Kauko Helovirta
| Kauko Helovirta. | |
|---|---|
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| Born |
21 October 1924 Juupajoki, Finland |
| Died |
13 September 1997 (aged 72) Helsinki, Finland |
Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924, Juupajoki - 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor.
Helovirta entered film in 1950 and made about 40 Finnish films between then and 1995.
Helovirta starred in the 1977 film alongside actor Antti Litja in Jäniksen vuosi a film about a Finnish man from Helsinki who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness.
Towards the end of his career in the mid 1990s he appeared on television.
Selected filmography
- Sven Tuuva the Hero (1958)
- The Boys (1962)
- Here, Beneath the North Star (1968)
- Aksel and Elina (1970)
- Borrowing Matchsticks (1980)