Vassili Karis

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Vassili Karis
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Vassilj Karamesinis

22 September 1938 (1938-09-22) (age 85)
OccupationActor

Vassili Karis (born Vassilis Karamesinis; 22 September 1938) is a Greek-born Italian actor, mainly active in the Spaghetti Western film genre.

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Life and career

Born in Patras, Karis was first active in the peplum genre, in which he was credited with his birth name or with the stage name Marco Vassilli. [1] Adopted his definitive stage name, he got his first role of weight in 1966, in the Spaghetti Western film Five Giants from Texas. [1] His breakout came in the early 1970s with the role of Holy Ghost ("Spirito Santo" in Italian) in a series of western comedy films. [1] [2] The decline of the western genre happened and he slowed his activities, retiring in the mid-1990s. [1]

Selected filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Enrico Lancia, Fabio Melelli. Dizionario del cinema italiano. Attori stranieri del nostro cinema. Gremese 2006, ISBN   978-8-88440-425-1.
  2. Marco Giusti (2007). Dizionario del western all'italiana. Mondadori, 2007. ISBN   978-8804572770.