Pedro Regas

Dan Seymour (left) and Pedro Regas in the Frank Buck film Tiger Fangs (1943)

Pedro Regas (April 18, 1897 – August 10, 1974) was born in Sparta, Greece and was the brother of actor George Regas.

A veteran Greek stage actor, Regas was spotted on the Broadway stage by Mary Pickford who persuaded him to go to Hollywood and be in pictures, which he did in 1920 and continued to play in films for 50 years.

Regas died on August 10, 1974 in Hollywood, California of a heart attack and was interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

External links

Pedro Regas at the Internet Movie Database
Pedro Regas at Find a Grave

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