Simo Salminen
Birthday: Born in 1932-11-08 in Vanaja, Finland
Deathday: 2015-09-02
TV Credits
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
Character: Insinööri Sörsselssön
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Movie Credits
Häpy endkö? Eli kuinka Uuno Turhapuro sai niin kauniin ja rikkaan vaimon
Character: Lörssön
Uuno moves in flight cargo to Helsinki for the search of a rich, beautiful wife. He buys elegant clothes for eight marks from an estate auction and in two weeks becomes the most pursued bachelor in town, charming all the women. He also starts as a waiter in Vaaleanpunainen sika (Pink Pig), which starts the first quarrels between him and his father-in-law....
Uuno Turhapuro armeijan leivissä
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno is forced to complete his mandatory military service when it is revealed that he only spent one day in the army in his youth. As is typical of the Turhapuro series his family and friends become closely tied in with these events. His friends Härski Hartikainen and Sörsselssön return to the army for a refresher course and by chance Uuno's father-in-law, Councillor Tuura is made the Finnish Defence Minister. In one of the most memorable scenes, Uuno's wife, Elisabeth, dresses as Uuno and subst...
Uuno Turhapuro – This Is My Life
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno disguises as an old man and infiltrates a nursing home for rich old people, where his father-in-law also lives. The ever-hungry Uuno is seduced by the table groaning with food, but as it happens, he never manages to be there at dinnertime. Meanwhile Sörsselssön enters Uuno for a TV competition named This Is My Life, where contestants tell about their life as viewers vote them either to continue or out of the show. The nursing home elderly watch on TV as Uuno tells the show's host his life s...
Uuno Epsanjassa
Character: Sörssellssön
Uuno Turhapuro is searching for a job and takes a correspondence course in tour guiding. Eventually he gets a job in a small travel agency and takes a group of Finnish tourists to Marbella, Spain. Unfortunately Uuno's father-in-law Tuura is in the group, too, with his wife and daughter, Uuno's wife Elisabet. Tuura tries to get a signature to an important paper from a minister who's having a holiday in the area. Meanwhile, Uuno just relaxes and enjoys the sun....
Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit
Character: Simo Seivästö
Mathematician Mauno Mutikainen is accidentally pronounced dead as a result of an operation where a splinter is being removed from his finger. He is then cloned into a test-tube adult named Richard Ilyevitch Jyrä by his creator Dr. Jyrä....
Uuno Turhapuron aviokriisi
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno's nose is proved to be so good, that he can smell behind the display window what goods are on the other side. With this fabulous smell talent Uuno is chosen to Police's police-dog school as a student among the other dogs. Meanwhile Director Tuura, Uuno's father-in-law has been chosen to a very high office and thinks that Uuno is just gaining bad reputation for him, so he decides to broake Uuno's and Elisabet's marriage....
Uuno Turhapuro menettää muistinsa
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro hits his head and loses his memory. Meanwhile, his friend Härski Hartikainen founds a new peace movement with unorthodox methods....
Uuno Turhapuro muuttaa maalle
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno's father-in-law councillor Tuura moves to the country with his wife and daughter Elisabeth. Uuno joins them when it turns out Tuura's mansion is on the construction site of a new road. Tuura however is set on preventing this....
Pikkupojat
Character: Väke / Keksijä Yskänen
OK, imagine four men in their 40s and 50s. You there? OK, now imagine them wearing suits and playing on a sandbox as characters aged 4, 5 and 6. Pasanen even has his trademark beard, for Christ's sake!...
Lentävät luupäät
Character: Salaiseksi agentiksi opiskellut pohjalaishämäläinen
Two brothers from Häme discover that they are actually from Karelia. During the celebration of the newfound fact, one of the brothers is bitten by a bug. After seeking medical help from a doctor - who tries to tell the brothers that he is not a doctor of medicine - the doctor decides to trick the boys by convincing them that the insect in question is called Insectum propellatum, also known as the aviation bug, and unless the affected brother learns how to fly, the bite might turn fatal. Durin...
