Thanasis Veggos

Thanasis Veggos

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

Movies List of Thanasis Veggos

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The Ogre of Athens

1956 Movie
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With Heart & Soul

2009 Movie
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Holidays in Vietnam

1971 Movie
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Crazy of all Greece

1983 Movie
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It's a Long Road

1998 Movie
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Διαμάντω

1961 Movie
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Madalena

1960 Movie
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A Girl in Black

1956 Movie
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Marriage Adventures

1959 Movie
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The Wise Guy

1962 Movie
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Papadopoulou family

1960 Movie
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Mimikos and Mary

1958 Movie
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The Magic City

1955 Movie
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I'll Make You Queen

1964 Movie
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Mousitsa

1959 Movie
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The King of Gaffes

1962 Movie
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Min eidate ton Panai?

1962 Movie
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The Uncle from Canada

1959 Movie
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Runaway Bride

1962 Movie
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Hooray for Madness

1962 Movie
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Holidays in Aegina

1958 Movie
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He's a Mad Mad Veggos

1965 Movie
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The Big Cannon

1981 Movie
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Oi 900 tis Marinas

1961 Movie
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Carefree... Nut

1971 Movie
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The Man Who Ran a Lot

1973 Movie
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With Many Children

1964 Movie
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Maria Pentagiotissa

1957 Movie
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Hands Up, Hitler

1962 Movie
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The jar

1962 Movie
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The Madman

1963 Movie
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Doctor Z-Vengos

1968 Movie
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Who Is Margarita?

1961 Movie
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Come on People

1967 Movie
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The Poor Demons

1964 Movie
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Astronauts

1962 Movie
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Who Thanasis!

1969 Movie
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Ulysses' Gaze

1995 Movie
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Restless youth

1963 Movie
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The Bald Student

1979 Movie
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Liar Wanted

1961 Movie
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The Twins

1964 Movie
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Love Games

1960 Movie
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Quiet Days in August

1991 Movie
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The Charlatan

1973 Movie
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The Fairy Tale Girl

1956 Movie
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A Water Mrs. Baggelio

1959 Movie
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Three Ladies and me

1960 Movie
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Sharp as a Needle

1961 Movie
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The Proud

1962 Movie
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Just for One Night

1958 Movie
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A mistake in love

1961 Movie
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The Tomboy

1959 Movie
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A Man for Εverything

2004 Movie
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The Enigma

1998 Movie
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Thanasis the Optimist

1989 Movie
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Erotic Stories

1959 Movie
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Bed for five

1989 Movie
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Sunday's Date

1960 Movie
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The mother's curse

1961 Movie
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The Dawn of Triumph

1960 Movie
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Lost dreams

1961 Movie
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Champion

1989 Movie
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For You My Love

1960 Movie
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Never on Sunday

1960 Movie
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Blind Angel

1960 Movie
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The lucky pants

1963 Movie
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Μυρτιά

1961 Movie