Karl Kalkun

Karl Kustav Kalkun (9 April 1927 Tartu – 21 February 1990 Tallinn) was an Estonian actor.

[1] Karl Kalkun was born in Tartu as one of three children to.

He was the nephew of discus and hammer thrower Gustav Kalkun.

In 1956 he graduated from Tartu State University's department of law.

[2] On 21 February 1990, Kalkun was at the Eesti Televisioon (ETV) studios in Tallinn during the filming of Teemaõhtu for an interview and career and life retrospective with journalist and actress Anne Tuuling when he died of a heart attack, aged sixty-two.

Karl Kalkun (left) and Jaanus Orgulas in 1976