Millipilleri
Character: Hannu Edengren
Tarmo, a failed student, tries to win over his uncle, Consul Ö, in the hope of receiving an advance on his inheritance. His stingy uncle threatens to donate his entire fortune to the Antiquities Preservation Society if Tarmo does not earn a million marks within a month. Tarmo's friend Hannu begins to motivate Tarmo to get rich by feeding him placebo "energy pills." The situation is complicated by a criminal gang getting involved in the inheritance hunt....
Hei kliffaa hei
Character: Kullervo 'Kultsi' Kankinen
The film is based on characters from the Mänttien TV-asema sketches featured on the Spede Show....
Jussi Pussi
Character: Taneli Huurre
Jussi, a student admired by all women, is inadvertently selected to represent both left-wing and right-wing parties in the parliamentary elections. All Jussi cares about is the beautiful, blonde Irmeli....
Noin 7 veljestä
Character: Mauno Munalukko
The greedy lord of the manor, von Wurstburg, lives lavishly on his estate, heavily taxing the local peasants, when the official heir to the estate, the noble Sir William, arrives. At the same time, the mysterious outlaw Robin Hood, who helps the poor, sets up camp in the nearby woods. When the estate threatens to fall into Sir William's hands and the peasants rise up against von Wurstburg's excesses in Robin Hood's footsteps, the lord finds himself in a double bind....
Pohjan tähteet
Character: cinematographer Törrönen
Triangle comedy about a movie crew shooting a no-budget artsy film. Director Pohja is a clumsy beginner, cinematographer Törrönen an old pro, and the leading actors Igor and Merju first detest each other although the script is supposed to make them lovers. The two gradually grow closer even in real life, but the director too has set his eyepiece on Merju....
X-Paroni
Character: Simo
Baron Wilhelm von Tandem, CEO of the Tandem Corporation, gets mixed up with a spitting image of himself, an innocent country boy Kalle. Both characters conveniently amnesiac, they start living each other's lives and dating each other's girlfriends, succeeding in their new roles better than in their original ones. Level-headed Kalle soon spots the bad guys who are after the Baron's money, and the Baron brings innovative ideas to the countryside....
Uuno Turhapuro kaksoisagentti
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro reads guide books to learn how to be an orchestra conductor and a secret agent. Meanwhile, his father in law hatches a complicated scheme to finally get rid of Uuno....
Viu-hah hah-taja
Character: Intohimoinen suutelija / Mies neuvottelussa
The invisible UFO men Giljotin and Orvaskesi land on Earth and take on the appearance of the first people they encounter, Mr. Tossavais and psychiatrist Pehmeäleff. The eccentric professor takes the alien devices he has found to his laboratory, where one of the components ends up with Joona Maaperä, a manager suffering from stress, causing him to behave strangely....
Tup akka lakko
Character: Härveli
'Tup-Akka-Lakko' is sequel to 'Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit' in witch doctor Jyrä (Hämäläinen) invented test-tube-adult (Spede) who look exactly like matematition Mutikainen. When the test-tube-adults body emerged 'cause doctors mistake, voice moved living into Mutikainens body. And that is reason for many problems what happen to people in this film....
Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!
Character: 'Kuoleva Joutsen' (uncredited)
Eemeli leaves the countryside for Helsinki to obtain tax money for the bailiff who is pursuing him. In the capital, he becomes the assistant driver of Andersson, a cab driver. One night while driving, Eemeli meets Vesa and his little sister Jaana, whom Andersson and his granddaughter Katriina take into their family as foster children....
Speedy Gonzales – noin 7 veljeksen poika
Character: Hämeen Hitain
Speedy Gonzales arrives in a small village in New York to investigate the mysterious death of his brother Moses, with the help of the lively Rita. In the village, they are met by Hämeen Hitain, Manolito, Bat Mastersson, and Clyde, among others, with whom Speedy must compete. His curiosity ultimately leads him to become the target of a manhunt....
Hirttämättömät
Character: Tonto
Two outlaws, The Lonely Rider and the Indian Tonto, have caught (at least they think they have) Speedy Gonzales, a ruthless gunfighter from the town of Njietponimaistadi. They start to travel to another town for the reward, through the desert without water and fighting against Indians. And just to find out that they have made a full circle back to origin....
Tupla-Uuno
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro finds his doppelganger, Hugo, who happens to be a computer genius. Hugo helps Uuno save his father-in-law's business (and Uuno's inheritance) while Uuno helps Hugo win the heart of the love of his life....
