Simo Salminen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Simo Salminen

Finnish comedian and actor

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1932

Place of Birth: Vanaja, Finland

Date of Death: 02-Sep-2015

Profession: actor, baker, singer, comedian, pastry chef, sculptor, film actor, acrobat, competitive diver

Nationality: Finland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Simo Veli Atte Salminen (8 November 1932 – 2 September 2015) was a Finnish comic-actor best known for his many performances in movies and television shows by Spede Pasanen, usually playing his sidekick in some fashion.
Height: 5' 7"( 1, 7 m). Salminen alongside Vesa-Matti Loiri and Pasanen himself were the three important players in almost all of Pasanen's productions.
He frequently played a supporting or at the very least a relevant secondary character in many of Pasanen's films, usually the bungling assistant to the main character (often portrayed by Pasanen).
His characters were frequently also called "Simo" (such as in Pähkähullu Suomi, Koeputkiaikuinen ja Simon enkelit).
Salminen is best remembered for the role of the luckless mechanic Sörselssön, working at an auto-repair shop with the foul-mouthed Härski Hartikainen (Pasanen) in the Uuno Turhapuro film series. Jukka Virtanen, director of Millipilleri and Noin 7 Veljestä, has said of Salminen that he complimented Spede on-screen by being naturally funny and without stealing the spotlight.