His first big role was in movie 'Ihmiset suviyössä' (1948), which is also
a favorite film of director
Timo Koivusalo. Koivusalo was so
impressed that he cast Katajisto in the role of movie mogul 'T.J Särkkä' in 'Kulkuri ja joutse (1999). Ironically, that role was his last.