Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen was a Finnish film director and producer, comedian, and inventor, who has been called an "all-around entertainer".
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Young Pasanen playing the piano in the late 1940s or early 1950s
Young Pasanen in his student apartment in the 1950s
Spede Pasanen during his military service in the early 1950s
Pertti Pasanen (left) with Aune Haarla and Antero Alpola at Yleisradio's entertainment division in 1960.
Pasanen and Jaakko Pakkasvirta in the scene of the 1964 film X-Paroni
Speden Saluuna in 1965
Pasanen, Virtanen and Kokkonen in 1968.Awards 3
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Riitta VäisänenAlso in Hei kliffaa hei (1985)
Vesa-Matti LoiriAlso in Pikkupojat (1986)
Jörn DonnerAlso in Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti (1992)
Paavo VäyrynenAlso in Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle (1986)
Veikko SinisaloAlso in Pähkähullu Suomi (1967)
Ritva ValkamaAlso in Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon (1977)About this person
Pertti Olavi "Spede" Pasanen 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 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.
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