Veikko Johannes Uusimäki (26 January 1921 – 25 May 2008) was a
Finnish actor and theater councilor.
During his life, he acted in a total of 25 films, in connection with which he also served as director of
Yleisradio
Yleisradio Oy (; ), abbreviated as Yle () (formerly styled in all uppercase until 2012), translated into English as the Finnish Broadcasting Company, is Finland's national public broadcasting company, founded in 1926. It is a joint-stock comp ...
's theater services between 1973 and 1987.
In 1973, Uusimäki was awarded the .
, the daughter of Veikko Uusimäki, is a Finnish radio and TV journalist.
Selected filmography
* ''
Sleeping Beauty
"Sleeping Beauty" (, or ''The Beauty Sleeping in the Wood''; , or ''Little Briar Rose''), also titled in English as ''The Sleeping Beauty in the Woods'', is a fairy tale about a princess curse, cursed by an evil fairy to suspended animation in fi ...
'' (1949)
* ''
The Unknown Soldier'' (1955)
* ''
Juha'' (1956)
* ''
Vodka, Inspector Palmu
''Vodkaa, komisario Palmu'' (''Vodka, Inspector Palmu'') is a 1969 film directed by Matti Kassila. It is the fourth and final part of the Inspector Palmu series and the only part of the series to be filmed in color. The film is also the only one ...
'' (1969)
* ''
Trust
Trust often refers to:
* Trust (social science), confidence in or dependence on a person or quality
It may also refer to:
Business and law
* Trust (law), a legal relationship in which one person holds property for another's benefit
* Trust (bu ...
'' (1976)
* ''
Ariel
Ariel may refer to:
Film and television
*Ariel Award, a Mexican Academy of Film award
* ''Ariel'' (film), a 1988 Finnish film by Aki Kaurismäki
*, a Russian film directed by Yevgeni Kotov
* ''ARIEL Visual'' and ''ARIEL Deluxe'', a 1989 and 1991 ...
'' (1988)
References
External links
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1921 births
2008 deaths
20th-century Finnish actors
Finnish male film actors
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