Hemmo Kallio facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Hemmo Kallio
Born	Herman Puttonen (1863-04-19)19 April 1863 Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Died	8 September 1940(1940-09-08) (aged 77) Helsinki, Finland
Occupation	Actor, playwright
Years active	1882–1936

Herman "Hemmo" Kallio was a Finnish actor and writer. He was born on April 19, 1863, and passed away on September 8, 1940. He was known for acting in many plays and movies.

Career

Hemmo Kallio's real name was Herman Puttonen. He changed his last name to Kallio in 1906. Before becoming an actor, he worked as a manager in a print shop.

Early Life and Stage Work

Hemmo Kallio started acting in 1882. His first acting job was at the Arkadia theater in Helsinki. Later, he joined the Finnish Theatre. This theater is now called the Finnish National Theatre. He worked there for a very long time. He acted in over 400 different plays before he retired in the late 1930s.

Film Roles

In the 1920s, Hemmo Kallio started acting in Finnish movies. He often played characters who were fathers. His first movie was a drama called Ollin oppivuodet in 1920. It was directed by Teuvo Puro.

One of his most famous movie roles was in the 1922 silent film Anna-Liisa. He played Anna-Liisa's father. This movie was based on a play by a Finnish writer named Minna Canth. Many of the silent films he acted in during the 1920s are now lost. This means copies of them no longer exist.

Hemmo Kallio passed away in Helsinki in 1940. His grandson, Ismo Kallio, also became a Finnish actor.

Filmography

Hemmo Kallio acted in several films during his career. Here are some of them: