Kostas Hatzichristos or Costas Hajihristos (; 25 December 1921 – 3 October 2001) was a Greek actor.

Biography He was born on 25 December 1921 in Thessaloniki, Greece, to a large family of thirteen members, he was the eleventh child of the family. His parents were from Constantinople (today Istanbul), and they were initially relocated to Kavala, moved to Thessaloniki thereafter, and later moved to the northern Athens suburb of Pagkrati.

The young Kostas studied initially at the Sergeants Major Military School of Syros"Greek: " and finished his studies in the Kavala. He worked in the variety theatre Missouri in Piraeus and with the Nitsa Gaitanaki company where he played in The Grouch () by Dimitris Psathas. From 1945 until 1948, he worked in an operetta company owned by Paraskevas Oikonomou and appeared in the Pefka variety with Oikonomidis and Oasia with Mimis Traiforos. In 1949‒50, he participated in Koula Nikolaidou's musical company at the Verdun theatre () at Alexandras Avenue.

At the Verdun theatre, Hatzichristos acted for his first time in his successful run in the role of a villager character called Thymios, a role inspired by Kostas Nikolaidis, brother of his wife Mary Nikolaidou. Hatzichristos first screen appearance was in the movie The Knights' Castle in 1952 with Giorgos Asimakopoulos and Nikos Tsiforos. At the same time, he was successful at the theatre founded in 1952 by his own theatrical troupe. In 1960, he became a theatrical entrepreneur and founded his own theatre: Hatzichristos Theatre ()."Theatre Hatzichristos was at the intersection of Panepistimiou and Ippokratous Arcades, commonly known as Panepistimiou-Ippokratous Arcade, had its entrance from Panepistimiou Arcade, Greek: " The theatre premiered on 18 February 1960, and was later renamed as the Treatre Orfeas. It was located at Panepistimiou Avenue in the Athens neighborhood of Akadimia. Among the greatest successes in his career were the films What a Mess () in 1963 and Τhe Man Who Returned from the Plates () in 1969 with Anna Fonsou and Dionysis Papagiannopoulos. He also produced three films and directed eight.

His theatrical work continued until 1983. After a long period of absence, he returned into the theatre in 1994‒95 era and played in the local Hatzichristos Theatre. His difficult years begun when his third wife, Eleni Pantazi died at the age of 42.

Kostas Hatzichristos died from a respiratory infection, at Athens Medical Center, on 3 October 2001, at age 79. He was interred at public expense at First Cemetery of Athens on 5 October 2001.

Personal life He was engaged with the actress Ntina Trianti with whom they had starred in several movies together. His first marriage was done during the Axis occupation of Greece with a woman named Nitsa who was from Naousa, Imathia. They were living together for many years. In 1949 he married Mary Nikolaidou with whom he had one daughter, Teta Hatzichristou who was married actor Petros Fyssoun with whom he had one daughter, actress Ania Fyssoum. In 1955 he married actress Ketty Diridaoua and divorced in 1975, with whom he had one daughter Marialena Hatzichristou. His third wife was Eleni Pantazi. His last wife was Voula Arvanitaki-Hatzichristou.

