Peter Mamakos (December 14, 1918 â€" April 27, 2008) was an American
film and television actor.Mamakos was of Greek descent. Mamakos'
father owned Pilgrim restaurants in New England. Mamakos was sent to
California to scout locations for restaurants, but he liked Hollywood
so much that he decided to stay, declining his father's offers of
$50,000 in cash and a $250,000 nightclub of his own if he returned to
Boston. He told a reporter, "I feel right at home in Hollywood. A hot
kitchen and a hot sound stage are alike -- you're surrounded by hams
in both."Peter Mamakos was perhaps best known for playing Greek,
Indian, Hispanic, French, Italian and Middle Eastern villains from
1940s up until the 1990s.Mamakos was in eight movies in his first
seven months in Hollywood. Mamakos appeared in Trail of the Yukon
(1949), in which he and other supporting players offered what a
Variety review called "stock performances."
film and television actor.Mamakos was of Greek descent. Mamakos'
father owned Pilgrim restaurants in New England. Mamakos was sent to
California to scout locations for restaurants, but he liked Hollywood
so much that he decided to stay, declining his father's offers of
$50,000 in cash and a $250,000 nightclub of his own if he returned to
Boston. He told a reporter, "I feel right at home in Hollywood. A hot
kitchen and a hot sound stage are alike -- you're surrounded by hams
in both."Peter Mamakos was perhaps best known for playing Greek,
Indian, Hispanic, French, Italian and Middle Eastern villains from
1940s up until the 1990s.Mamakos was in eight movies in his first
seven months in Hollywood. Mamakos appeared in Trail of the Yukon
(1949), in which he and other supporting players offered what a
Variety review called "stock performances."
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