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 – ''Diamonds are Dangerous'' / ''Diamanten sind gefährlich'' (TV series) (Director: Hermann Kugelstadt),
 – ''Der Rivonia-Prozess'' (2 parts) (Director: Jürgen Goslar),
-– ''Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald'' (Episode: ''Der stumme Zeuge'') (television) (Director: Jürgen Goslar).
+– ''Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald'' (Episodes: ''Der stumme Zeuge'' & ''Schüsse in der Kalahari'') (TV series) (Director: Jürgen Goslar).
 == Sources ==

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 – ''[[Sextet]]'' (Producer: [[Anthony Farmer]]),
 – ''[[Ever Since Eve]]'' (Producer: [[Anthony Farmer]]),
-– ''[[St. Joan]]'' (Producer: [[Leon Gluckman]]),
+– ''[[Saint Joan]]'' (Producer: [[Leon Gluckman]]),
 – ''[[The Fall]]'' (Producer: [[Victor Melleney]]),
 – ''[[Jack and the Beanstalk]]'' (Producer: [[Anthony Farmer]]),

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 – ''[[Beauty and the Beast]]'' (Producer: [[Mary Tilley]]),
 – ''[[Figure of Fun]]'' (Producer: [[Anthony Farmer]]),
-– ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (Producer: [[Anna Romain Hoffmann]]),
+– ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (Producer: [[Anna Romain Hoffman]]),
 – ''[[Columbe]]'' (Producer: [[Anthony Farmer]]),
 – ''[[Puss in Boots]]'' (Producer: [[Clifford Wiliams]]),

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 – ''[[Tulip Time]]'' (Production: [[Isobel McLaren]]),
 – ''[[Hiawatha]]'' (Producer: [[Norah Taylor]]),
-– ''[[The Lady’s not for Burning]]'' (Producer: [[Margaret Inglis]]),
+– ''[[The Lady's not for Burning]]'' (Producer: [[Margaret Inglis]]),
 – ''[[Maritza]]'' (Producer: unknown),
 – ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (Producer: [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]]),

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 – ''[[Tulip Time]]'' (Production: [[Isobel McLaren]]),
 – ''[[Hiawatha]]'' (Producer: [[Norah Taylor]]),
-– ''[[The Lady’s Not for Burning]]'' (Producer: [[Margaret Inglis]]),
+– ''[[The Lady’s not for Burning]]'' (Producer: [[Margaret Inglis]]),
 – ''[[Maritza]]'' (Producer: unknown),
 – ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (Producer: [[Gwen Ffrangçon-Davies]]),

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 == Theatre Credits (Actor) ==
 == Theatre Credits (Producer) ==
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 – ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'',
 – ''[[The Three Wishes]]''.
 == Film & Television Credits ==

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	== Theatre Credits (Producer) ==		== Theatre Credits (Producer) ==
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		+	1952 – ''[[Candied Peel]]'',
		+	1953 – ''[[Ten Little Niggers]]'',
		+	1955 – ''[[I Capture the Castle]]'',
		+	1963 – ''[[The Circus Adventure]]'',
		+	1965 – ''[[The Three Wishes]]''.
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	== Film & Television Credits ==		== Film & Television Credits ==

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 – ''Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald'' (Episode: ''Der stumme Zeuge'') (television) (Director: Jürgen Goslar).
 [[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. pp 79, 111.
 Photographs held by [[NELM]] in various locations.
 == Return to ==
 Return to [[ESAT Personalities M]]

