Thanasis Vengos

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Thanasis Vengos ( Greek Θανάσης Βέγγος , transcr. Also Thanasis Veggos or Thanassis Vengos ; born May 29, 1927 in Neo Faliro , Piraeus ; † May 3, 2011 in Athens ) was a Greek actor and director . As an actor, he has appeared in over 120 films, mostly comedies from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. He is a bearer of the Order of the Phoenix of the Greek Republic.

Life

Thanasis Vengos made his debut in 1952. He got his first leading role in Psila ta heria Hitler ('Hands up, Hitler') from 1962.

He often played simple characters struggling to 'make ends meet', but also anti-heroes, pure dramas, and appeared on stage in comedies by Aristophanes . In his films he was simply called Thanasis. He often worked with the director Giorgos Lazaridis. In 2004 a documentary about his life was published (A man for all seasons). He has always played his roles without stuntmen and also in dangerous stunts such as hanging on a rope from a balcony or walking through glass doors. During the “golden sixties” of the Greek film industry, he made the most famous of his films, such as the series Secret Agent 000, Papatrehas, Crazy Veggos and many others. Most of them were produced by their own company Θ-Β comedy film (Tainies Geliou, films for laughing).

Vengos was married and had two children.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1955: Magiki Polis
  • 1956: O Drakos
  • 1956: To koritsi me ta mavra
  • 1962: Psila ta cheria Hitler
  • 1995: The look of Odysseus (To vlemma tou Odyssea)
  • 1988: A Long Way (Ola einai dromos)
  • 2009: Psychi vathia
  • 2011: The Flight of the Swan

Theater roles (selection)

  • 1959: O trelos tou louna park kai i atsida
  • 1963: Okto andres katigoroundai
  • 1998: Ellines eiste kai faineste

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Γιατί μπήκε στο νοσοκομείο ο Θανάσης Βέγγος, βιογραφικό Φήμες (Greek language)
  2. ↑ Αντίο καλέ μας άνθρωπε Enet.gr, Eleutherotypia newspaper, 3 May 2011. (Greek language)
  3. ↑ Great Greek Actor Thanasis Veggos Passes greekreporter.com, 3 May 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Vengos, Thanasis
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Veggos, Thanasis; Vengos, Thanassis; Βέγγος, Θανάσης (elS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek actor and director
DATE OF BIRTH May 29, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Neo Faliro , Piraeus
DATE OF DEATH May 3, 2011
Place of death Athens