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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.

Release Date	Title	Character Name	Rating
January 20th, 2011	The Flight of the Swan	TBD	7.6
October 22nd, 2009	With Heart & Soul	a Father	6.8
December 3rd, 2004	An All-Weather Man	Self	TBD
November 16th, 1998	The Enigma	Linos	9
February 18th, 1998	It's a Long Road	Antonis	7.4
April 25th, 1996	Steps	Iason Makris	TBD
October 12th, 1995	Ulysses' Gaze	Taxi Driver	7.4
September 23rd, 1991	Quiet Days in August	Νίκος Γκούφας	5.3
January 1st, 1990	Thanasis, o vomvistis	Thanasis	10
October 1st, 1989	Champion	Thanasis Manaris / Sakis	7
March 1st, 1989	To didymo tis symforas	Thanasis	4.5
March 1st, 1989	Bed for Five	TBD	4
February 1st, 1989	Thanasis the Optimist	Thanasis Rodinos / Mother	5.5
December 1st, 1988	A Madhouse Named "Hellas"	TBD	7.3
April 1st, 1988	Thanasis in the country of Will	Thanasis Pitas	4.7
May 31st, 1983	Crazy of all Greece	Thanasis Koukouras	5.5
June 10th, 1982	Thanasis and the Cursed Serpent	Thanasis	4.3
December 14th, 1981	The Big Cannon	Thanasis Apaloheris	6
December 8th, 1980	Vengos the Crazy Kamikaze	Thanasis Trampas	5.6
October 22nd, 1980	Thanasi tightened your belt even more	Thanasis Maganas	6
March 19th, 1979	The Wicked World of Thanasis	Thanasis Mpesagiampesas	5.8
January 1st, 1979	The Bald Student	Thanasis Chatziathanasopoulos	5.6
January 1st, 1978	Which Way to the Septic Tank?	Thanasis Papathanasis	5.8
December 25th, 1976	Χίλια Χρόνια Πριν - Βυζάντιο: Η Γιορτή των Καλενδών	TBD	8
July 25th, 1976	Thanasis in the land of the cuff	Thanasis	7
December 24th, 1973	The Charlatan	Thanasis / Athanasia / Lefteris	9
November 12th, 1973	Dictator calls Thanasis	Thanasis Delithanasis	5.3
January 1st, 1973	The Man Who Ran a Lot	Thanasis Zevedaios	6
September 28th, 1972	Thanasis, Take Your Gun	Thanasis	7.1
November 22nd, 1971	Carefree... Nut	Thanasis	5
September 23rd, 1971	What Did You Do in the War, Thanassi?	Thanasis Karathanasis	6.3
February 22nd, 1971	Holidays in Vietnam	Thanasis Hatzifapas	5.6
July 12th, 1970	Thanasis, Juliet and the sausages	Thanasis Karathanasis	5.5
January 1st, 1970	One Vengos for All Jobs	Thanasis Hatzikarathanasis	5.8
April 11th, 1969	Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation: Havoc	Thou-Vou	7.1
January 1st, 1969	An Unbelievable Sucker	Thanasis Hatzipapageorgakopoulokonstadinogiannopoulos	6
January 1st, 1969	Who Thanasis!	Thanasis Trikorfos	6.4
January 1st, 1968	Doctor Z-Vengos	Thanasis	7.1
May 16th, 1967	Come on People	Agathoklis	5.8
January 30th, 1967	Help! Vengos Visible Agent '000'	Thou Vou (Athanasios Bobas)	7.7
January 1st, 1967	Crazy, Nuts and Vengos	Thanasis	6
February 28th, 1966	Papatrechas	Polydoros Lagos	7.8
December 31st, 1965	He's a Mad Mad Veggos	Thanasis	6.5
November 21st, 1964	The Hustler	Kanellos Karabatsas	6.8
November 11th, 1964	Out Poverty and Good Heart	Thanasis Koutras	5.7
October 12th, 1964	I'll Make You Queen	Antonis Tsilivikis	7.3
January 1st, 1964	With Many Children	Polykarpos Kolovos	7
January 1st, 1964	School for Chauffeur Ladies	Babis	6.8
January 1st, 1964	The Poor Demons	Frixos	7
January 1st, 1964	The Twins	Thanasis Soukouroglou / Stamatis Soukouroglou / Boulis Hatzifrydis	5.6
November 28th, 1963	Blind Nache Marlon Brando	Stefanos Avgerinos	7
September 30th, 1963	Jack of All Trades, Master of None	Thanasis Birbilis	6.8
May 25th, 1963	Restless youth	TBD	TBD
March 12th, 1963	The lucky pants	Thanasis Foukaras	7
