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Titos Vandis (7 November 1917 – 23 Februari 2003) adalah seorang aktor Yunani. Vandis memulai karirnya di panggung Yunani pada akhir tahun 1930-an. Pada tahun 1962, ia memenangkan penghargaan Aktor Terbaik untuk film Poliorkia di Festival Film Internasional Thessaloniki. Vandis meninggalkan Yunani ketika kediktatoran mengambil alih kekuasaan dan tinggal di Amerika Serikat selama 24 tahun. Vandis muncul di lebih dari 250 drama sebelum membuat debut Broadwaynya di musikal nominasi Tony On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965). Vandis adalah pemeran asli Broadway dan memimpin lagu utama di Illya Darling (1967), sebuah musikal berdasarkan filmnya Never on Sunday (1960). Karakter judul Illya adalah seorang pelacur Yunani yang riang. Kritikus Newsday George Oppenheimer menulis, "Penghargaan besar diberikan kepada Titos Vandis atas perannya sebagai klien tertua Illya, yang menyanyi dan menari dengan semangat seperti anak-anak muda ..." Vandis mengulangi perannya dalam produksi Westbury Music Fair pada tahun 1968. Kritikus Newsday Murry Frymer menulis bahwa Vandis "... sangat autentik. Faktanya, dia lebih baik dari itu. Vandis telah bermain di film Never on Sunday dan produksi Broadway dari Illya Darling dan dia tidak bosan sama sekali. Penggambarannya segar dan terus membawa perselingkuhan kembali ke gayety penuh warna yang muncul di film." Pada tahun 1970 Vandis bergabung dengan pemeran Man of La Mancha sebagai Sancho Panza di Teater Martin Beck. Dia juga memainkan peran utama dalam musikal Zorba di Paper Mill Playhouse di Millburn, NJ. Kritikus W. C. Flahault menulis, "Penggambarannya tentang gelandangan Yunani yang memperhatikan gadis-gadis memiliki sifat membumi yang membawa kenyataan pada peran tersebut." Pada tahun 1972 Vandis berperan sebagai penambang batu bara tidak berpendidikan di Ironside yang meminta bantuan Ironside dalam menemukan pembunuh putrinya. Dia mengakui "drama itu lebih mudah baginya daripada panggung musikal." Vandis berkata, "Saya kira bagian ini dapat dianggap sebagai perubahan kecepatan bagi saya, tetapi sebagai seorang aktor, saya mendapati diri saya mempertimbangkan setiap peran yang saya mainkan sebagai entitas yang terpisah ... Selama masa pelatihan awal saya, saya sering berperan sebagai orang tua; sebenarnya, saya menikmati peluang tersebut. Hari ini, tentu saja, seiring bertambahnya usia, saya berharap posisinya terbalik!" Pada tahun yang sama, ia muncul dalam film Woody Allen Segala yang Selalu Ingin Anda Ketahui Tentang Seks* (*Tapi Takut Bertanya) sebagai Milos Stavros, seorang penggembala Armenia yang jatuh cinta pada seekor domba. Dalam The Exorcist (1973), ia berperan sebagai paman dari protagonis Pastor Damien Karras. Vandis mengenakan topi dalam satu kesempatan yang menutupi wajahnya, karena sutradara William Friedkin merasa wajah Vandis akan terhubung dengan peran sebelumnya sebagai Milos. Vandis memiliki peran berulang dalam serial detektif Baretta (1975-1978), muncul dalam empat episode, dan menjadi bintang tamu bersama Hulk Hogan dalam The A-Team episode "Body Slam" (musim 1985-1986). Penampilan TV lainnya termasuk The Flying Nun, Trapper John, M.D., M*A*S*H, The Odd Couple, Kojak, Barney Miller, Wonder Woman, Newhart, dan The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Deskripsi di atas dari artikel Wikipedia Titos Vandis, berlisensi CC-BY-SA, daftar lengkap kontributor di Wikipedia.

Titos Vandis (7 November 1917 – 23 February 2003) was a Greek actor. Vandis began his career on the Greek stage in the late 1930s. In 1962, he won the Best Actor award for the film Poliorkia at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. Vandis left Greece when a dictatorship took power and lived in the United States for 24 years. Vandis appeared in over 250 plays before making his Broadway debut in the Tony-nominated musical On A Clear Day You Can See Forever (1965). Vandis was in the original Broadway cast and led the title song in Illya Darling (1967), a musical based on his film Never on Sunday (1960). The title character Illya was a carefree Greek prostitute. Newsday critic George Oppenheimer wrote, "Major credit goes to Titos Vandis for his playing of Illya's oldest client, who sings and dances as rousingly as the youngsters ..." Vandis reprised his role in a Westbury Music Fair production in 1968. Newsday critic Murry Frymer wrote that Vandis "... is delightfully authentic. In fact, he's better than that. Vandis has been in both the film Never on Sunday and the Broadway production of Illya Darling and he's not tired of it at all. His portrayal was fresh and kept bringing the affair back to the colorful gayety that bubbled through the motion picture." In 1970 Vandis joined the cast of Man of La Mancha as Sancho Panza at the Martin Beck Theater. He also played the title role in the musical Zorba at the Paper Mill Playhouse in Millburn, NJ. Critic W. C. Flahault wrote, "His portrayal of the Greek vagabond with an eye for the girls has an earthiness which brings reality to the role." In 1972 Vandis played an uneducated coal miner on Ironside who sought Ironside's help in discovering the murderer of his daughter. He admitted "that drama was easier for him than the musical stage." Vandis said, "I suppose this part can be considered a change of pace for me, but as an actor, I find myself considering each role I play as a separate entity ... During the days of my early training, I often played old men; in fact, I relished the opportunities. Today, of course, as I grow older, I wish the positions were reversed!" That same year, he appeared in the Woody Allen film Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) as Milos Stavros, an Armenian shepherd who was in love with a sheep. In The Exorcist (1973), he played the uncle of protagonist Father Damien Karras. Vandis wore a hat in one shot that obscured his face, as director William Friedkin felt that Vandis's face would be connected with his previous role as Milos. Vandis had a recurring role in the detective series Baretta (1975-1978), having appeared in four episodes, and guest-starred alongside Hulk Hogan in The A-Team episode "Body Slam" (1985-1986 season). His other TV appearances have included The Flying Nun, Trapper John, M.D., M*A*S*H, The Odd Couple, Kojak, Barney Miller, Wonder Woman, Newhart, and The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Description above from the Wikipedia article Titos Vandis, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.