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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 29, 1927
Died
May 3, 2011
Place of Birth
Piraeus, Greece
Also Known As
- Thanasis Vengos
- Thanassis Veggos
- Thanassis Vengos
- Thanasis Vegos
- Θανασης Βεγγος
- Θανάσης Βέγγος
Thanasis Veggos
0.6 Popularity
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.
Known For
7.6
The Flight of the Swan
2011
6.8
a Father
With Heart & Soul
2009
🎬
5.0
Η Θεσσαλονίκη Της Νοσταλγίας Μας
2009
2.0
Κυρ-Κυριάκος
Έχω ένα μυστικό...
2008
0.0
Self
An All-Weather Man
2004
8.0
Έρωτας όπως έρημος
2003
6.3
Λύσσανδρος
About Winds and Waters
2000
0.0
Linos
The Enigma
1998
7.5
Antonis
It's a Long Road
1998
🎬
0.0
Iason Makris
Steps
1996
Credits
The Flight of the Swan
2011
7.6
With Heart & Soul
as a Father
2009
6.8
🎬
Η Θεσσαλονίκη Της Νοσταλγίας Μας
2009
5.0
Έχω ένα μυστικό...
as Κυρ-Κυριάκος
2008
2.0
An All-Weather Man
as Self
2004
0.0
Έρωτας όπως έρημος
2003
8.0
About Winds and Waters
as Λύσσανδρος
2000
6.3
The Enigma
as Linos
1998
0.0
It's a Long Road
as Antonis
1998
7.5
🎬
Steps
as Iason Makris
1996
0.0
Ulysses' Gaze
as Taxi Driver
1995
7.4
Quiet Days in August
as Νίκος Γκούφας
1991
5.0
Αστυνόμος Θανάσης Παπαθανάσης
1990
0.0
Thanasis, o vomvistis
as Thanasis
1990
0.0
Champion
as Thanasis Manaris / Sakis
1989
4.0
To didymo tis symforas
as Thanasis
1989
3.7
Bed for Five
1989
4.0
Thanasis the Optimist
as Thanasis Rodinos / Mother
1989
4.0
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
1988
7.5
🎬
Βεγγαλικά
1988
0.0
Thanasis in the country of Will
as Thanasis Pitas
1988
3.0
Crazy of all Greece
as Thanasis Koukouras
1983
4.3
Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent
as Thanasis
1982
3.4
The Big Cannon
as Thanasis Apaloheris
1981
5.5
Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze
as Thanasis Trampas
1980
5.4
Thanasi tightened your belt even more
as Thanasis Maganas
1980
5.5
The Wicked World of Thanasis
as Thanasis Mpesagiampesas
1979
5.0
The Bald Student
as Thanasis Chatziathanasopoulos
1979
4.8
Which Way to the Septic Tank?
as Thanasis Papathanasis
1978
5.7
Thanasis in the land of the cuff
as Thanasis
1976
6.0
Paraskinio
as Self
1976
0.0
The Charlatan
as Thanasis / Athanasia / Lefteris
1973
0.0
Dictator calls Thanasis
as Thanasis Delithanasis
1973
4.0
The Man Who Ran a Lot
as Thanasis Zevedaios
1973
5.0
Thanasis, Take Your Gun
as Thanasis
1972
7.1
Carefree... Nut
as Thanasis
1971
4.5
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
as Thanasis Karathanasis
1971
6.3
Holidays in Vietnam
as Thanasis Hatzifapas
1971
5.2
Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages
as Thanasis Karathanasis
1970
5.2
One Vengos for All Jobs
as Thanasis Hatzikarathanasis
1970
5.4
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
as Thou-Vou
1969
7.0
An Unbelievable Sucker
as Thanasis Hatzipapageorgakopoulokonstadinogiannopoulos
1969
5.8
Who Thanasis!
