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Thanasis Vengos, Thanassis Veggos, Thanassis Vengos, Thanasis Vegos, Θανασης Βεγγος, Θανάσης Βέγγος
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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.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1927-05-29
- event Death Date 2011-05-03
- school Known for: Acting
- star Popularity: 3.1
- info Birth Place Piraeus, Greece
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smart_display Movies and TV shows by Thanasis Veggos
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The Ogre of Athens
1956-03-05
7.8
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
1967-01-30
7.6
The Flight of the Swan
2011-01-20
6.7
With Heart & Soul
2009-10-22
5.2
Holidays in Vietnam
1971-02-22
7.7
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
1959-05-30
4.3
Crazy of all Greece
1983-05-31
3.7
Το Δίδυμο της Συμφοράς
1989-05-31
7.3
It's a Long Road
1998-02-18
4
Dictator calls Thanasis
1973-11-12
7
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
1969-04-11
5.5
Διαμάντω
1961-01-01
6.3
A Girl in Black
1956-06-08
6.1
Madalena
1960-10-24
5.7
Marriage Adventures
1959-01-01
6
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
1958-11-10
7
The Wise Guy
1962-01-15
5.4
Papadopoulou family
1960-01-01
5
Mimikos and Mary
1958-10-10
7.1
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
1963-09-30
6
Thanasis in the land of the cuff
1976-07-25
6.8
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
1971-09-23
5.2
Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages
1970-07-12
6.3
The Magic City
1955-07-18
7.3
I'll Make You Queen
1964-10-12
4.1
Mousitsa
1959-10-09
6.7
Min eidate ton Panai?
1962-11-19
6.1
Runaway Bride
1962-11-19
4.5
Holidays in Aegina
1958-03-10
7.8
Poverty can be bearable while living well
1958-02-02
3.5
The Uncle from Canada
1959-05-02
5.5
The King of Gaffes
1962-02-08
6.3
Δουλειές του ποδαριού
1962-02-20
6.7
Οι Δοσατζήδες
1959-10-30
4.6
Hooray for Madness
1962-01-08
5.2
The Girl Has Got an Uncle
1957-02-01
5.2
Out Poverty and Good Heart
1964-11-11
6.7
Τύφλα Νάχη ο Μάρλον Μπράντο
1963-11-28
6.5
Ο Καταφερτζής
1964-11-21
7.9
Ο Παπατρέχας
1966-02-28
6.3
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
1965-12-31
5.5
The Big Cannon
1981-12-14
2
Experts on the Football Field
1956-03-12
5.6
Το Κλωτσοσκούφι
1960-03-21
5
Oi 900 tis Marinas
1961-01-09
4.5
Carefree... Nut
1971-11-22
5.7
Which Way to the Septic Tank?
1978-01-01
5
The Man Who Ran a Lot
1973-01-01
6.6
With Many Children
1964-01-01
6.6
School for Chauffeur Ladies
1964-01-01
3
Maria Pentagiotissa
1957-12-29
6.2
Hands Up, Hitler
1962-10-31
4.8
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
1963-01-01
5.8
An Unbelievable Sucker
1969-01-01
5.6
Eftyhos... trellathika!
1961-10-23
5.2
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
1967-01-01
5.4
Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze
1980-12-08
6
The jar
1962-01-01
5.6
Lisa and the Other Woman
1961-11-13
6.8
The Madman
1963-01-01
6
Χαρούμενοι αλήτες
1958-10-14
4
Μια Του Κλέφτη...
1960-09-01
6.2
Doctor Z-Vengos
1968-01-01
5.9
Who Is Margarita?
1961-01-01
5
Come on People
1967-05-16
6.3
The Poor Demons
1964-01-01
5
Astronauts
1962-10-15
4
Τα ντερβισόπαιδα
1960-01-01
0
Το Εισπρακτοράκι
1958-01-01
7.1
Thanasis, Take Your Gun
1972-09-28
5.4
One Vengos for All Jobs
1970-01-01
5.5
Thanasi tightened your belt even more
1980-10-22
6.1
Who Thanasis!
1969-01-01
5
The Wicked World of Thanasis
1979-03-19
4.2
Μήτρος και Μητρούσης στην Αθήνα
1960-01-01
7.4
Ulysses' Gaze
1995-10-12
0
Restless youth
1963-05-25
4.8
The Bald Student
1979-01-01
5
Γαμπρός για Κλάματα
1962-01-01
7.6
Liar Wanted
1961-04-17
4.3
Love Games
1960-11-28
5.1
The Twins
1964-01-01
5
Quiet Days in August
1991-09-23
0
The Charlatan
1973-12-24
2
The Fairy Tale Girl
1956-01-12
7
A Water Mrs. Baggelio
1959-01-01
5.8
Three Ladies and me
1960-10-10
7.5
Deputy police officer named Thanasis
1989-01-06
4.2
Sharp as a Needle
1961-01-01
0
The Proud
1962-01-01
5
Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent
1982-06-10
4
Just for One Night
1958-01-01
5.5
A mistake in love
1961-08-01
4.3
The Tomboy
1959-01-01
0
A Man for Εverything
2004-12-03
0
The Enigma
1998-11-16
4
Thanasis the Optimist
1989-01-01
5
Erotic Stories
1959-03-09
4
Bed for five
1989-01-01
0
Sunday's Date
1960-07-09
6.5
The mother's curse
1961-01-01
6
The Dawn of Triumph
1960-11-14
6.2
Lost dreams
1961-03-11
5
Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life
1959-01-01
0
Θανάσης ο Βομβιστής
1990-01-01
4
Champion
1989-01-01
4
Blossoming Almond Tree
1959-01-01
0
For You My Love
1960-08-09
6.8
Never on Sunday
1960-05-24
4.5
Blind Angel
1960-02-02
0
Πόθοι στα Στάχυα
1960-10-31
4.5
Οι χαραμοφάηδες
1961-01-01
3
Thanasis in the country of Will
1988-01-01
5
The lucky pants
1963-03-12
0
Μυρτιά
1961-03-25
0
The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie
1957-01-01
5
Η Θεσσαλονίκη Της Νοσταλγίας Μας
2009-01-01
2
Έχω ένα μυστικό...
2008-10-06
0
Paraskinio
1976-02-24
6
Peri Anemon kai Ydaton
2000-10-05
0
Βεγγαλικά
1988-10-10
0
Αστυνόμος Θανάσης Παπαθανάσης
1990-10-06
8
Έρωτας όπως έρημος
2003-10-07
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8
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
1967-01-30
8
The Big Cannon
1981-12-14
8
The Big Cannon
1981-12-14
8
The Man Who Ran a Lot
1973-01-01
8
An Unbelievable Sucker
1969-01-01
8
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
1967-01-01
8
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
1969-04-11
8
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
1969-04-11
8
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
1967-01-30
8
Doctor Z-Vengos
1968-01-01
8
Come on People
1967-05-16
8
Who Thanasis!
1969-01-01
8
Ο Παπατρέχας
1966-02-28
8
Crazy of all Greece
1983-05-31
8
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
1965-12-31
8
Thanasis in the land of the cuff
1976-07-25
8
Who Thanasis!
1969-01-01
8
An Unbelievable Sucker
1969-01-01
8
Doctor Z-Vengos
1968-01-01
8
Out Poverty and Good Heart
1964-11-11
8
Poverty can be bearable while living well
1958-02-02
8
Βεγγαλικά
1988-10-10