Thanasis Vengos

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	Acting
Most Rating	22.515
Birthday	1927-05-29
Place of Birth	Piraeus, Greece
Also Known As	Thanasis Vengos, Thanassis Veggos, Thanassis Vengos, Thanasis Vegos, Θανασης Βεγγος, Θανάσης Βέγγος,

The Ogre of Athens

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

With Heart & Soul

A Girl in Black

Holidays in Vietnam

Ο Παπατρέχας

Το Δίδυμο της Συμφοράς

Crazy of all Greece

It's a Long Road

The Policeman of the 16th Precinct

Dictator calls Thanasis

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc

Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages

Papadopoulou family

Madalena

Marriage Adventures

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

The Wise Guy

Mimikos and Mary

Jack of All Trades, Master of None

I'll Make You Queen

The Magic City

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?

Thanasis in the land of the cuff

Mousitsa

Δουλειές του ποδαριού

Οι Δοσατζήδες

Holidays in Aegina

The King of Gaffes

Min eidate ton Panai?

The Uncle from Canada

Poverty can be bearable while living well

Hooray for Madness

The Girl Has Got an Uncle

Runaway Bride

Τύφλα Νάχη ο Μάρλον Μπράντο

Out Poverty and Good Heart

Ο Καταφερτζής

Experts on the Football Field

Το Κλωτσοσκούφι

The Big Cannon

He's a Mad Mad Veggos

Oi 900 tis Marinas

Carefree... Nut

Which Way to the Septic Tank?

The Man Who Ran a Lot

With Many Children

School for Sofferines

Maria Pentagiotissa

Hands Up, Hitler

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou

An Unbelievable Sucker

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos

Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze

Eftyhos... trellathika!

The jar

Lisa and the Other Woman

The Madman

Χαρούμενοι αλήτες

Μια Του Κλέφτη...

Doctor Z-Vengos

Who Is Margarita?

Come on People

Astronauts

The Poor Demons

Τα ντερβισόπαιδα

Το Εισπρακτοράκι

Thanasis, Take Your Gun

One Vengos for All Jobs

Thanasi tightened your belt even more

Μήτρος και Μητρούσης στην Αθήνα

The Wicked World of Thanasis

Who Thanasis!

Ulysses' Gaze

Restless youth

The Bald Student

The Charlatan

Γαμπρός για Κλάματα

Liar Wanted

Love Games