January 1st, 1963	O Ippolytos kai to violi tou	Ιππόλυτος	5.3
January 1st, 1963	The Madman	Errikos Delaportas	6.9
November 19th, 1962	Min eidate ton Panai?	Panagis Papapanagopoulos	6.2
November 19th, 1962	Runaway Bride	Harilaos	6.5
October 31st, 1962	Hands Up, Hitler	Panagis	6.4
October 15th, 1962	Astronauts	Thanasis	6.7
February 20th, 1962	Odd Jobs	Mitros	7
February 8th, 1962	The King of Gaffes	Frixos	5.3
January 15th, 1962	The Wise Guy	Thrasyvoulos	7.2
January 8th, 1962	Hooray for Madness	Romeos	4.7
January 1st, 1962	The Jar	Andreas	6.3
January 1st, 1962	Groom for Crying	Loukas	5.5
January 1st, 1962	The Proud	Priest	7
November 13th, 1961	Lisa and the Other Woman	Petros Valdis	6.1
October 23rd, 1961	Eftyhos... trellathika!	Manolis	4.8
August 1st, 1961	A mistake in love	Thymios	7
April 17th, 1961	Liar Wanted	Vrasidas	7.8
March 25th, 1961	Μυρτιά	Giannos	9
March 11th, 1961	Lost dreams	Vangelis	6.4
January 9th, 1961	Oi 900 tis Marinas	Partsaklis	5.7
January 1st, 1961	Diamanto	Karderinas	7
January 1st, 1961	Who Is Margarita?	Grigoris Ladias	5.8
January 1st, 1961	Sharp as a Needle	Detective Van Gray	4.7
January 1st, 1961	The mother's curse	TBD	7.7
January 1st, 1961	The Wastrels	TBD	5.4
November 28th, 1960	Love Games	hotel owner	4.5
November 14th, 1960	The Dawn of Triumph	Περιπτεράς	6.7
October 31st, 1960	Desires in the Straw	TBD	8
October 24th, 1960	Madalena	Policeman	6.2
October 10th, 1960	Three Ladies and me	receptionist	5.7
September 1st, 1960	Thieves Rejoice Only Once	Salesman	5.7
August 9th, 1960	For You My Love	Manetas	7
July 9th, 1960	Sunday's Date	Car Workshoper	7
May 24th, 1960	Never on Sunday	Thanasis	6.9
March 21st, 1960	The Underdog	Janitor	5.9
February 2nd, 1960	Blind Angel	Kotsos	5.3
January 1st, 1960	The Papadopoulou Family	Spyros	5.7
January 1st, 1960	The Dervish Boys	Polydoros	5
January 1st, 1960	Mitros and Mitrousis in Athens	Mitros	4.1
October 30th, 1959	Wandering Jews	Thomas Kalafatis	7
October 9th, 1959	Mousitsa	Foivos	4.3
May 30th, 1959	The Policeman of the 16th Precinct	Thomas	7.7
May 2nd, 1959	The Uncle from Canada	TBD	4.3
March 9th, 1959	Erotic Stories	Vangelis	4.9
January 1st, 1959	Marriage Adventures	Ice Seller	6.8
January 1st, 1959	A Water Mrs. Baggelio	TBD	7.7
January 1st, 1959	The Tomboy	waiter	5.5
January 1st, 1959	Karagiozis, the Wronged One of Life	TBD	6.5
January 1st, 1959	Blossoming Almond Tree	Doctor	4
November 10th, 1958	Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining	Dr. Giannis Papadopoulos	7.3
October 14th, 1958	Happy Bums	Waiter	7.5
October 10th, 1958	Mimikos and Mary	Harilaos	5.5
March 10th, 1958	Holidays in Aegina	Thodoros' assistant	5
February 2nd, 1958	Poverty can be bearable while living well	husband	7.8
January 1st, 1958	The Bus Conductor	TBD	10
January 1st, 1958	Just for One Night	Sirios's assistant	4
December 29th, 1957	Maria Pentagiotissa	Papalaris	3.7
March 18th, 1957	Of Fortune The Written	TBD	8.5
February 1st, 1957	The Girl Has Got an Uncle	Taxi Driver	5.5
January 1st, 1957	The Wooden Shoe, the Gun and the Bow Tie	Hanos (uncredited)	10
June 8th, 1956	A Girl in Black	Policeman	6.3
March 12th, 1956	Experts on the Football Field	Sailor	5.5
March 5th, 1956	The Ogre of Athens	Spathis	7.1
January 12th, 1956	The Fairy Tale Girl	TBD	5.5
July 18th, 1955	The Magic City	Thanasis	6.2
January 1st, 1955	Καταδικασμένη και από το παιδί της	TBD	9

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