Thanasis Vengos(1927-2011)
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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
Sur le chemin de la vie (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").
