Manos Katrakis

Acting Aug 14, 1908 Sep 2, 1984 (aged 76) Kastelli Kissamou, Crete, Greece

Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis (Greek: Εμμανουήλ (Μάνος) Κατράκης; 14 August 1908 – 3 September 1984) was a Greek actor of theater and film.

Along with actor/director Kostas Leloudas, he acted in his first movie To Lavaro tou '21 in 1928. He later performed in the Ethniko Theatro (the National Theatre) in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays (he was friends with the maestro Dimitris Mitropoulos). He married Anna Lori in 1943.

He took part in the resistance as a member of EAM/ELAS and after refusing to sign a declaration of repentance during the Greek Civil War of 1946–49, he was exiled to Makronisos, along with such other well-known figures as Yiannis Ritsos, Nikos Koundouros, Mikis Theodorakis and Thanasis Veggos.

In the 1950s he returned to Athens from Makronisos but there was little acting work. He was handed both small and big roles in plays and films. In 1954, he married his third and last wife named Linda Alma (real name Eleni Malioufa). Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos.

76 Acting Credits

Manos Katrakis

Acting

Voyage to Cythera

Electra

The Red Lanterns

Antigone

Blood on the Land

Synoikia to Oneiro

The Magic City

The Man with the Carnation

Visibility Zero

Story of a Lifetime

The Roundup

Brother Anna

Face to Face with Death

The Jungle of Cities

Concert for Machine Guns

Treason

Tears for Electra

A Dream of Passion

True Love

Love on the Hot Sand (The Runaway)

Crazy Blood

Bad, Cold, and Cantankerous

I blame the People

Abuse of authority