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Thanasis Veggos

Thanasis Veggos

Actor

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.

Born: May 29, 1927 in Piraeus, Greece

Died: May 3, 2011 (Age 83)

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Thanasis Veggos  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
7.5
ActorThanasis1960
Movie
7.7
ActorSpathis1956
Movie
8
ActorThou Vou (Athanasios Bobas)1967
Movie
6.9
Actora Father2009
Movie
7.5
ActorPoliceman1956
Movie
6
ActorThanasis Hatzifapas1971
Movie
7.7
ActorPolydoros Lagos1966
Movie
5.2
ActorThanasis Koukouras1983
Movie
7.7
ActorAntonis1998
Movie
7.8
ActorThomas1959
Movie
5.4
ActorThanasis Delithanasis1973
Movie
7.7
ActorThou-Vou1969
Movie
5.9
ActorThanasis Karathanasis1970
Movie
5.8
ActorSpyros1960
Movie
6.4
ActorPoliceman1960
Movie
7.1
ActorThrasyvoulos1962
Movie
4.9
ActorHarilaos1958
Movie
8
ActorThanasis Birbilis1963
Movie
7.5
ActorAntonis Tsilivikis1964
Movie
6.9
ActorThanasis1955
Movie
7.5
ActorThanasis Karathanasis1971
Movie
6.7
ActorThanasis1976
Movie
4.4
ActorFoivos1959
Movie
5.4
ActorMitros1962
Movie
5.2
ActorThodoros' assistant1958
Movie
6.5
ActorPanagis Papapanagopoulos1962
Movie
5.3
Actorreceptionist1960
Movie
6.1
ActorHarilaos1962
Movie
7
ActorStefanos Avgerinos1963
Movie
5.9
ActorThanasis Koutras1964
Movie
6.1
ActorKanellos Karabatsas1964
Movie
5.2
ActorJanitor1960
Movie
5.9
ActorThanasis Apaloheris1981
Movie
6.9
ActorThanasis1965
Movie
6.6
ActorThanasis1971
Movie
6.3
ActorThanasis Zevedaios1973
Movie
6.2
ActorBabis1964
Movie
4.8
ActorPapalaris1957
Movie
6.7
ActorPanagis1962
Movie
7
ActorThanasis Hatzipapageorgakopoulokonstadinogiannopoulos1969
Movie
7
ActorThanasis1967
Movie
5.2
ActorThanasis Trampas1980
Movie
5.2
ActorPetros Valdis1961
Movie
6.2
ActorWaiter1958
Movie
6.6
ActorSalesman1960
Movie
6.8
ActorThanasis1968
Movie
6
ActorGrigoris Ladias1961
Movie
6.8
ActorAgathoklis1967
Movie
6.9
ActorThanasis1972
Movie
6.4
ActorThanasis Hatzikarathanasis1970
Movie
6.4
ActorThanasis Maganas1980
Movie
5.7
ActorThanasis Mpesagiampesas1979
Movie
6.7
ActorThanasis Trikorfos1969
Movie
7.5
ActorTaxi Driver1995
Movie
6.7
ActorThanasis / Athanasia / Lefteris1973
Movie
7
ActorVrasidas1961
Movie
5.9
ActorThanasis Soukouroglou / Stamatis Soukouroglou / Boulis Hatzifrydis1964
Movie
6.6
ActorΝίκος Γκούφας1991
Movie
4.9
Actor1956
Movie
6.6
ActorErrikos Delaportas1963
Movie
6.9
ActorPolykarpos Kolovos1964
Movie
7
ActorFrixos1964
Movie
5.3
ActorPolydoros1960
Movie
5
ActorIce Seller1959
Movie
6.4
ActorDr. Giannis Papadopoulos1958
Movie
5.9
ActorAndreas1962
Movie
7.1
ActorThomas Kalafatis1959
Movie
5.1
Actor1959
Movie
5.7
Actorhotel owner1960
Movie
6.1
ActorThanasis1962
Movie
6
ActorMitros1960
Movie
5.3
ActorTaxi Driver1957
Movie
6.1
ActorRomeos1962
Movie
5.5
ActorPartsaklis1961
Movie
5.3
ActorLoukas1962
Movie
6.5
Actorhusband1958
Movie
6.8
ActorSailor1956
Movie
6.8
ActorThanasis Foukaras1963
Movie
6.4
ActorFrixos1962
Movie
5.9
Actor1958
Movie
5.8
ActorThymios1961
Movie
6.1
ActorΙππόλυτος1963
Movie
4.8
ActorDetective Van Gray1961
Movie
5.8
ActorThanasis Papathanasis1978
Movie
6.1
ActorThanasis1982
Movie
6.1
ActorPriest1962
Movie
6.4
ActorSirios's assistant1958
Movie
5.7
ActorManolis1961
Movie
5
Actorwaiter1959
Movie
6.6
ActorLinos1998
Movie
6.9
ActorSelf2004
Movie
6.5
ActorVangelis1959
Movie
5.1
ActorCar Workshoper1960
Movie
7.4
Actor1961
Movie
7.3
ActorVangelis1961
Movie
6.4
Actor1959
Movie
6.1
ActorΠεριπτεράς1960
Movie
6.3
ActorDoctor1959
Movie
5.2
ActorManetas1960
Movie
4.4
ActorKotsos1960
Movie
5.9
Actor1961
Movie
4.4
Actor1960
Movie
5.8
Actor1959
Movie
5.4
ActorThanasis Pitas1988
Movie
5.4
Actor1989
Movie
4.9
ActorThanasis Manaris / Sakis1989
Movie
Actor1989
Movie
4.4
ActorThanasis Rodinos / Mother1989
Movie
4
ActorThanasis1989
Movie
4.8
ActorThanasis1990
Movie
3.9
Actor2011
Movie
5.4
ActorKarderinas1961
Movie
6.1
ActorThanasis Chatziathanasopoulos1979
Movie
4.7
ActorHanos (uncredited)1957
TV Show
6.9
Actor19 Episodes2009
TV Show
4.3
ActorΚυρ-Κυριάκος
23 Episodes
2008-2009
TV Show
6.2
ActorΛύσσανδρος
95 Episodes
2000-2003
TV Show
7.5
ActorThanasis Vengos
1 Episode
1978-2013
Movie
7.7
DirectingDirector, Producer1969
Movie
6.8
DirectingProducer, Director1968
Movie
6.9
ProductionProducer1965
Movie
7
DirectingDirector, Producer1969
Movie
5.9
ProductionProducer1964
Movie
6.7
ProductionProducer1976
Movie
6.3
DirectingDirector1973
Movie
7.7
ProductionProducer1966
Movie
6.8
ProductionProducer1967
Movie
6.7
DirectingDirector, Producer1969
Movie
5.9
WritingWriter, Producer1981
Movie
5.2
ProductionProducer1983
Movie
7
DirectingDirector1967
Movie
8
DirectingDirector, Producer1967
Movie
6.5
DirectingAssistant Director1958
Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
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