He was born in Athens and grew up in
Agios Panteleimonas and began to study journalism and acting at a young age. He wrote his first theatrical play in 1935 called
The King of Halva. He entered the film industry and had roles in both screenwriting and directing.He married 3 times and had 2 kids He directed mainly with Christos Giannakopoulos and together they wrote and produced an estimated 140 works. The most popular include:
The Germans Strike Again,
Thanassakis o politevomenos, ''
I theia ap' to Chicago, Dikoi mas Anthropoi
, Ena votsalo sti limni, Kalos ilthe to dollario, Ta kitrina gantia, Otan Leipei i Gata
, I Soferina, Laterna, Ftocheia kai Filotimo
, Alimono stous Neous'' (Woe to the Young) and more. Many of these theatrical plays were transferred to the
cinema with notable success. He also wrote the lyrics of many songs (over 2,000). Among them were the successes: ''Garifallo st' Afti
, Ypomoni
, Asta ta Malakia sou
(sung by Fotis Polymeris), Eho ena Mystiko'' and more. The significant journalist
Fredy Germanos called him the "most clever Greek of the 20th century". He died in 1991 and is buried in the
First Cemetery of Athens in a family grave. ==References==