Thanasis Veggos

Also Known As: Thanasis Vengos, Thanassis Veggos, Thanassis Vengos, Thanasis Vegos, Θανασης Βεγγος, Θανάσης Βέγγος

Biography: Thanasis Veggos (29 May 1926 – 3 May 2011) was a Greek actor and director born in Neo Faliro, Piraeus. He performed in around 130 films, predominantly comedies in the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, starring in more than 50 among them. He is considered one of the best Greek comedy actors of all time. His famous comedic catchphrase was "Καλέ µου άνθρωπε" ("My good man"). Veggos' first appearance in a film was in Windfall in Athens, produced by Mihalis Kakogiannis, which premiered in Athens as Kiriakatiko Xsipnima on 11 January 1954. Nikos Koundouros gave him a role in Magiki polis in 1955. His first major role was in Psila ta heria Hitler ("Hands Up, Hitler"), 1962 and continued many more films. For his acting in What did you do in the war, Thanasi? (1971), the public of Thessaloniki °apotheosized° him and the movie won three awards at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. He often played everyman characters struggling to get by, but he has also played anti-heroes, he has acted in pure dramas, and on stage in the comedies of Aristophanes. His characters were often self-named "Thanasis". He often worked with directors Panos Glykofridis and Giorgos Lazaridis. In 1995, Theo Angelopoulos cast Veggos and American actor Harvey Keitel in "Ulysses Gaze". In 1997, in the role of Dikaiopoli he appeared in a live performance at the ancient Epidaurus theater. In 2000, he survived a car accident involving a collision with a train. He later participated in advertisements promoting road safety. A documentary of his life, whose title translates as A Man for All Seasons, was made in 2004. He always did his own stunts including the most dangerous ones, like hanging from a rope tied to a balcony fifty feet above a pavement without anything to break his fall, walking through a glass door, or falling down a stone staircase head first. During the "Golden Sixties" of the Greek film industry he made his most popular comedy films such as the sequel of Secret Agent 000, Papatrehas, Enas trellos Vengos and many others, also with surrealist humor, most of them by his own company Θ-Β Comedies (Θ-Β Tainies Geliou) which founded in 1964. In 2008, Veggos was appointed Commander of the Order of the Phoenix by the President of Greece, Karolos Papoulias. On 3 May 2011, he died at 7:10 a.m. He had been hospitalized at the Red Cross hospital, in Athens, since 18 December 2010. He is survived by his wife Asimina and two sons. He will always be remembered in the more than 120 films and more recent documentaries that he starred in. The phrase "τρέχει σαν το Βέγγο" (English translation: "runs like Veggos") has been adopted into common usage in the Greek language since nobody has run more or faster than Veggos in his many slapstick comedies.

Department: Acting

Place of Birth: Piraeus, Greece

Birthday: May 29, 1927

Deathday: May 03, 2011

Adult: No

Gender: Male

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Known For:

The Ogre of Athens
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
The Flight of the Swan
With Heart & Soul
Holidays in Vietnam
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
Crazy of all Greece
Το Δίδυμο της Συμφοράς
It's a Long Road
Dictator calls Thanasis
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
Διαμάντω
A Girl in Black
Madalena
Marriage Adventures
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
The Wise Guy
Papadopoulou family
Mimikos and Mary
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
Thanasis in the land of the cuff
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages
The Magic City
I'll Make You Queen
Mousitsa
Min eidate ton Panai?
Runaway Bride
Holidays in Aegina
Poverty can be bearable while living well
The Uncle from Canada
The King of Gaffes
Δουλειές του ποδαριού
Οι Δοσατζήδες
Hooray for Madness
The Girl Has Got an Uncle
Out Poverty and Good Heart
Τύφλα Νάχη ο Μάρλον Μπράντο
Ο Καταφερτζής
Ο Παπατρέχας
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
The Big Cannon
Experts on the Football Field
Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
Oi 900 tis Marinas
Carefree... Nut
Which Way to the Septic Tank?
The Man Who Ran a Lot
With Many Children
School for Chauffeur Ladies
Maria Pentagiotissa
Hands Up, Hitler
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
An Unbelievable Sucker
Eftyhos... trellathika!
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze
The jar
Lisa and the Other Woman
The Madman
Χαρούμενοι αλήτες
Μια Του Κλέφτη...
Doctor Z-Vengos
Who Is Margarita?
Come on People
The Poor Demons
Astronauts
Τα ντερβισόπαιδα
Το Εισπρακτοράκι
Thanasis, Take Your Gun
One Vengos for All Jobs
Thanasi tightened your belt even more
Who Thanasis!
The Wicked World of Thanasis
Μήτρος και Μητρούσης στην Αθήνα
Ulysses' Gaze
Restless youth
The Bald Student
Γαμπρός για Κλάματα
Liar Wanted
Love Games
The Twins
Quiet Days in August
The Charlatan
The Fairy Tale Girl
A Water Mrs. Baggelio
Three Ladies and me
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
Sharp as a Needle
The Proud
Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent
Just for One Night
A mistake in love
The Tomboy
A Man for Εverything
The Enigma
Thanasis the Optimist
Erotic Stories
Bed for five
Sunday's Date
The mother's curse
The Dawn of Triumph
Lost dreams
Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life
Θανάσης ο Βομβιστής
Champion
Blossoming Almond Tree
For You My Love
Never on Sunday
Blind Angel
Πόθοι στα Στάχυα
Οι χαραμοφάηδες
Thanasis in the country of Will
The lucky pants
Μυρτιά
The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie