Vasilis Logothetidis

Who was Vasilis Logothetidis?

Vasilis Logothetidis was a Greek comedian. He is considered one of the most significant modern Greek actors.

Logothetidis was born as Vasilis Tavlaridis in 1897 in Myriophyton, a village in Eastern Thrace close to Istanbul. One year after graduating from high school, in 1916, he started to participate as an amateur actor in local shows. In 1918, he moved to Athens where, one year later, he joined the Marika Kotopouli theater company, with which he remained until 1946, with a brief pause in 1935. From 1947, he performed with his own theater company.

During his very successful career, he starred in more than 110 Greek comedies and in more than 200 international plays, including Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph Kesselring, As You Like It by William Shakespeare, Volpone by Ben Jonson and Knock by Jules Romains.

Logothetidis was among the first Greek actors to appear in film, mostly as a protagonist. His memorable roles include:

Panagiotakis in Madam Sousou

Thodoros Ginopoulos in Oi Germanoi xanarhontai

Manolis Skoudris in Ena votsalo sti limni

Fotis Fagris in Santa Chiquita

Tilemahos in Despoinis eton 39