Juhani Kumpulainen
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Juhani "Juhku" Kumpulainen (31 July 1925, in Viipuri – 12 November 1991, in Helsinki
) was a Finnish
actor
. His first film role was in year 1950 in the film Maija löytää sävelen (Finnish: Maija Finds a Tone). Kumpulainen became to known in 1950s in the Pekka ja Pätkä
movies, (Finnish: Pekka and Pätkä), where he acted minor roles. He appeared also in many soldier farces in 1950s and 1960s. Kumpulainen was married with actress Mirjam Kumpulainen. Kumpulainen did all in all 85 film roles during years 1950-1991. Kumpulainen had also very high office in the administration- and organization jobs of Yleisradio
.
Juhani Kumpulainen was remembered best as long-standing credit actor of Spede Pasanen
and Ere Kokkonen
. Kumpulainen appeared in separate films from 1960s all the way to his death. In the Uuno Turhapuro
films he played as well leader of garage and Uuno's neighbor Kotkala-Hammaslärvänen.
Kumpulainen was one of the most using performer of minor roles in 1950s, because he did substantial 45 film roles in the 1950s.
Juhani Kumpulainen died 12 November 1991 in the age of 66 years. His last role was a lieutenant-colonel Mäkihakola-Kustaaraivio in the movie Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet directed by Ere Kokkonen
. Kumpulainen appeared also in movies Täällä Pohjantähden alla, Akseli ja Elina and Pohjantähti, playing a saw owner A. Mellola.
Helsinki
Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...
) was a Finnish
Finland
Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His first film role was in year 1950 in the film Maija löytää sävelen (Finnish: Maija Finds a Tone). Kumpulainen became to known in 1950s in the Pekka ja Pätkä
Pekka ja Pätkä
Pekka and Pätkä is the name of several comedy films produced by Suomen Filmiteollisuus in the 1950s in Finland, based on the popular Finnish comic characters Pekka Puupää and Pätkä , who can be said to be the Finnish version of Stan and Ollie...
movies, (Finnish: Pekka and Pätkä), where he acted minor roles. He appeared also in many soldier farces in 1950s and 1960s. Kumpulainen was married with actress Mirjam Kumpulainen. Kumpulainen did all in all 85 film roles during years 1950-1991. Kumpulainen had also very high office in the administration- and organization jobs of Yleisradio
Yleisradio
The Finnish Broadcasting Company , abbreviated to YLE , is Finland's national broadcasting company, founded in 1926. YLE is a public-broadcasting organization which shares many of its characteristics with its British counterpart, the BBC, on which it was largely modelled...
.
Juhani Kumpulainen was remembered best as long-standing credit actor of Spede Pasanen
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
and Ere Kokkonen
Ere Kokkonen
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen , born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director.He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director and also a writer....
. Kumpulainen appeared in separate films from 1960s all the way to his death. In the Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro
Uuno Turhapuro is a Finnish comedy character created by Spede Pasanen and played by Vesa-Matti Loiri. Originally appeared in Spede Show during 1971–1973, the character gained popularity through the Uuno Turhapuro films....
films he played as well leader of garage and Uuno's neighbor Kotkala-Hammaslärvänen.
Kumpulainen was one of the most using performer of minor roles in 1950s, because he did substantial 45 film roles in the 1950s.
Juhani Kumpulainen died 12 November 1991 in the age of 66 years. His last role was a lieutenant-colonel Mäkihakola-Kustaaraivio in the movie Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet directed by Ere Kokkonen
Ere Kokkonen
Erkki Olavi "Ere" Kokkonen , born in Savonlinna, was a Finnish film director.He worked closely with Spede Pasanen all the way from the 1960s until Spede's death, as a director and also a writer....
. Kumpulainen appeared also in movies Täällä Pohjantähden alla, Akseli ja Elina and Pohjantähti, playing a saw owner A. Mellola.
Filmography
- Maija löytää sävelen (1950)
- Neljä rakkautta (1951)
- Radio tekee murronRadio tekee murronRadio tekee murron is a Finnish crime comedy directed by Matti Kassila and starring Hannes Häyrinen. The idea for the movie came from an actual radio program done by sensationalist reporter Usko Santavuori, in which he committed a fake burglary of which local police forces had not been made...
