Paul Stassino
Phaedros Stassinos (1930 – 28 June 2012) was a Greek-Cypriot actor whose international stage name was Paul Stassino.
Early life
He was born in Cyprus, at Platres, and grew up in Limassol, but spent most of his acting career in Britain.[1] He moved to the UK at the age of 18 to study at the Law School. Because of his great passion to be an actor, without telling his family, he got a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
Career
He appeared in many British films, in British TV dramas such as Danger Man and The Saint.[2] He appeared in Coronation Street in 1968, as Hungarian demolition contractor Miklos Zadic who had a brief relationship with Emily Nugent (played by Eileen Derbyshire).[3]
Possibly his best known performance was when he played two parts, Major François Derval and Angelo Palazzi, in the James Bond film Thunderball (see List of James Bond henchmen in Thunderball).[4]
Other roles include "Le Pirate" in That Riviera Touch, and the first officer of the Colombian ship Paloma in Tiger Bay.[5]
In 1972 he moved to Athens, where he worked as a director in the casino in Athens,[1] and then because of his great love for his island, he moved to his birthplace in Cyprus where he worked in the Public Theatre in Nicosia as an actor and as a director, where after he retired he moved to his beloved Limassol. He died on 28 June 2012 in Limassol and was buried in the cemetery of Limassol Sfalagiotisa.
Personal life
He was married twice and had three children Julian Stassino, Alex Stassino, and Elvi Stassinou.
Filmography
- Ill Met by Moonlight (1957)
- Interpol (1957)
- Miracle in Soho (1957)
- Ice-Cold in Alex (1958)
- The Great Van Robbery (1959)
- The Man Who Liked Funerals (1959)
- Tiger Bay (1959)
- The Bandit of Zhobe (1959)
- The Criminal (1960)
- Malaga (1960)
- The Stranglers of Bombay (1960)
- Sands of the Desert (1960)
- Exodus (1960)
- Echo of Barbara (1961)
- The Secret Partner (1961)
- The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961)
- Sammy Going South (1963)
- Stolen Hours (1963)
- The Long Ships (1964)
- The Moon-Spinners (1964)
- The High Bright Sun (1964)
- Where the Spies Are (1965) - Simmias
- Thunderball (1965) - François Derval / Angelo Palazzi
- That Riviera Touch (1966) - Le Pirate
- The Magus (1968) - Meli
- A Touch of the Other (1970) - Connelly
- You Can't Win 'Em All (1970) - Gunner major
- Die Screaming, Marianne (1971) - Portuguese Police Detective
- Escape to Athena (1979) - Zeno's Man
References
- 1 2 Sandra Brennan. "Paul Stassino - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Paul Stassino". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
- ↑ "Coronation Street - Season 9, Episode 19: Mon 4 Mar, 1968 - TV.com". TV.com. CBS Interactive.
- ↑ Greg Goodman. "James Bond Movies: Thunderball Characters @ Universal Exports, The Home of James Bond, 007".
- ↑ "Paul Stassino". BFI.