Kauko Helovirta Explained

Kauko Helovirta.
Birth Date:1924 10, df=yes
Birth Place:Juupajoki, Finland
Death Place:Helsinki, Finland

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

YearTitleRoleNotes
1958Sven Tuuva the HeroDuncker
1962The BoysCapt. Fritz Mayer
1968Here, Beneath the North StarOtto Kivivuori
1970Aksel and ElinaOtto Kivivuori
1977The Year of the HarePolice Officer
1980Borrowing MatchsticksLieutenant Torvelaynen
1992Back to the USSRWhite Guard Commander

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2017-09-21 . Outsider Etelänavalla – Korkki ja Lipponen Sumulaakson sankareina . 2023-05-20 . yle.fi . fi-FI.
  2. Web site: 2017-10-20 . Nuori Kauko Helovirta kouliintui näyttelijäksi Karhumäen tivolissa . 2023-05-20 . yle.fi . fi-FI.