Giorgos Fountas (13 February 1924 – 28 November 2010) was a Greek actor in film and television.

Biography

Fountas was born on 13 February 1924 in Phocis. He 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 where he pronounced one quote, which was satirized in the movie Straight Story in 2006. In the last years of his life, Fountas suffered from Alzheimer's disease. He died on 28 November 2010, aged 86.

Filmography

Films

Television

Awards