Veijo Pasanen
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Veijo Pasanen was a Finnish
actor
. He was the cousin of director and inventor Pertti "Spede" Pasanen
.
Pasanen is perhaps best remembered for his role as Pelle Hermanni
in the children's TV series Pikku Kakkonen
. In 1988, Pelle Hermanni's "äitiliini" ("dear old mother") Raili Veivo continued the series, but died a few years after Pasanen. In 1992, a new series starring Tommi Auvinen as clown-in-training Niko was started as a successor of Pelle Hermanni, but the series was discontinued after ten episodes.
Pasanen was a good friend of children and is said to have practiced children's plays more intensively than adult drama.
He has one child with his wife Marjatta Lilja.
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...
. He was the cousin of director and inventor Pertti "Spede" Pasanen
Spede Pasanen
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, humorist, inventor, TV personality and practitioner of gags....
.
Pasanen is perhaps best remembered for his role as Pelle Hermanni
Pelle Hermanni
Pelle Hermanni is a Finnish children's TV show shown on YLE TV2 in the Pikku Kakkonen children's program.The show's main character is Pelle Hermanni, a clown who lives in his own trailer at a circus trailer park...
in the children's TV series Pikku Kakkonen
Pikku Kakkonen
Pikku Kakkonen is an ongoing Finnish magazine-type children's TV show shown on YLE TV2. The first episode aired on January 11, 1977...
. In 1988, Pelle Hermanni's "äitiliini" ("dear old mother") Raili Veivo continued the series, but died a few years after Pasanen. In 1992, a new series starring Tommi Auvinen as clown-in-training Niko was started as a successor of Pelle Hermanni, but the series was discontinued after ten episodes.
Pasanen was a good friend of children and is said to have practiced children's plays more intensively than adult drama.
He has one child with his wife Marjatta Lilja.
Filmography
- Mitäs me taiteilijat (1952)
- Me tulemme taas (1953)
- Olemme kaikki syyllisiä (1954)
- Tuntematon sotilasThe Unknown Soldier (1955 film)The Unknown Soldier is a Finnish film directed by Edvin Laine and premiered in December 1955. It is based on The Unknown Soldier, a novel by Väinö Linna. The story is about the Continuation War between Finland and the Soviet Union as told from the viewpoint of ordinary Finnish soldiers...
(1955) - Murheenkryynin poika (1958)
- Sven Tuuva (1958)
- Päämaja (1970)
- Aatamin puvussa... ja vähän Eevankin (1971)
- Siunattu hulluuss (1975)
- Hullu kesä (1981)
- Kuningas jolla ei ollut sydäntä (1982)
- Arvottomat (1982)
- Akaton mies (1983)
- Klaani - tarina Sammakoitten suvusta (1984)
External links
- Veijo Pasanen at ElonetElonetElonet is a website run by the Finnish National Audiovisual Archive which provides a database of about 150,000 films created or screened in Finland. It was launched in 2006....