Vilho Siivola

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Vilho Siivola (10 April 1910, Valkeakoski , Finland – 28 November 1984, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish actor, director and a member of the Council of Theatre.

His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of ‘Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983).