Simo Salminen

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Simo Salminen (b. 8 November 1932, Vanaja) is a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen. He, Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself are the three important players in almost all of Spede's productions. He frequently plays a supporting or at the very least a relevant secondary character in many of Spede's films, usually the bungling assistant to the main character (often portrayed by Pasanen). His characters are frequently named after Simo (such as in Pähkähullu Suomi, Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit).

He is best recognised in the role of the luckless mechanic Sörselssön in the Uuno Turhapuro series of films who works at an auto-repair shop with the foul-mouthed Härski Hartikainen (Pasanen).

Prior to becoming one of Spede's regular actors he was the Clown Water-jump champion of Finland.

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