Juhani Kumpulainen | |
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| Born | 31 July 1925 |
| Died | 12 November 1991 (aged 66) |
Juhani "Juhku" Kumpulainen (31 July 1925, in Viipuri – 12 November 1991, in Helsinki) was a Finnish actor and director. He did a total of 85 movie roles between 1950 and 1991. Kumpulainen was also the official YLE's administrative and organizational tasks as well as Tesvisio facility manager.
His first film role was in the year 1950 in the film Maija löytää sävelen (Finnish: Maija Finds a Tone). Kumpulainen became known for his role in the 1950s in the Pekka ja Pätkä movies, (Finnish: Pekka and Pätkä), where he did minor roles. He also appeared in many soldier farces in 1950s and 1960s.
Juhani Kumpulainen was remembered best as a long-standing credit actor of Spede Pasanen and Ere Kokkonen. Kumpulainen appeared in separate films from 1960s until his death. In the Uuno Turhapuro films he played the leader of garage and Uuno's neighbor Kotkala-Hammaslärvänen.
Kumpulainen was one of the mostly performed minor roles in the 1950s, because he did a total of 45 film roles in the 1950s.
Kumpulainen was married to actress-director Mirjam Kumpulainen. Juhani Kumpulainen died on 12 November 1991 at 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 Here, Beneath the North Star, Akseli and Elina and Pohjantähti, playing a saw owner A. Mellola.