Tapio Hämäläinen

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Tapio Hämäläinen, 1964.
Born 18 June 1922
Uukuniemi, Finland
Died 28 January 2008 (aged 85)
Helsinki, Finland

Eemil Tapio "Tapsa" Hämäläinen (18 June 1922 – 28 January 2008) was a Finnish actor and theater counsellor.

Career

Hämäläinen's best known roles were as Salo in the The Unknown Soldier (The Unknown Soldier) and counsellor Tuura in the Uuno Turhapuro films. Hämäläinen also appeared in many television series, such as Naapurilähiö. He gave his voice to The Hemulen, The Police Inspector and The Groke in the Finnish dub of the Moomin TV series.

Hämäläinen played Uuno Turhapuro's father-in-law Councillor Tuura altogether in 17 Turhapuro-films. Hämäläinen was tired of Tuura's role in the 1990s after shooting films for five years followed by a 23-episode television seriesc.