Spede Pasanen
Spede Pasanen | |
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Spede Pasanen, 1990. | |
| Born | Pertti Olavi Pasanen 10 April 1930 Kuopio, Finland |
| Died | 7 September 2001 (aged 71) Kirkkonummi, Finland |
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| Spouse | Pirjo Vainimäki |
| Children | Pirre Alanen |
| Relatives | Veijo Pasanen (seventh cousin) Kaija Koo (cousin's daughter) |
| Awards | Jussi award for best producer 1971 Venla award 1982 and 1985 Concrete Jussi award for life's work 1985 "Eskon puumerkki" award of the Aleksis Kivi Society 1987 Telvis award 1994 |
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.