulos in a stage adaptation of The Good Soldier Svejk. His nickname was 'Prokas'. He has a rich filmography, starting from the silent movie era. He was keen in writing, too (scripts, poetry). He ceased acting in 1967 due to illness and died 5 years later.