Jalmari Parikka
Jalmari Parikka | |
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 Jalmari Parikka as a Red Guard commander in 1918. | |
| Born | 16 October 1891 |
| Died | 27 March 1959 (aged 67) |
Hjalmar Fabian Parikka (16 October 1891 – 27 March 1959[1]) was a Finnish revolutionary soldier, actor and artistic director.
Life[]
Jalmari Parikka was born in the Eastern Finnish town of Sortavala and went to school in the Russian capital Saint Petersburg. Parikka started his acting career in 1910 as a member of a touring theatre in Kajaani, where he had learned the profession of a typesetter. As the 1918 Finnish Civil War broke out, Parikka was head the Worker's Theatre in Enso. Soon he was named as the commander of the local Red Guard. During the Battle of Vyborg, Parikka was one of the Red Guard leaders in charge of the city's defense. He was captured by the Whites and was given the death penalty which was later turned into a life in prison.[2] After the 1921 general pardon, Parikka worked as an artistic director in the Worker's Theatres of Pori and Vyborg and the theaters of Mikkeli and Vaasa. Since the late 1920s he was an actor in the . Between 1938 and 1958 Parikka made more than 50 film appearances.[1]
Selected filmography[]
- The Stolen Death (1938)
- Mr. Lahtinen Takes French Leave (1939)
- Two Henpecked Husbands (1939)
- One Man's Faith (1940)
- (1941)
- (1949)
- The Witch (1952)
- The Face in the Mirror (1953)
- Adventure in Morocco (1953)
References[]
- ^ a b "Jalmari Parikka". Elonet (in Finnish). 5 November 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- ^ "Koomikko kapinakenraalina". Kansan Uutiset (in Finnish). 12 July 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
External links[]
- 1891 births
- 1957 deaths
- People from Sortavala
- People from Viipuri Province (Grand Duchy of Finland)
- People of the Finnish Civil War (Red side)
- 20th-century Finnish male actors
- Artistic directors
- Finnish socialists