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Thanasis Vengos(1927-2011)

  • Actor
  • Producer
  • Director
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Thanasis Vengos in Stark Mad Astronauts (1962)
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Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
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Thanasis Vengos was born in 1927 in Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece. He made his movie debut in 1952 and played many supporting parts in films of the 1950s, often working as a technician, too. His first really major part was in the anti-war comedy Psila ta heria Hitler (1962); he followed that with a long series of comedies, which made him extremely popular. He created the recognizable persona of the everyday man who keeps running to earn his daily bread. His best roles often have a tragic dimension, as the anti-heroes he played in the commercial and artistic hits Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971) and Enas xenoiastos palaviaris (1971).But he was also fine in purely dramatical roles, as in It's a Long Road (1998). He also did some interesting stage work, starring in ancient (Aristophanes' "Peace" and "Acharneis") and modern Greek comedies (Giorgos Lazaridis' "O trellos tou Luna-park").
BornMay 29, 1927
DiedMay 3, 2011(83)
BornMay 29, 1927
DiedMay 3, 2011(83)
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  • Awards
    • 8 wins

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Thanasis Vengos in Vimata (1996)
Katia Dandoulaki and Thanasis Vengos in I Thessaloniki tis nostalgias mas (2009)
Despoina Bebedeli and Thanasis Vengos in Peri anemon kai ydaton (2000)
Vasilis Diamantopoulos and Thanasis Vengos in Psila ta heria Hitler (1962)
Dinos Iliopoulos, Zoi Laskari, Stefanos Stratigos, and Thanasis Vengos in The Wise Guy (1962)
Thanasis Vengos in Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000' (1967)
Eleni Hatziargyri, Stefanos Stratigos, Thanasis Vengos, and Artemis Matsas in Condemned Even by Her Own Child (1955)
Thanasis Vengos and Vina Asiki in The Craziest Guy in Greece (1983)

Known for:

Thanasis Vengos in Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi (1971)
Ti ekanes ston polemo Thanasi
7.7
  • Thanasis Karathanasis
  • 1971
Efi Roditi and Thanasis Vengos in Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou (1972)
Thanasi, pare t' oplo sou
7.1
  • Thanasis
  • 1972
Takis Miliadis and Thanasis Vengos in It's a Mad, Mad Vengos (1967)
It's a Mad, Mad Vengos
7.3
  • Thanasis
  • 1967
Thanasis Vengos in The Charlatan (1973)
The Charlatan
6.6
  • Thanasis
  • Athanasia
  • Leuteris
  • 1973

Credits

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Actor

  • Alicia Witt, Georgina Rylance, and Tom Frederic in The Flight of the Swan (2010)
    The Flight of the Swan
    • Socrates' father
    • 2010
  • Katia Dandoulaki and Thanasis Vengos in I Thessaloniki tis nostalgias mas (2009)
    I Thessaloniki tis nostalgias mas
    • TV Series
    • 2009
  • Psyhi vathia (2009)
    Psyhi vathia
    • Grandfather
    • 2009
  • Katerina Papoutsaki and Alexandros Bourdoumis in Eho ena mystiko... (2008)
    Eho ena mystiko...
    • Kyriakos
    • TV Series
    • 2008
  • Kathrefti kathreftaki mou (2006)
    Kathrefti kathreftaki mou
    • Aristos
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Despoina Bebedeli, Gogo Brebou, Eleni Hatziargyri, Spiros Papadopoulos, and Thanasis Vengos in Peri anemon kai ydaton (2000)
    Peri anemon kai ydaton
    • Lyssandros
    • TV Series
    • 2000–2003
  • Erotas, opos erimos (2003)
    Erotas, opos erimos
    • Anastasis
    • TV Series
    • 2003
  • Lilly's Story (2002)
    Lilly's Story
    • Thanasis
    • 2002
  • Ego i Laskarina (2001)
    Ego i Laskarina
    • TV Movie
    • 2001
  • Ellines eiste Kai faineste
    • 1999
  • To ainigma (1998)
    To ainigma
    • Linos
    • 1998
  • Giorgos Armenis, Dimitris Katalifos, and Thanasis Vengos in It's a Long Road (1998)
    It's a Long Road
    • Antonis
    • 1998
  • Thanasis Vengos in Vimata (1996)
    Vimata
    • TV Movie
    • 1996
  • Ulysses' Gaze (1995)
    Ulysses' Gaze
    • Taxi Driver
    • 1995
  • O lyhnos
    • (voice)
    • Short
    • 1994

