Biography
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 Salmin...
Details
Born
April 10, 1930
Died
September 7, 2001
Age at Death
71
Birthplace
Kuopio, Finland
Also Known As
Pertti Pasanen, Spede, H6, Atomi-Spede, Jürgen von Schnitzel
Career Stats
Total Credits
137
As Actor
49
As Director
10
As Writer
33
As Producer
44
Frequent Collaborators (10)
Jaakko Salo
Composer · 22 films together
Simo Salminen
Actor · 21 films together
Vesa-Matti Loiri
Actor · 21 films together
Ere Kokkonen
Actor · 18 films together
Juhani Kumpulainen
Actor · 18 films together
Marjatta Raita
Actor · 16 films together
Marita Nordberg
Actor · 15 films together
Tapio Hämäläinen
Actor · 15 films together
Kristine Elo
Production_designer · 14 films together