as Thanasis Trikorfos
1969
6.1
Doctor Z-Vengos
as Thanasis
1968
6.6
Come on People
as Agathoklis
1967
5.0
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
as Thou Vou (Athanasios Bobas)
1967
7.8
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
as Thanasis
1967
5.2
Papatrechas
as Polydoros Lagos
1966
7.9
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
as Thanasis
1965
6.3
The Hustler
as Kanellos Karabatsas
1964
6.5
Out Poverty and Good Heart
as Thanasis Koutras
1964
5.2
I'll Make You Queen
as Antonis Tsilivikis
1964
7.3
The Twins
as Thanasis Soukouroglou / Stamatis Soukouroglou / Boulis Hatzifrydis
1964
5.1
With Many Children
as Polykarpos Kolovos
1964
6.6
The Poor Demons
as Frixos
1964
6.3
School for Chauffeur Ladies
as Babis
1964
6.6
Blind Nache Marlon Brando
as Stefanos Avgerinos
1963
6.7
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
as Thanasis Birbilis
1963
6.8
🎬
Restless youth
1963
0.0
The lucky pants
as Thanasis Foukaras
1963
5.0
The Madman
as Errikos Delaportas
1963
6.8
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Ιππόλυτος
1963
4.4
Runaway Bride
as Harilaos
1962
6.1
Min eidate ton Panai?
as Panagis Papapanagopoulos
1962
6.0
Hands Up, Hitler
as Panagis
1962
6.2
Astronauts
as Thanasis
1962
5.0
Odd Jobs
as Mitros
1962
6.3
The King of Gaffes
as Frixos
1962
4.9
The Wise Guy
as Thrasyvoulos
1962
7.0
Hooray for Madness
as Romeos
1962
4.1
Groom for Crying
as Loukas
1962
5.0
The Jar
as Andreas
1962
6.0
The Proud
as Priest
1962
0.0
Lisa and the Other Woman
as Petros Valdis
1961
5.6
Eftyhos... trellathika!
as Manolis
1961
4.6
A mistake in love
as Thymios
1961
5.5
Liar Wanted
as Vrasidas
1961
7.6
Μυρτιά
as Giannos
1961
0.0
Lost dreams
as Vangelis
1961
5.8
Oi 900 tis Marinas
as Partsaklis
1961
5.0
The mother's curse
1961
6.5
The Wastrels
1961
4.5
Who Is Margarita?
as Grigoris Ladias
1961
5.4
Sharp as a Needle
as Detective Van Gray
1961
4.2
Diamanto
as Karderinas
1961
5.5
Love Games
as hotel owner
1960
3.9
The Dawn of Triumph
as Περιπτεράς
1960
6.0
Desires in the Straw
1960
0.0
Madalena
as Policeman
1960
6.1
Three Ladies and me
as receptionist
1960
5.2
Thieves Rejoice Only Once
as Salesman
1960
4.0
For You My Love
as Manetas
1960
0.0
Sunday's Date
as Car Workshoper
1960
0.0
Never on Sunday
as Thanasis
1960
6.8
The Underdog
as Janitor
1960
5.6
Blind Angel
as Kotsos
1960
4.5
Mitros and Mitrousis in Athens
as Mitros
1960
3.7
The Papadopoulou Family
as Spyros
1960
5.4
The Dervish Boys
as Polydoros
1960
4.0
Wandering Jews
as Thomas Kalafatis
1959
6.7
Mousitsa
as Foivos
1959
3.8
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
as Thomas
1959
7.7
The Uncle from Canada
1959
3.4
Erotic Stories
as Vangelis
1959
4.3
The Tomboy
as waiter
1959
4.3
Marriage Adventures
as Ice Seller
1959
5.7
Blossoming Almond Tree
as Doctor
1959
3.3
A Water Mrs. Baggelio
1959
7.0
Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life
1959
5.0
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
as Dr. Giannis Papadopoulos
1958
6.0
Happy Bums
as Waiter
1958
6.0
Mimikos and Mary
as Harilaos
1958
5.0
Holidays in Aegina
as Thodoros' assistant
1958
4.5
Poverty can be bearable while living well
as husband
1958
7.8
The Bus Conductor
1958
0.0
Just for One Night
as Sirios's assistant
1958
3.3
Maria Pentagiotissa
as Papalaris
1957
3.0
Of Fortune The Written
1957
7.0
The Girl Has Got an Uncle
as Taxi Driver
1957
5.2
The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie
as Hanos (uncredited)
1957
0.0
A Girl in Black
as Policeman
1956
6.1
Experts on the Football Field
as Sailor
1956
2.0
The Ogre of Athens
as Spathis
1956
7.0
The Fairy Tale Girl
1956
2.0
The Magic City
as Thanasis
1955
5.9
Καταδικασμένη και από το παιδί της
1955
0.0