- Born
- Died
- Birth namePeter John Mamakos
- Height5′ 10″ (1.78 m)
- Peter Mamakos was born on December 14, 1918 in Somerville, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor and writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956), Adventures of Superman (1952) and Drums of Africa (1963). He died on April 27, 2008 in Paso Robles, California, USA.
- Is a Greek American
- Ethnic character who played minor Greek, Indian, Hispanic, French, Italian and Middle Eastern villains on film and TV, complete with bushy mustache, for over four decades.
- Began on the stage in 1939 and moved into film and TV in the late '40s.
- Unlike many of his fellow cast and crew members in The Conqueror (1956) who contracted cancer and later died of it, he did not and lived to the ripe old age of 89.
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