Thanasis Veggos is in the intensive care unit of the Patras Hospital due to problems in his respiratory system. The much loved actor was admitted to the hospital for a routine operation 10 days ago. After complications he was transferred immediately to the intensive care unit. According to doctors, his condition is steady and he is recovering without machine support and is beginning to respond to the medication given to him.
Thanasis Veggos made his debut in 1952. His first major role was in “Psila ta Heria Hitler” (“Hands Up, Hitler”), 1962. He often plays characters struggling to get by. He has also portrayed anti-heroes, played in pure dramas, and on-stage has acted in Aristophanes’ comedies. He often works with director Giorgos Lazaridis and he always does his scenes without using a stuntman even for the most dangerous acts. For example. hanging with a single rope from a balcony or walking through a glass door. Thanasis is well known in Greece for the saying: “Kalh mou anthroph”, which he used in many of his films and which translates to “My good people”.
During the “Golden Sixties” of the Greek film industry he made famous films such as the sequel of “Secret Agent 000”, “Papatrehas”, “Enas trellos Vengos” and many others. Most were produced by his own company Θ-Β comedy films (Tainies Geliou).
On a personal level he was exiled from 1948 to 1950 for political reasons to the island of Makronisos and that is where he met director Nikos Koundouros who was also exiled there. In 2000, his car crashed into a train but he miraculously survived. He later was featured in safety advertisements.
He was born in May 1927 in Piraeus. Veggos is married and has two children. A documentary of his life: “A Man for All Seasons” was produced in 2004.
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