Filmography Feature Films Year Original Title Adapted Title Role 1952 The Knights' Castle 1954 Three Escapees From Asylum Giorgos 1954 Nights in Athens Kostakis 1955 We Finally Hit It Thymios Touloumotyris 1955 The Lover of the Shepherdess Gerlas 1955 Golfo-Girl of the Mountains Dimos 1955 The Three Babies Philip Mandaropoulos 1955 Better Late than Never 1956 Regimental Dummies Thymios the Roumeliotis 1956 Who Will Pay for the Marble? Thymios 1956 The Spongers of Athens Agamemnon 1956 Hunting for Love Thymios 1956 Dollars and Dreams 1957 Jeep Kiosk and Love Yiorgaras 1957 Maria Pentayiotissa Thymios 1957 The Wooden Shoe, the Pistol and the Bowtie 1957 Three Guys from Volos Policeman Dimos 1957 The Girl Has an Uncle Polyzois 1957 Mamma, I Want You Alive! 1957 Three Crazy Detectives Vagelis 1958 Count Hatzichristos 1958 The Falcon 1959 The Policeman of the 16th Precinct Ilias 1959 Poor People and Rich People Kostas 1959 Sarakatsanissa 1959 Thymios Screwed Things Up Thymios Boukouras 1959 Tonis Paxoulos 1959 Lisa, Tosca of Athens Iordanis Kollaros 1959 Love with Installments Fontas 1959 Dracula and Co. Thanasis Karatribouras 1959 Vacation in Kolopetinitsa Efthymios Tamzourlas 1959 Krystallo 1960 Makrikostae and Kodogeorgides Thomas Makrykostas 1960 Goodbye Life Police officer at the theatre 1960 The Dervish Boys Thodoros 1960 Thymios is Fully Aware 1961 The Tough Guy Iraklis Leontopoulos 1961 The Boy of the Market Mimis Fakis 1961 The Clever Bird Loukas Manis 1961 A Hopeless Captain Simos Papafigos 1962 Demos from Trikala Paraskevas Pournaras 1962 The Taxi Driver Thanasis Perimenis 1962 Sidewalk 1962 Michalios of the 14th Regiment Mihalios Karamihalis 1962 Athens by Night Policeman 1963 What a Mess Zikos 1963 The Torreador Advances Michalis 1963 Mister Wing-Commander Kanellos 1963 Casanova Giorgos Hatzigeorgalas 1963 Thymios in the Land of Striptease Thymios 1963 My Nephew, Manolis Manolis Maramenos 1964 The Heirs Panagiotis Tsokos 1964 The Chauffeur Girl Policeman 1964 The Dough and Pauper Kosmas Peristeris 1964 The Sea-Wolf Pantelis Kazouras 1964 The Tough Corporal Corp. Thanasis Prasinadas 1965 No, Mister Johnson Buyer 1965 Agents 005 vs Goldfoot Kosmas Bouralas 1966 Power, Phone, Water and Plots on Installments Manolis Pelekoudis 1966 Sharp As a Razor Dimos Pournaris 1966 Meletis of the Flying Squad Meletis 1966 A Ship Full of Papadopoulos Thymios 1967 Get Up and Dance the Syrtaki Thymios 1968 The Lucky One Thymios 1968 Athens After Midnight Thymios Vlacholeventis 1969 Τhe Man Who Returned from the Plates Laki Petris 1969 Bad, Cold and Cantankerous 1970 What a Man Has to Do to Survive Leandros Perperis 1970 The Unbelievable Makis Harisis 1970 A Hippy in Sandals Grocer (Pharmacist) 1970 A Bouzouki Different from the Others Kostas Karavedouras 1971 Thymios vs. Tsitsos 1972 Dictator Aliki Director of Newspaper 1979 Women at Arms Stamos Zoupas 1981 Wild Chickens Thymios Touloumotyris 2001 Alexander and Aishe

Videos, TV Series, TV Videos From Theatrical Plays Year Original Title Adapted Title Category 1974 The Old Katostari TV series on YENED 1975 Music Theatre Chronicles: Little of Anything TV Video on EIRT 1977 The Taxi Driver TV series on YENED 1979 The Taxi Driver from the Alonia TV series on YENED 1984 Revue Night TV series on ERT 1986 The Son of One-Takes-All Video 1987 A Pilot To Be Thrown Away Video 1988 And the First Clarinet Video 1988 A Policeman With Charouchia Video 1991 Ten Little Mitsoi TV series on Mega 1994 Vlamena Ahrista Myala TV Video on ANT1 1995 Didn't you Know? Didn't you Ask? TV Video on Mega 1997 Simiste mas... kai Afiste mas TV Video on Channel 5 1998 Skai Nyfi... Skai Gabros TV Video on Skai TV 1999 Athanatoi... Χevrakotoi ki Οraioi TV Video on ANT1

Selected theatrical plays Year Saison Theatre Play Adapted Title Theatre 1945 1944‒1945 The Flame Kymata (in Volos) 1953 1952‒1953 30 the One Dollar Acropole 1953 1953‒1954 Mini Skirt Papaioannou 1953 1953‒1954 Golden Spoons Papaioannou1954 1953‒1954 Beautiful and Nice Peroke 1954 1953‒1954 Gone with the Wind Peroke 1954 1954‒1955 The Song of Athens Cybele 1955 1955 Omonoia Plage Cybele 1957 1957 Long Live the Poor Peroke 1958 1958‒1959 Champagne and Retsina Metropolitan 1962 1962‒1963 Down the Women Hatzichristos 1969 1969‒1970 Viva Cheating On Hatzichristos 1973 1973‒1974 Caesar and Napoleon 1973, Avlaia, Thessaloniki. 1973‒1974, Hatzichristos. 1983 1982‒1983 At PASOK’s door, Knock As Much As You Want Hatzokou 1993 1993 Vlamena Ahrista Myala Minoa 1995 1994‒1995 Didn't you Know? Didn't you Ask? Hatzichristos 1997 1996‒1997 Simiste mas... kai Afiste mas Hatzichristos 1997 1997‒1998 Athanatoi... Χevrakotoi ki Οraioi Hatzichristos 1997 1997 Skai Nyfi... Skai Gabros Metropolitan

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