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Kauko Helovirta

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Kauko Helovirta.
Born(1924-10-21)21 October 1924
Died13 September 1997(1997-09-13) (aged 72)

Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924, Juupajoki – 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor.[1][2]

Helovirta started his acting career in 1950 and made about 40 Finnish-language films between then and 1995.

Helovirta starred in the 1977 film alongside actor Antti Litja in Jäniksen vuosi, a film about a Finnish man from Helsinki who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.

Towards the end of his career in the mid-1990s he appeared on television.

Selected filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1958 Sven Tuuva the Hero Duncker
1962 The Boys Capt. Fritz Mayer
1968 Here, Beneath the North Star Otto Kivivuori
1970 Aksel and Elina Otto Kivivuori
1977 The Year of the Hare Police Officer
1980 Borrowing Matchsticks Lieutenant Torvelaynen
1992 Back to the USSR White Guard Commander

References

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  1. ^ "Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2017-09-21. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  2. ^ "Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa". yle.fi (in Finnish). 2017-10-20. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
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