Stathis Psaltis

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Stathis Psaltis (Greek: Στάθης Ψάλτης; 27 February 1951 – 21 April 2017) was a Greek cinema, TV and theatre comic actor. He was best known for starring in many 1980s films, as many as four a year.^[1] He has been called "iconic" and a "household name".^[2]

He was born in Velo, Corinthia in 1951, where he lived his childhood until the age of 11, when his family moved to Aegaleo. His brother is also the actor Yiannis Rotas. He studied at the Drama school of Konstantinos Michaelidis. He married Taria Boura and in 2006 he married actress Christina Fitsaki. He already had one daughter, Maria, from his previous marriage to Katia Kyvelou.

He starred in a lot of Greek films and also in theater. He became popular in the 1980s with commercial movies that included "Kamikazi agapi mou", "Troxonomos Varvara", "Ta kamakia", "Vasika Kalispera sas", "Kai o protos matakias", "Trellos eimai oti thelo kano", "Ela na agapithoume darling", and "Mantepse ti kano ta vradia".

On April 12, 2014, the actor suffered a stroke. He was admitted to the Athens Oncology Hospital "Agios Savvas" on March 14, 2017, dealing with multiple cancer metastases. Since April 16, he was intubated in the Hospital's Intensive Care Unit, where he died on April 21, 2017. He was buried at the Zografou cemetery, in the presence of many of his friends and colleagues, on April 24, 2017. His remains were transferred to the First Cemetery of Athens on July 27, 2022.^[2][1]

He was married to Christina, and had a daughter, Maria.^[1]

• Diamantia sto gymno sou soma (1972) ... aka Diamantia sto gymno kormi tis (Greece: TV title)
• "Emporoi ton ethnon, Oi" (1973) TV Series .... Joker
• Paidia tis piatsas, Ta (1979)
• Fadarines, Oi (1979) ... aka Οι Φανταρίνες (Greece)
• "Symvolaiografos, O" (1979) TV Series .... Panagiotis Merkatos
• Podogyros, O (1980)
• Parthenokynigos, O (1980)
• Madepse ti kano ta bradia (1980) .... Kosmas Papakosmas
• Kotsos stin EOK, O (1980)
• Gefsi apo Ellada! (1980)
• Trohonomos Varvara (1981)
• Pame gia kafe? (1981)
• Kotsos exo apo to NATO, O (1981)
• Kamakia, Ta (1981)
• Eisai stin EOK, pathe gia tin EOK (1981) ... aka Eisai stin EOK, mathe gia tin EOK
• Vasika... kalispera sas (1982) .... Efstathios Koubaris... aka Radiopeirates, Oi
• Sainia, Ta (1982) .... Sissifos
• Periergos, O (1982) .... Simos
• Kai... o protos matakias (1982)
• Pes ta Chrisostome (1983)
• Kamikazi, agapi mou (1983) .... Efstathios Sgouros
• Trelos eimai, oti thelo kano (1984) .... Michalis Vidas
• Ela na... gymnothoume, darling (1984) .... Stathis... aka Ela n' agapithoume, darling
• Rakos... no. 14, kai o protos bounakias (1985) .... Iraklis Spinos... aka Rakos No. 14
• Psilos, lignos kai pseftaros (1985)
• Kleftroni kai gentleman (1986) .... Stathis Ledoakridis... aka Κλεφτρόνι και tζέντλεμαν (Greece)
• Kavalaris ton FM Stereo, O (1986) .... Stathis Papastathis
• Xenodoheio kastri (1987)
• Pantachou paron (1987)
• Kivernisseis peftoune alla o Psaltis menei, I (1987) (V) .... Mantis Kalhas
• Megalos paramythas, O (1988)
• Kai deilos kai tolmiros (1988) .... Markos Tremoulas
• Enas, alla... leon (1988) .... Stathis
• Akatamahitos pilotos (1988) (V) (An Irresistible pilot)
• Treladiko polyteleias (1989) .... Stathis Ksetripis (The Luxurious Nuthouse)
• Protaris batsos kai i troteza, O (1989)
• Apagogi sta tyfla (1989) .... Stathis (The Blind Kidnapping)
• Erastis, O (1990) (V) .... Stathis Birbitsolis (The Lover)
• Kalimera zoe (1994) TV Series
• Kotes (2003)
• An m'agapas (2006) TV Series .... Dimitris Marnis
• Achristos, atalantos, asximos alla diashmos (2007) .... Himself
• Ta Thelei o.....Kolotravas Mas (2007)
• Oi Prasines, Oi Kokkines, Oi Thalassies oi Tsouxtres (2008)
• Nou Dou oi Asximi (2008)
• Pou Pas Re Giorgaki me tetoio Kairo (2011)

• Stathis Psaltis at IMDb

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