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Spede Pasanen More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 April 1930, Kuopio, Finland

Date of Death

7 September 2001, Kirkkonummi, Finland (heart attack)

Birth Name

Pertti Olavi Pasanen

Spouse

Pirjo Pasanen

(1965 - 1981) (divorced) 1 child

Trivia

The CD "Pure nenääs" (Bite Your Nose) which includes his all remaining "Parrot G. Pula-aho" sketches from 1961 to 1964 became an uneven smash hit when published in early 2002.

Wrote two books, "Papukaija G. Pula-ahon seikkailut" (The Adventures of the Parrot G. Pula-aho) and "Speedy Gonzales". The first one was based on his radio sketches, the latter one on his feature film.

Played Don Quijote in a ballet same name in 1960.

Acted in short film and TV commercials in the fifties and seventies.

Got his nick-name as a youngster when he was a member of a hockey team. They used to call him "Speed" or "Speedy" which shortened to "Spede".

Drew cartoons for the paper "Ylioppilaslehti" in the fifties.

Had his own joke column in the magazine "Koti-Posti" in the sixties.

Was also known as an inventor, who has got several patented inventions.

As popular as he was in TV comedy branch, Pasanen made one flop in 1973, the show called "Robin Hood". The show was cancelled after the first episode.

Father of Pirre Pasanen.

Long-time friend of Vesa-Matti Loiri, Simo Salminen, Ere Kokkonen and Jukka Virtanen

Brother of Virpi Torri

Besides making movies and TV series he was a well-known inventor,he invented famous Spede-Link (Spede Cat-pult) etc. He had a workshop at Finland. He also tried to invite the Perpetuum mobile (Perpetual motion) without success. That period ended up on some of his jokes at TV.

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