Uuno Turhapuron poika
Character: Sörsselssön
Gangsters try to steal Uuno Turhapuro's father-in-law's money by infiltrating into the family through Uuno, by pretending he has a long-lost son....
Uuno Turhapuron muisti palailee pätkittäin
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro has lost his memory and thinks he's a woman. His friend Sörsselssön has lost his memory too and Härski Hartikainen tries to help them....
Rautakauppias Uuno Turhapuro, presidentin vävy
Character: Lörsson / Lörssonin isä
Uuno Turhapuro, a useless bum who has married money, creates havoc around his father-in-law's presidential campaign. He dresses up as his long-lost, wealthy brother from America, but things go awry when the real brother appears. At some point Uuno takes up a job at a hardware store, only to warm up a classic TV sketch perfected years earlier by the film's writer-producer Spede Pasanen. Written by Markku Kuoppamäki...
Uunon huikeat poikamiesvuodet maaseudulla
Character: Sörsselssön
This prequel to the other Uuno Turhapuro movies tells the story of Uuno's birth and childhood....
Johtaja Uuno Turhapuro pisnismies
Character: Sörsselsson
Uuno Turhapuro's younger brother Peni arrives in Helsinki. Uuno helps his brother in management duties....
Uuno Turhapuron veli
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro's brother returns home from Sweden at the same time that Uuno has been seemingly kidnapped....
Uuno Turhapuro Suomen Tasavallan Herra Presidentti
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno Turhapuro becomes the President of Finland. Streets are named after him and honorary companies are arranged for him. He also tries to turn Finland into a kingdom....
Uuno Turhapuro herra Helsingin herra
Character: Sörsselssön
Uuno is working as campaign manager of a president candidate but accidentally Uuno himself becomes the president of Finland....
Näköradiomiehen ihmeelliset siekailut
Character: koomikkotaiteilija Simo Salminen
TV studio organizer Mikko Syvärinen becomes the admired comedian K. Ovimikko through a series of mishaps. However, Mikko's popularity wanes when he switches from door comedy to window comedy. His show is taken off the air, his girlfriend leaves him, and he loses his apartment. Once again, Mikko sets out to rebuild his TV career by becoming a producer again....
Leikkikalugangsteri
Character: pääinsinööri Sulo Räntävaara, "Lahtari-Lösse"
Two Finnish toy manufacturers Jim King and Krakström compete for toys. King's business is far too successful and he is trying to tax fraud with the help of his chamberlain. Both toy manufacturers hire gangster chief Niitti to handle their twilight jobs, but not everything goes according to plan....
Kahdeksas veljes
Character: Kalevi Riivatsalo, managing director at Mainostoimisto Universalin
Jalmar Riivatsalo works in an ad agency and tries to find success both in love and business....
Uuno Turhapuro
Character: Lettunen
Uuno goes with his wife to spend summer holiday to their villa in country, studies playing of the violin in a correspondence course and constructs an own violin with do-it-yourself-method, but quits his career when he perceives that takes his free time too much and comes back to live the life "in the shadow of a fridge". In the start scene of film a priest (Ere Kokkonen as voice) says in the Uuno's weddings that his complete name is Uuno Eero Turhapuro, whereas it's in the all later Uuno-films U...
Naisen logiikka
Character: Pullo Pölkkynen
A Finnish comedy seen by under 400 viewers upon original release. Never aired on TV or published on home media....
The Cold Old Days
Character: Restorer
Restorer stumbles upon ghosts in an old castle....
Lottovoittaja UKK Turhapuro
Character: Jaska
It is the first anniversary of Uuno and Elisabet. Uuno has placed a bet with his friend Härski-Hartikainen a year ago, that if Uuno can take just one year of marriage with Elisabet, Hartikainen will treat him a festive dinner. However, Hartikainen buys a lottery ticket for Uuno, who agrees to deduct it from his debt – and the festive dinner is reduced to a can of milk and half a sausage. As it happens, Uuno becomes the lottery winner of 1.5 million marks, only to soon realize he doesn't own a si...
Mike Oldfield: Exposed
Character: Self
Exposed is a live concert video by Mike Oldfield recorded in 1979 at Wembley Conference Centre....