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{{short description|Greek actor}}
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'''Dimitris Horn''' ({{Langx|el|Δημήτρης Χορν}}) (9 March 1921 – 16 January 1998) was a [[Greek people|Greek]] theatrical and film actor.

==Biography==
Horn was born in [[Athens]] in 1921, the son of playwright [[Pantelis Horn]] (himself descended from an [[Austrians|Austrian]] father and [[Greeks|Greek]] mother), and Euterpi, a Pontic Greek.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} He studied Drama at the [[National Theatre of Greece Drama School]], where he made his stage debut in 1941. During his career, he co-operated many times with the [[National Theatre of Greece|Greek National Theater]] and made personal stage troops with actors such as [[Mary Aroni]], [[Alekos Alexandrakis]] and [[Ellie Lambeti]]. The latter was also his companion from 1953 to 1958.

From an early stage he developed a reputation as "the best actor of his generation," performing many classics such as "[[Diary of a Madman (Nikolai Gogol)|Diary of a Madman]]" by [[Nikolai Gogol]], ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' by [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Dom Juan]]'' by [[Molière]], and ''[[Enrico IV]]'' by [[Luigi Pirandello]] to critical acclaim.

His screen work was less important to him; he disliked cinema,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.cinemainfo.gr/cinemaenglish/actors/greekactors/dimitrishorn/index.html |title=Dimitris Horn at cinemainfo.gr |access-date=2011-02-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721075405/http://www.cinemainfo.gr/cinemaenglish/actors/greekactors/dimitrishorn/index.html |archive-date=2011-07-21 |url-status=dead }}</ref> only starring in ten films. His most notable films were ''[[The Counterfeit Coin]]'' (1954) and ''[[A Girl in Black]]'' (1956). He later married shipping heiress Anna Goulandri, and became the first director of the [[Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation|Greek State Radio and Television]] after the restoration of democracy. He died of cancer on 16 January 1998, aged 76.

==Filmography==
* ''[[The Voice of the Heart (1943 film)|The Voice of the Heart]]'' (''I Foni tis kardias'') (1943) .... Petros
*''[[Applause (1944 film)|Applause]]'' (''Hirokrotimata'') (1944) .... Stefanos
*''[[The Drunkard (1950 film)|The Drunkard]]'' (''Methistakas'') (1950) .... Alec Bakas
*''[[Windfall in Athens]]'' (''Kyriakatiko xypnima'') (1954) .... Alexis Lorentzatos
*''[[The Counterfeit Sovereign]]'' (''Kalpiki lira'') (1955) .... Pavlos
*''[[The Girl in Black]]'' (''To Koritsi me ta mavra'') (1956) .... Pavlos
*''[[We Have Only One Life]]'' (''Mia zoi tin echoume'') (1958) .... Kleon
*''A Thief's First Chance'' (''Mia tou klefti'') (1960) .... Pavlos Lignos
*''[[Woe to the Young]]'' (''Alimono stous neous'') (1961) .... Andreas
*''Athens by Night'' (''I Athina tin nychta'') (1962) .... Himself

==See also==
* [[Dimitris Horn Award]]

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