Acting
Spede Pasanen
- Born
- Apr 10, 1930 · Aged 71
- Died
- Sep 7, 2001
- Place of birth
- Kuopio, Finland
- Gender
- Male
- Movie credits
- 49
- TV credits
- 2
- Directing credits
- 10
Also known as (5)
- Pertti Pasanen
- Spede
- H6
- Atomi-Spede
- Jürgen von Schnitzel
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…