(1951) - Yö on pitkä (1952)
- Tervetuloa aamukahville (1952)
- Hilja maitotyttö (1953)
- Kolmiapila (1953)
- Pekka Puupää kesälaitumilla (1953)
- Pekka ja Pätkä lumimiehen jäljillä (1954)
- Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)
- Herrojen Eeva (1954)
- Morsiusseppele (1954)
- Hei, rillumarei! (1954)
- Kovanaama (1954)
- Mä oksalla ylimmällä (1954)
- Minä soitan sinulle illalla (1954)
- Sininen viikko (1954)
- Veteraanin voitto (1955)
- Tähtisilmä (1955)
- Pekka ja Pätkä pahassa pulassa (1955)
- Sankarialokas (1955)
- Pastori Jussilainen (1955)
- Neiti talonmies (1955)
- Viettelysten tie (1955)
- Rakkaus kahleissa (1955)
- Onni etsii asuntoa (1955)
- Tyttö tuli taloon (1956)
- Tyttö lähtee kasarmiin (1956)
- Jokin ihmisessä (1956)
- Yhteinen vaimomme (1956)
- Rakas varkaani (1957)
- Herra sotaministeri (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä ketjukolarissa (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä salapoliiseina (1957)
- Pekka ja Pätkä sammakkomiehinä (1957)
- 1918 – mies ja hänen omatuntonsa (1957)
- Risti ja liekki (1957)
- Pikku Ilona ja hänen karitsansa (1957)
- Paksunahka (1958)
- Autuas eversti (1958)
- Asessorin naishuolet (1958)
- Pekka ja Pätkä SuezillaPekka ja Pätkä SuezillaPekka ja Pätkä Suezilla is a 1958 Finnish comedy directed by Armand Lohikoski and starring Esa Pakarinen and Masa Niemi...
(1958) - Pekka ja Pätkä miljonääreinä (1958)
- Kohtalo tekee siirron (1959)
- Pekka ja Pätkä mestarimaalareina (1959)
- Juokse kuin varas! (1964)
- Millipilleri (1966)
- Rakkaus alkaa aamuyöstä (1966)
- Täällä Pohjantähden alla (1968)
- Äl' yli päästä perhanaa (1968)
- Noin 7 veljestä (1968)
- Sixtynine 69 (1969)
- LeikkikalugangsteriLeikkikalugangsteriLeikkikalugangsteri is a 1969 comedy directed by Ere Kokkonen, written and starring Spede Pasanen. It was released the same year as Spede's Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut and Pohjan tähteet...
(1969) - Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailutNäköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailutNäköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut is a 1969 Finnish comedy by Spede Pasanen. It features one of the most famous appearances by Vesa-Matti Loiri outside his Uuno Turhapuro persona also created by Pasanen. The film also features a famous cameo of the Finnish pop-star Danny.The film is often...
(1969) - Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika (1970)
- Akseli ja Elina (1970)
- Naisenkuvia (1970)
- Kahdeksas veljes (1971)
- Pohjantähti (1973)
- Uuno Turhapuro (1973)
- Viu-hah hah-tajaViu-hah hah-tajaViu-hah hah-taja is a 1974 comedy written by Spede Pasanen and directed by Ere Kokkonen.The film is about two aliens who land on earth to learn of human custom and manners...
(1974) - Professori Uuno D.G. TurhapuroProfessori Uuno D.G. TurhapuroProfessori Uuno D.G. Turhapuro is a Finnish 1975 comedy film written by Spede Pasanen and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the second film in the Uuno Turhapuro series.-Plot:Uuno is unemployed and his friends try to arrange a job for him...
(1975) - Lottovoittaja UKK TurhapuroLottovoittaja UKK TurhapuroLottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro is a Finnish 1976 comedy film written by Spede Pasanen and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the third film in the Uuno Turhapuro series...
(1976) - Häpy Endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimonHäpy Endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimonHäpy Endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon is a Finnish 1977 comedy film written by Spede Pasanen and directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the fourth film in the Uuno Turhapuro series...
(1977) - Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro – presidentin vävy (1978)
- Runoilija ja muusa (1978)
- Tup-akka-lakko (1980)
- Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi (1981)
- Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa (1982)
- Havis Amanda – Helsingin kaunotar (1982)
- Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin (1983)
- Huhtikuu on kuukausista julmin (1983)
- Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissäUuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissäUuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä is a 1984 Finnish comedy and the ninth film in the Uuno Turhapuro film series starring Vesa-Matti Loiri as the title character, Spede Pasanen as the potty-mouthed mechanic Härski Hartikainen, and Simo Salminen as their constant companion Sörsselssön...
(1984) - Hei kliffaa hei (1985)
- Uuno EpsanjassaUuno EpsanjassaUuno Epsanjassa is a Finnish 1985 comedy film directed by Ere Kokkonen. It is the tenth film in the Uuno Turhapuro series. It was seen by more than 600,000 people in the theatres.-Plot:...
(1985) - Linna (1986)
- Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalleUuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalleUuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle is a 1986 Finnish film, the 11th film in the Uuno Turhapuro film series....
(1986) - Pikkupojat (1986)
- Liian iso keikka (1986)
- Uuno Turhapuro – kaksoisagentti (1987)
- Tupla-Uuno (1988)
- Vääpeli Körmy ja marsalkan sauva (1990)
- Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra (1991)
- Vääpeli Körmy ja vetenalaiset vehkeet (1991)