Ilmari Saarelainen (born 12 September 1944 in
Uusikaupunki
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) is a
Finnish
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actor
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. His career has been mainly based on
television
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.
Saarelainen began acting in 1970 appearing in a number of TV series. His career has mainly been based on Finnish
television
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although in the early to mid-1980s he starred in a number of Finnish films most famously as the bumbling lead character in the 1983
James Bond
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spoof
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''
Agent 000 and the Deadly Curves''.
See also
* ''
Tankki täyteen
''Tankki täyteen'' (literal translation "Filling the Tank") is a Finnish sitcom television series produced by Yle. The series was written by Neil Hardwick and Jussi Tuominen and was directed by Esko Leimu together with Neil Hardwick. It was o ...
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1944 births
Living people
People from Uusikaupunki
Finnish male film actors
Finnish male television actors
20th-century Finnish male actors
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