Producer

  • Vengalika (1988)
    Vengalika
    • executive producer
    • TV Series
    • 1988–1989
  • Thanasis Vengos and Vina Asiki in The Craziest Guy in Greece (1983)
    The Craziest Guy in Greece
    • producer
    • 1983
  • Maro Kodou and Thanasis Vengos in The Big Gun (1981)
    The Big Gun
    • producer
    • 1981
  • Thanasis Vengos in Thanasis in the Land of Slapping (1976)
    Thanasis in the Land of Slapping
    • producer
    • 1976
  • Thanasis Vengos in Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc (1969)
    Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc
    • producer
    • 1969
  • Anna Fonsou and Thanasis Vengos in Thanasis Who? (1969)
    Thanasis Who?
    • producer
    • 1969
  • Zannino, Takis Miliadis, and Thanasis Vengos in An Unbelievable Fool (1969)
    An Unbelievable Fool
    • producer
    • 1969
  • Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Hristos Tsaganeas, and Thanasis Vengos in Doctor Zi-Vengos (1968)
    Doctor Zi-Vengos
    • producer
    • 1968
  • Takis Miliadis and Thanasis Vengos in It's a Mad, Mad Vengos (1967)
    It's a Mad, Mad Vengos
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Eleni Anousaki and Thanasis Vengos in Pare, kosme! (1967)
    Pare, kosme!
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Thanasis Vengos in Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000' (1967)
    Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000'
    • producer
    • 1967
  • Nitsa Marouda, Souli Sabah, Taygeti, and Thanasis Vengos in O papatrehas (1966)
    O papatrehas
    • producer
    • 1966
  • Lavrentis Dianellos and Thanasis Vengos in Einai enas... trellos, trellos, trellos Vengos (1965)
    Einai enas... trellos, trellos, trellos Vengos
    • producer
    • 1965
  • Lavrentis Dianellos and Thanasis Vengos in Forget Poverty and Live It Up! (1964)
    Forget Poverty and Live It Up!
    • producer
    • 1964
  • Thanasis Vengos in Hippolytus and His Violin (1963)
    Hippolytus and His Violin
    • producer
    • 1963

Director

  • Vengalika (1988)
    Vengalika
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 1988–1989
  • Thanasis Vengos in O anthropos pou etrehe poly (1973)
    O anthropos pou etrehe poly
    • Director
    • 1973
  • Thanasis Vengos in Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc (1969)
    Thou-Vou Bald Agent, Operation Havoc
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Anna Fonsou and Thanasis Vengos in Thanasis Who? (1969)
    Thanasis Who?
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Zannino, Takis Miliadis, and Thanasis Vengos in An Unbelievable Fool (1969)
    An Unbelievable Fool
    • Director
    • 1969
  • Dionysis Papagiannopoulos, Hristos Tsaganeas, and Thanasis Vengos in Doctor Zi-Vengos (1968)
    Doctor Zi-Vengos
    • Director
    • 1968
  • Takis Miliadis and Thanasis Vengos in It's a Mad, Mad Vengos (1967)
    It's a Mad, Mad Vengos
    • Director
    • 1967
  • Thanasis Vengos in Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000' (1967)
    Help Its Vengos Visible Agent '000'
    • Director
    • 1967

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Ulysses' Gaze
Trailer 1:52
Ulysses' Gaze

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Thanasis Veggos
  • Born
    • May 29, 1927
    • Neo Faliro, Piraeus, Greece
  • Died
    • May 3, 2011
    • Athens, Greece(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Asimina Vengou1956 - May 3, 2011 (his death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    He always did his scenes without using a stunt even for the most dangerous ones.
  • Quotes
    I work instinctively, I have no talent, just this face. Here is imprinted all the misery, all the adversity, all the pain of the insignificant Greek.
  • Nickname
    • Thou-Vou

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