Risto Mäkelä

Biography

Risto Väinö Kalevi Mäkelä (14 January 1924 Raahe - March 19, 1992 Helsinki) was a Finnish actor.

The most significant roles of Mäkelä's film career take place in the early 1960s. From 1945 Mäkelä starred in the theater. He became known for Pyynik's summer theater, where he starred in the 1940s, well before his film career began. There, in his mid-1960s, his bravery role was Colonel Karjula of the Unknown Soldier. Mäkelä starred in the Pori and Tampere theaters, the Helsinki National Theater-Work Theater and the Finnish National Theater and visited the Radio Theater several times.

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Known For

Justus järjestää kaiken
Justus järjestää kaiken
An Unknown Friend
An Unknown Friend
Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Gas, Inspector Palmu!
Oksat pois…
Oksat pois…
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
Naiset, jotka minulle annoit

Filmography

1980 Lepakkolinna
as Sigismund Köllö, The Innkeeper
1978 Piilopirtti
as kirkkoherra
1978 An Unknown Friend
as Unto Åkerblom
1976 Trust
as Strike speaker
1971 Aatamin puvussa… ja vähän Eevankin
as vankikarkuri Yrjö Granberg
1970 Akseli and Elina
as Lasse
1969 Yhdeksän miehen saappaat
as
1963 Turkasen tenava!
as Ville
1963 Totuus on armoton
as Peteri
1963 Villin Pohjolan kulta
as
1962 Naiset, jotka minulle annoit
as Ahokas
1962 Hän varasti elämän
as Henrik Leino 'Kaarlo Mäenpää'
1962 "Ei se mitään!" sanoi Eemeli
as Petteri Pösö
1962 Pikku suorasuu
as Taneli Puuska
1962 Älä nuolase…
as Joonas
1961 Me
as Väiski
1961 Oksat pois…
as Ville
1961 Miljoonavaillinki
as
1961 Gas, Inspector Palmu!
as Mustapää
1961 The Scarlet Dove
as Mankela