Thanasis Veggos

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Movies

120

Born: May 29, 1927 – May 3, 2011
From: Piraeus, Greece
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Biography

Thanasis Veggos (Greek: Θανάσης Βέγγος, 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. (Source: Wikipedia)

Works

120 films

Experts on the Football Field

19565.5

Crazy, Nuts and Vengos

19676.4

Hands Up, Hitler

19626.6

He's a Mad Mad Veggos

19656.9

The Enigma

19989.0

Ulysses' Gaze

19957.4

I'll Make You Queen

19647.6

Bed for Five

19894.0

Madalena

19606.2

Never on Sunday

19606.9

School for Chauffeur Ladies

19646.8

The Flight of the Swan

20117.6

It's a Long Road

19987.5

Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life

19596.5

Min eidate ton Panai?

19626.6

The Policeman of the 16th Precinct

19597.8

Runaway Bride

19626.6

The Hustler

19647.3

Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'

19677.8

Who Thanasis!

19696.7

A Water Mrs. Baggelio

19597.7

The Underdog

19606.1

The Madman of Greece

19835.5

Holidays in Aegina

19585.4

O Ippolytos kai to violi tou

19636.0

Μυρτιά

19619.0

The Uncle from Canada

19594.3

Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών

19768.0

Holidays in Vietnam

19716.3

Champion

19897.0

The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie

195710.0

An Unbelievable Sucker

19696.7

Just for One Night

19584.0

Blind Angel

19605.3

Προσοχή! Μας βάλανε μπόμπα...

199010.0

The lucky pants

19637.0

Lost dreams

19616.4

Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc

19697.2

The Wicked World of Thanasis

19796.6

Papatrechas

19667.8

The Dawn of Triumph

19606.7

The Fairy Tale Girl

19565.5

The King of Gaffes

19625.3

Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent

19825.1

Dictator calls Thanasis

19736.2

The Man Who Ran a Lot

19736.7

One Vengos for All Jobs

19706.0

The Charlatan

19739.0

A Girl in Black

19566.4

The Jar

19626.3

The Bus Conductor

195810.0

Come on People

19676.5

The Ogre of Athens

19567.1

Who Is Margarita?

19615.8

Doctor Z-Vengos

19687.3

Καταδικασμένη και από το παιδί της

19559.0

Happy Bums

19587.5

Jack of All Trades, Master of None

19637.0

Thanasis in the country of Will

19884.7

Diamanto

19617.0

The Magic City

19556.0

With Heart & Soul

20096.7

Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining

19587.3

Love Games

19604.5

Liar Wanted

19617.7

Lisa and the Other Woman

19616.4

Erotic Stories

19594.9

The Tomboy

19595.5

Blossoming Almond Tree

19594.0

Sharp as a Needle

19614.7

Three Ladies and me

19606.3

Mousitsa

19594.3

Thanasi tightened your belt even more

19806.7

Desires in the Straw

19608.0

Carefree... Nut

19715.8

The Wise Guy

19627.3

Eftyhos... trellathika!

19614.8

The mother's curse

19617.7

Poverty can be bearable while living well

19587.8

What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?

19716.6

Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze

19806.1

Out Poverty and Good Heart

19645.7

Sunday's Date

19607.0

Wandering Jews

19597.0

The Big Cannon

19816.7

The Proud

19627.0

The Twins

19646.1

The Madman

19637.3

A mistake in love

19617.0

Odd Jobs

19627.6

Thanasis the Optimist

19895.5

Marriage Adventures

19596.8

Marlon Brando Has Nothing On Him

19637.2

Thanasis, Take Your Gun

19727.4

Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages

19706.1

Mitros and Mitrousis in Athens

19604.1

The Bald Student

19796.3

Oi 900 tis Marinas

19615.7

A Madhouse Named "Hellas"

19887.3

Thieves Rejoice Only Once

19605.7

The Papadopoulou Family

19605.7

Maria Pentagiotissa

19573.4

Quiet Days in August

19915.3

Astronauts

19626.0

Of Fortune The Written

19578.5

The Wastrels

19615.4

To didymo tis symforas

19894.5

Mimikos and Mary

19585.6

Hooray for Madness

19624.7

With Many Children

19647.4

The Poor Demons

19647.0

Groom for Crying

19625.5

An All-Weather Man

2004

Which Way to the Septic Tank?

19786.1

Restless youth

1963

The Girl Has Got an Uncle

19575.5

The Dervish Boys

19605.0

For You My Love

19607.0

Thanasis in the land of the cuff

19768.0

Steps

1996