Manos Katrakis
Emmanuel "Manos" Katrakis was a Greek actor of theater and film.
Biography
Born in Kissamos, Cretan State, he was the youngest of five children of Haralambos Katrakis and Irini Katraki. When Manos was 10 years old, his family moved from Crete to Athens, where his father searched for work. His brother, Giannis, emigrated to North America. Manos played soccer during his youth for the Athinaikos football team and others.
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 in 1931. During the 1930s, he continued acting in theatrical plays. 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 met the dancer Linda Alma. Since then they lived together until his death, while in 1979 they got married. Shortly before his death, he filmed his last and best movie Taxidi sta Kythira, the Journey to Kythera/Kythira, with director Theo Angelopoulos.
Death and legacy
Katrakis died at the age of 76 on 2 September 1984, from lung cancer; he had been an avid smoker for most of his life. He was survived by his wife, Linda Alma. Alma died in 1999 at the age of 72. In 2009 the Greek Post Office issued a €0,01 postage stamp in honor of Katrakis.
Selected filmography
To Lavaro tou '21 .... DimosEtsi kaneis, san agapiseis O Agapitikos tis voskopoulas .... LiakosProsopa lismonimena .... Nikos Markidis Katadromi sto Aigaion .... Lt. Cdr. Giannis RaidisOi Germanoi xanarhontai... .... German soldier Marinos Kontaras .... Marinos KontarasI Floga tis eleftherias .... narrator Eva .... AlekosO dromos me tis akakies .... Hristos VranasMagiki polis .... NarratorAntigone .... CreonSynoikia to Oneiro .... NekroforasFlogera kai aima .... Stathis VlahopanagosElectra .... tutorThriamvos .... BournokosEnas delikanis .... fatherO Adelfos Anna .... Father VasileiosThe red lanterns .... Kapetan NikolasAthoa i enohi? .... AlekosProdosia .... Professor Viktor KastriotisDiogmos Oi Epikindynoi Enomenoi sti zoi kai sto thanato .... Captain SeratosTo Bloko O Metanastis Istoria mias zois .... Mikes PapadimasBlood on the land .... father HormovasSparagmos O Epanastatis Katigoro tous anthropous .... Elefterios DimitropoulosI Exodos tou Mesolongiou Dakrya gia tin Ilektra .... Tassos PetridisTora pou fevgo ap' ti zoi Sklavoi tis moiras .... Mr. DelipetrouO Katatregmenos .... Labros SarioglouMazi sou, gia panta Erotas stin kafti ammo .... NikolasEho dikaioma na s' agapo! Aihmalotoi tou pepromenou .... HristosAharisti Kontserto gia polyvola .... General DareiosTi ki an gennithika ftohos .... Mr. RazisO Labiris enantion ton paranomon To Kanoni kai t' aidoni I Leoforos tou misous .... LegatosXerizomeni genia .... ManthosTosa oneira stous dromous .... Mose AronTha kano petra tin kardia mou .... PantelisMia mera, o pateras mou Katigoroumeni, apologisou Jane Eyre .... Edward RodgesterI Lygeri .... Konstadis MatrozosI Kardia enos aliti .... Manos SarrisAs me krinoun oi gynaikes .... Angelos BartisKynigimeni prosfygopoula .... ArgyrisProsfygas, O .... Thanasis DaoutisKoureli tis zois .... Yiannis RomanisKakos, psyhros ki anapodos .... Alekos ValirisI Thysia mias gynaikas I Sfragida tou Theou .... YiannisI Ora tis alitheias I Leoforos tis prodosias .... Brig. Gen. GerakarisGia tin timi kai gia ton erota .... PavlosFilise me, prin fygeis gia panta .... Stavros KarapanosOratotis miden .... Horst RichterAftoi pou milisan me ton thanato .... Lykourgos VenetisI Zougla ton poleon .... Lysias SekerisTo Teleftaio fili Ores agapis, ores polemou Katigoro tous dynatous .... Labros KontarinisEsena mono agapo .... Vyronas DerkosKatahrisis exousias Me fovon kai pathos .... Alexandros ViaskosI Aliki diktator .... Eleftherios Horis syneidisi .... Kostas DellisAntartes ton poleon .... Fotis's fatherOi Prostates .... Petros RallisI Fonissa .... narrator I Diki ton dikaston .... Theodoros KolokotronisMado mavrogenous Kravgi gynaikon .... KreonO Ilios tou thanatou .... Papa-GiannisO Efialtis Eleftherios Venizelos .... PetrosO Anthropos me to garyfallo .... Nikolaos PlastirasVoyage to Cythera .... SpyrosTa Hronia tis thyellas .... old man