biography

Vilho Siivola (10 April 1910 in Valkeakoski, Finland – 28 November 1984 in Helsinki, Finland) was a Finnish actor, film director, television director and a member of the Council of Theatre. His career included theatre, where he was both an actor and a director, motion pictures and television. Notably, in 1953 he was one of the founders of 'Kivi-juhlat’ (a theatre festival based in the childhood town of Aleksis Kivi) and was its first director. In addition he authored two books, Myllykylästä Maailmalle (1975) and Maailmassa Maailmaa (1983). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia