Kauko Helovirta

Kauko Helovirta.
Born(1924-10-21)21 October 1924
Juupajoki, Finland
Died13 September 1997(1997-09-13) (aged 72)
Helsinki, Finland

Kauko Kustaa Helovirta (Hellström, 21 October 1924 – 13 September 1997, Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish film actor.

Helovirta was born in Juupajoki, and started his acting career in 1950. He made about 40 Finnish-language films between then and 1995.

Helovirta starred in the 1977 film Jäniksen vuosi, a film about a man from Helsinki who leaves to find a new life in the wilderness, alongside actor Antti Litja.

Towards the end of his career in the mid-1990s he appeared on television. He died in Helsinki.

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