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Spede Pasanen

Acting · Born April 10, 1930 · Kuopio, Finland

Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen (10 April 1930 – 7 September 2001) was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor, who has been called an "all-around entertainer". During his career he directed, wrote, produced or acted in about 50 movies and participated in numerous TV productions, including the comedy Spede Show and the game-show Speden Spelit. Much of his more commercial work was in collaboration with Vesa-Matti Loiri (whose most popular character created by Pasanen was Uuno Turhapuro; first in TV sketches and then in a long-lasting series of motion pictures) and Simo Salminen. Pasanen's films and TV shows, often made quickly and on a low budget, usually received little critical recognition but were popular among Finnish audiences from the 1960s onwards. He was the owner of his own film production company, Filmituotanto Spede Pasanen Ky. Pasanen was ranked 17th at the Suuret suomalaiset competition show broadcast by Yleisradio.

Movies with Spede Pasanen

• Uuno Epsanjassa (1985) — Härski Hartikainen
• Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa (1982) — Härski Hartikainen
• Mullin mallin (1961) — Bluff Brother
• X-Paroni (1964) — Paroni Wilhelm von Tandem / Kalle
• Uuno Turhapuron veli (1994) — Härski Hartikainen
• Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986) — Härski Hartikainen
• Tupla-Uuno (1988) — Härski Hartikainen
• Uuno Turhapuro (1973) — Härski Hartikainen
• Millipilleri (1966) — Tarmo Saari
• Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä (1984) — Härski Hartikainen
• Pähkähullu Suomi (1967) — William Njurmi
• Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies (1998) — Härski Hartikainen

TV shows with Spede Pasanen

• Spede show (1967)
• Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä (1986) — Härski Hartikainen