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Andrea Dimitry – Greek-American soldier in the War of 1812 fought in the Battle of New Orleans; George Doundoulakis – Greek-American soldier who worked under British Intelligence during World War II and served with the OSS in Thessaly, Greece. Later becoming a physicist, he is known by his twenty-six US patents in the fields of radar ...
This is a list of Greek actors Alekos Alexandrakis – (Αλέκος Αλεξανδράκης) (1928–2005) Anthimos Ananiadis ...
US film - The story of Jason and Argonauts, a band of heroes in Greek mythology, who in the years before the Trojan War (around 1300 BC) accompanied Jason to Colchis in his quest to find the Golden Fleece. Argonauts: 1971 Russian: Аргонавты USSR - animated film Argonavtebi, or, a Merry Chronicle of a Dangerous Journey: 1986 USSR - TV movie
Cacoyannis is Cypriot-born Greek. 1995: George Miller: Babe: Nominated Miller is an Australia of Greek descent. Shared with Doug Mitchell and Bill Miller. 2011: Alexander Payne: The Descendants: Nominated Payne is American-born Greek. Shared with Jim Burke and Jim Taylor. 2013: Anthony Katagas: 12 Years a Slave: Won Katagas is an American of ...
AFI defines an "American screen legend" as "an actor or a team of actors with a significant screen presence in American feature-length films (films of 40 minutes or more) whose screen debut occurred in or before 1950, or whose screen debut occurred after 1950 but whose death has marked a completed body of work."
Films of the 1950s were of a wide variety. As a result of the introduction of television, the studios and companies sought to put audiences back in theaters. They used more techniques in presenting their films through widescreen and big-approach methods, such as Cinemascope, VistaVision, and Cinerama, as well as gimmicks like 3-D film.
Since then, the American actor has brought his imposing presence and classic good looks to more than 50 films, including notable roles in 1992’s “Malcolm X,” 2001’s “Training Day” and ...
It Happened in Athens is a 1962 American sports comedy-drama film released by 20th Century-Fox. It is directed by Andrew Marton and features Jayne Mansfield , newcomer Trax Colton , Maria Xénia , Nico Minardos , Roger Browne in his debut, and Olympic champion Bob Mathias .