Background
He was born in 1922 in Asia Minor and died on January 1993. During his transfer trip, his father got sick. Nine days earlier Dimitris was born.
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Dimitris Nikolaidis
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His journey of life began on a ship that headed from Constantinople (now Istanbul) to Piraeus, between them two youngsters, Eftalia and Nikos. His family moved to Greece to escape the Turkish raids. The family settled in Athens as the father"s sickness did not retreat (the problem was mainly genetic as from the father"s organism that shook an enzyme, it cleand the blood without knowing that revived the body).
He died soon after at Sotiria hospital from galloping pneumonia.
From his young age he loved sports even track and field During the enemy occupation he had work and power in resistance.
In 1942 Khun ( or Coon) ran the Art Theatre with a company that used students that included himself. lieutenant had a debut in 1944 with his student Alekos Solomos O Teleftaios Asprokorakas
He participated in Mrs Katerina"s company in 1945 in which he stayed until 1949.
He later went on with Vasilis Logothetidis with a play by Alekos Sakellarios.
Foreign four years, he played with other companies and in 1954 returned again to act with Logothetidis for three years in films not only with as Logothetidis" character. In film, he made his first movie The Girl From the Neighbourhood in 1954 with Smaroula Giouli, Giorgos Fountas, Orestis Makris, et cetera He also played in international roles including America, America by Elia Kazan.
He played in 80 movies.
In the summer of 1965, he played and directed his first theatrical play at the Minoa Theatre Mia Pentaras Niata (Μια Πεντάρας Νιάτα) by Pretenteris-Gialamas which was successful. That was his beginning.
Without directing, he appeared several times as an actor in theatrical play Oute gata oute zimia (Number Cats, Not Even a Damage) by Alekos Sakellarios-Giannakopoulos Agapi mou Paliogria (Αγάπη Μου Παλιόγρια) with Paul Vassiliadis - Lakis Michailidis, et cetera His last role on stage was in 1980 in I erotiarides by Vasos Andrianos.
He worked with several stars including Elli Lambeti, Tzeni Karezi, Lambros Konstantaras, Costas Voutsas, et cetera
On the small screen, from his great success are Ekeines kai Ego with Lambros Konstantaras. Together appeared in O Thyroros which he played a Bulldozer. In films, he directed only one movie, a comedy, called I gynaika mou trellathike with Mairi Aroni and Lambros Konstantaras.
They directed on YENED with a serial Ekeines ki ego with Lambros Konstantaras.
Personality
He was a good student which he was one of the 30 children that passed with scholarship from the Experimental School in Kolonaki which it was the greatest school in Athens on Skoufa(s) Street(r).