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	James Demetrius (Jimmy) Mentis was one of eight children born to Theodore Mentis and his wife, Anthippe Fardouli, who had come from Greece to South Africa. The couple settled in Johannesburg, where Theodore ran a general dealership in Kerk Street. The first known indication that his son was interested in the theatre is a credit as assistant stage manager for ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'', performed by the Johannesburg High School Old Girls’ Club in 1939. From 1945 onwards he appeared on the stage for various theatrical groups, including the [[Playfair Players]], the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]], [[JODS]], the [[Company of Three]] and especially the [[Children’s Theatre]], with producer [[Anthony Farmer]] frequently casting him in his productions. He also made some infrequent film appearances. His last known stage appearance dates from 1966 and he died unexpectedly on 25 December 1970.		James Demetrius (Jimmy) Mentis was one of eight children born to Theodore Mentis and his wife, Anthippe Fardouli, who had come from Greece to South Africa. The couple settled in Johannesburg, where Theodore ran a general dealership in Kerk Street. The first known indication that his son was interested in the theatre is a credit as assistant stage manager for ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'', performed by the Johannesburg High School Old Girls’ Club in 1939. From 1945 onwards he appeared on the stage for various theatrical groups, including the [[Playfair Players]], the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]], [[JODS]], the [[Company of Three]] and especially the [[Children’s Theatre]], with producer [[Anthony Farmer]] frequently casting him in his productions. He also made some infrequent film appearances. His last known stage appearance dates from 1966 and he died unexpectedly on 25 December 1970.

		+	== Theatre Credits (Actor) ==
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		+	== Theatre Credits (Producer) ==
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		+	== Film & Television Credits ==
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		+	1958 – ''A Christmas Carol'' (short) (Director: Robert Hartford-Davis),
		+	1964 – ''Diamonds are Dangerous'' / ''Diamanten sind gefährlich'' (TV series) (Director: Hermann Kugelstadt),
		+	1966 – ''Der Rivonia-Prozess'' (2 parts) (Director: Jürgen Goslar),
		+	1971 – ''Diamantendetektiv Dick Donald'' (Episode: ''Der stumme Zeuge'') (television) (Director: Jürgen Goslar).

−	~~==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==~~
−	As performer he appeared in the revue ''[[Sextet]]'' by [[Anthony Farmer]], [[Ralph Trewhela]] and [[Adam Leslie]] (1957) in a Johannesburg [[Children's Theatre]] production of ''[[The Three Wishes]]'' (1954), as the "Bishop of Beauvais" in the [[NTO]] production of ''[[Saint Joan]]'', in ''[[Ever Since Eve]]'' (1958), ''[[The Fall]]'' (1960) and ''[[Treasure Island]]'' (1964).

−	He directed Dodie Smith’s ''[[I Capture the Castle]]'' at the [[YMCA]] in 1955, with designs by [[Anthony Farmer]] and starring [[Shirley Firth]] as well as a [[Children's Theatre]] production of ''[[The Circus Adventure]]''.

	== Sources ==		== Sources ==

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	== Biography ==		== Biography ==

−	James Demetrius (Jimmy) Mentis was one of eight children born to Theodore Mentis and his wife, Anthippe Fardouli, who had come from Greece to South Africa. The couple settled in Johannesburg, where Theodore ran a general dealership in Kerk Street. The first known indication that his son was interested in the theatre is a credit as assistant stage manager for ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'', performed by the Johannesburg High School Old Girls’ Club in 1939. From 1945 onwards he appeared on the stage for various theatrical groups, including the [[Playfair Players]], the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]], ~~the~~ [[~~Johannesburg Dramatic and Operatic Society~~]], the [[Company of Three]] and especially the [[Children’s Theatre]], with producer [[Anthony Farmer]] frequently casting him in his productions. He also made some infrequent film appearances. His last known stage appearance dates from 1966 and he died unexpectedly on 25 December 1970.	+	James Demetrius (Jimmy) Mentis was one of eight children born to Theodore Mentis and his wife, Anthippe Fardouli, who had come from Greece to South Africa. The couple settled in Johannesburg, where Theodore ran a general dealership in Kerk Street. The first known indication that his son was interested in the theatre is a credit as assistant stage manager for ''[[The Quaker Girl]]'', performed by the Johannesburg High School Old Girls’ Club in 1939. From 1945 onwards he appeared on the stage for various theatrical groups, including the [[Playfair Players]], the [[Johannesburg Repertory Players]], [[JODS]], the [[Company of Three]] and especially the [[Children’s Theatre]], with producer [[Anthony Farmer]] frequently casting him in his productions. He also made some infrequent film appearances. His last known stage appearance dates from 1966 and he died unexpectedly on 25 December 1970.