Hemmo Kallio

{{short description|Finnish actor and playwright}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2020}} {{Infobox person | image = File:Hemmo Kallio.jpg | image_size = | name = Hemmo Kallio | birth_date = {{Birth date|1863|4|19|df=yes}} | birth_place = Rural Municipality of Jyväskylä, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire | birth_name = Herman Puttonen | death_date = {{Death date and age|1940|9|8|1863|4|19|df=yes}} | death_place = Helsinki, Finland | other_names = | occupation = Actor, playwright | years_active = 1882–1936 | spouse = }} '''Herman "Hemmo" Kallio''' (born '''Herman Puttonen'''; 19 April 1863 – 8 September 1940)<ref>[http://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/231106 Elonet. Kansallisfilmografia.] Retrieved 16 April 2016.</ref> was a Finnish stage and film actor and playwright.

==Career== Born Herman Puttonen, he officially changed his surname to Kallio in 1906.<ref>[http://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/231106 Elonet. Kansallisfilmografia.] Retrieved 16 April 2016.</ref> Herman began his professional career as a print shop director.<ref>[http://www.elonet.fi/fi/henkilo/231106 Elonet. Kansallisfilmografia.] Retrieved 16 April 2016.</ref> He began his acting career in 1882 at the Helsinki Arkadia theater, then moved to the Finnish Theatre (now, the Finnish National Theatre), where he was engaged until he retired from the stage in the late 1930s. His long stint at the theater included a repertoire of over four hundred roles.<ref>[http://www.teatterimuseo.fi/kokoelmat/joulukalenteri/joulukalenteri-2012/ Joulukalenteri 2012] Retrieved 16 April 2016.</ref>

From the 1920s Kallio began appearing in roles in Finnish films, often cast in fatherly roles.<ref>''Domestic Actors in Words and Pictures.'' Vyborg: Cost Business Guide. 1930, ppg 118-119.</ref> The first of which was the 1920 Teuvo Puro-directed drama ''Ollin oppivuodet''. One of his most popular film roles was that of Anna-Liisa's father in the 1922 Teuvo Puro and Jussi Snellman-directed silent film drama ''Anna-Liisa'', based on the eponymously titled 1895 play by Finnish writer Minna Canth. Most of his silent film roles of the 1920s are now lost.

Hemmo Kallio died in Helsinki in 1940. He is the grandfather of Finnish actor Ismo Kallio.<ref>[http://www.hs.fi/ihmiset/a1450153637835 ''Helsingin Sanomat''] Matlar, Mikko. ''Näyttelijä Ismo Kallio, 80, lopettaa viimein uransa: Nyt olen eläkeläinen ja sillä siisti''. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 16 April 2016.</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- |1920|| ''Ollin oppivuodet'' || suutari Jokela || |- |1921|| ''Se parhaiten nauraa, joka viimeksi nauraa'' || sahanomistaja Kustaa Penttilä, Martin eno || |- |1922|| ''Anna-Liisa'' || Kortesuon isäntä || |- |1927|| ''Noidan kirot'' || Esa || |- |1927|| ''Vaihdokas'' || Haukka || |- |1931|| ''Rovastin häämatkat'' || Benjamin Jaakkola || |- |1931|| ''Tukkipojan morsian'' || Kustaa Koski || |- |1934|| ''Meidän poikamme ilmassa - me maassa'' || Erkin isä || |- |1935|| ''Roinilan talossa'' || Meri-Matti || |- |1936|| ''Pohjalaisia'' || Herastuomari || (final film role) |}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|id=0436015|name=Hemmo Kallio}} *Images of Hemmo Kallio at [https://www.kuvakokoelmat.fi/pictures/search/field:aihe_toimija/value:%22Kallio+Hemmo%22 Kuvakokoelmat.fi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160425214944/https://www.kuvakokoelmat.fi/pictures/search/field:aihe_toimija/value:%22Kallio+Hemmo%22 |date=25 April 2016 }}

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