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Thanasis Veggos
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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 contin…
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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)
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BODY OF WORK
Thanasis Veggos's Filmography
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The Flight of the Swan
With Heart & Soul
as a Father
An All-Weather Man
as Self
The Enigma
as Linos
It's a Long Road
as Antonis
No Poster
Steps
as Iason Makris
Ulysses' Gaze
as Taxi Driver
Quiet Days in August
as Νίκος Γκούφας
Προσοχή! Μας βάλανε μπόμπα...
as Thanasis
Champion
as Thanasis Manaris / Sakis
Bed for Five
To didymo tis symforas
as Thanasis
Thanasis the Optimist
as Thanasis Rodinos / Mother
A Madhouse Named "Hellas"
Thanasis in the country of Will
as Thanasis Pitas
The Madman of Greece
as Thanasis Koukouras
Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent
as Thanasis
The Big Cannon
as Thanasis Apaloheris
Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze
as Thanasis Trampas
Thanasi tightened your belt even more
as Thanasis Maganas
The Wicked World of Thanasis
as Thanasis Mpesagiampesas
The Bald Student
as Thanasis Chatziathanasopoulos
Which Way to the Septic Tank?
as Thanasis Papathanasis
Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών
Thanasis in the land of the cuff
as Thanasis
The Charlatan
as Thanasis / Athanasia / Lefteris
Dictator calls Thanasis
as Thanasis Delithanasis
The Man Who Ran a Lot
as Thanasis Zevedaios
Thanasis, Take Your Gun
as Thanasis
Carefree... Nut
as Thanasis
What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?
as Thanasis Karathanasis
Holidays in Vietnam
as Thanasis Hatzifapas
Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages
as Thanasis Karathanasis
One Vengos for All Jobs
as Thanasis Hatzikarathanasis
Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc
as Thou-Vou
Who Thanasis!
as Thanasis Trikorfos
An Unbelievable Sucker
as Thanasis Hatzipapageorgakopoulokonstadinogiannopoulos
Doctor Z-Vengos
as Thanasis
Come on People
as Agathoklis
Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'
as Thou Vou (Athanasios Bobas)
Crazy, Nuts and Vengos
as Thanasis
Papatrechas
as Polydoros Lagos
He's a Mad Mad Veggos
as Thanasis
The Hustler
as Kanellos Karabatsas
Out Poverty and Good Heart
as Thanasis Koutras
I'll Make You Queen
as Antonis Tsilivikis
School for Chauffeur Ladies
as Babis
The Twins
as Thanasis Soukouroglou / Stamatis Soukouroglou / Boulis Hatzifrydis
With Many Children
as Polykarpos Kolovos
The Poor Demons
as Frixos
Marlon Brando Has Nothing On Him
as Stefanos Avgerinos
Jack of All Trades, Master of None
as Thanasis Birbilis
No Poster
Restless youth
The lucky pants
as Thanasis Foukaras
O Ippolytos kai to violi tou
as Ιππόλυτος
The Madman
as Errikos Delaportas
Runaway Bride
as Harilaos
Min eidate ton Panai?
as Panagis Papapanagopoulos
Astronauts
as Thanasis
Hands Up, Hitler
as Panagis
Odd Jobs
as Mitros
The King of Gaffes
as Frixos
The Wise Guy
as Thrasyvoulos
Hooray for Madness
as Romeos
The Jar
as Andreas
Groom for Crying
as Loukas
The Proud
as Priest
Lisa and the Other Woman
as Petros Valdis
Eftyhos... trellathika!
as Manolis
A mistake in love
as Thymios
Liar Wanted
as Vrasidas
Μυρτιά
as Giannos
Lost dreams
as Vangelis
Oi 900 tis Marinas
as Partsaklis
Who Is Margarita?
as Grigoris Ladias
Diamanto
as Karderinas
The mother's curse
Sharp as a Needle
as Detective Van Gray
The Wastrels
Love Games
as hotel owner
The Dawn of Triumph
as Περιπτεράς
Desires in the Straw
Madalena
as Policeman
Three Ladies and me
as receptionist
Thieves Rejoice Only Once
as Salesman
For You My Love
as Manetas
Sunday's Date
as Car Workshoper
Never on Sunday
as Thanasis
The Underdog
as Janitor
Blind Angel
as Kotsos
Mitros and Mitrousis in Athens
as Mitros
The Dervish Boys
as Polydoros
The Papadopoulou Family
as Spyros
Wandering Jews
as Thomas Kalafatis
Mousitsa
as Foivos
The Policeman of the 16th Precinct
as Thomas
The Uncle from Canada
For bread and love
as Thanasis
Blossoming Almond Tree
as Doctor
Erotic Stories
as Vangelis
Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life
The Tomboy
as waiter
A Water Mrs. Baggelio
Marriage Adventures
as Ice Seller
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
as Dr. Giannis Papadopoulos
Happy Bums
as Waiter
Mimikos and Mary
as Harilaos
Holidays in Aegina
as Thodoros' assistant
Poverty can be bearable while living well
as husband
Just for One Night
as Sirios's assistant
The Bus Conductor
Maria Pentagiotissa
as Papalaris
Of Fortune The Written
The Girl Has Got an Uncle
as Taxi Driver
The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie
as Hanos (uncredited)
A Girl in Black
as Policeman
Experts on the Football Field
as Sailor
The Ogre of Athens
as Spathis
The Fairy Tale Girl
The Magic City
as Thanasis
