The death of Thanassis Vengos came from multiorgan failure and septic shock. He had been hospitalized at the Red Cross since December 18, 2010 with a cerebral hemorrhage after suffering a very severe stroke.
His career on set began as a caretaker, while he participated in small roles. "The Dragon", "Mandalena", "Elijah of the 16th" were some of the films he played until his big role came, in the film "The Dosatzides" in 1960.
He first played in the theater in 1959 in the review "Omonia Platts Plout", while with films such as "High Hands", "Hitler", "Do not see Panai" and "Long live the madness" began to be established in the field. Anxious spirit, as it were, founded his own production company in 1964 entitled "THB - Laughter Movies". Then he made some of his most famous films, such as "Faneros Agent 000", "Trelos, Palavos kai Vengos", "Who Thanasis?". Although the films were a success, the company closed and caused financial problems for the actor.
His humor, improvisation and natural talent gave him the license to practice acting by examinations in a special committee and not by a school. His next films were "What did you do in the war Thanasis?", A film that won awards at the 1971 Thessaloniki Film Festival.
A year later, his role in the movie "Thanasis, take your gun!" gives him another AD male role award.
In 1983 he took a break from the cinema to shoot 6 videos and the series "Bengali". In 1990, he starred in the series "Policeman Thanasis Papathanasis" on ANT1, while he returned to the big screen with "Quiet days of August" and "Everything is a road" written by George Skabardonis.
Theodoros Angelopoulos and Pantelis Voulgaris collaborated with him, as in his face they found the archetypal man of the people who at an old age and having suffered in his youth becomes wise.
In 1997 he appeared in Epidaurus, in the third comedy of Aristophanes with the name "Acharnis" in the role of Dikaiopolis and in 2001 in the comedy "Peace".