Paavo Hukkinen (27 October 1911 in
Hanover
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, Germany – 7 June 1988 in
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
) was a German-Finnish actor.
Hukkinen entered film in
1937 starring in the film Tukkijoella and appeared in some 70 Finnish films and TV series between then and his retirement from acting in 1986.
Hukkinen starred alongside actors
Antti Litja
Antti Vilho Olavi Litja (21 February 1938 – 13 July 2022) was a Finnish actor.
Litja made over 60 film and television appearances since 1959. A prominent figure in Finnish film in the 1970s and 1980s, since the mid-1990s he mostly appeared o ...
,
Kauko Helovirta and
Markku Huhtamo in the 1977 film ''
Jäniksen vuosi'' a film about a Finnish man from
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the capital, primate, and most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The city ...
who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.
His last appearance was in 1986.
Hukkinen died in 1988 aged 76.
Selected filmography
* ''
Miriam'' (1957)
* ''
Kaks' tavallista Lahtista'' (1960)
* ''
The Scarlet Dove'' (1961)
* ''
Jäniksen vuosi'' (1977)
External links
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1911 births
1988 deaths
Finnish male television actors
Finnish male film actors
German male film actors
Actors from Hanover
20th-century German male actors
German emigrants to Finland
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