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Allan Edwall

Actor, Writer, Director, Additional Credits
Died February 7, 1997 (72 years)
Johan Allan Edwall was a Swedish stage and screen actor, singer, writer and director. He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatre's Acting School in 1952.

Growing up in the landscape of Jämtland, Edwall spent some time working on a ship before he arrived in Stockholm in the 1940s, just barely making a living as a writer, painter and poet before he was admitted to the Royal Dramatic Theater's acting school in 1949. After graduation he worked at the theater in the 1950s and 1960s  but he was mainly a jack-of-all-trades, appearing on the stage, in movies as well as recording and publishing his own songs.

He is remembered for a string of queer roles, such as Emil's father in the Emil of Lönneberga films, the cheerful vagabond in the Rasmus and the vagabond movie, the dying father in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander as well as Carlsson in the TV adaptation of Strindberg's Hemsöborna.

In the later part of his life he owned his own theater, Brunnsgatan 4, in Stockholm. Biography by Mattias Thuresson.
Known For
  • The Sacrifice
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • Winter Light
  • The Virgin Spring
  • Rasmus and the Vagabond
  • The Brothers Lionheart
  • Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
  • Emil of Lonneberga
  • The Journey to Melonia
  • The Emigrants
  • Fanny and Alexander
  • The New Land
  • Emil and the Piglet
  • New Mischief by Emil
  • Emil of Lonneberga
  • Rasmus på luffen
  • The Rooster
  • The Brothers Lionheart
  • Ronja the Robber's Daughter
  • Ake and His World
  • Madicken
  • Vem älskar Yngve Frej
  • Hemsöborna
  • P & B

Filmography

1999
Astrid Lindgrens jul · as Anton - Emils Pappa
1989
The Journey to Melonia · as Prospero (voice)
1987
Pirates of the Lake · as Frans I Flinta
1986
Ronja the Robber's Daughter (TV Series) · as Skalle-Per
1986
Rasmus på luffen (TV Series) · as Oskar
1986
The Sacrifice · as Otto
1984
1984
Ake and His World · as Principal Godeman
1983
Fanny and Alexander (TV Series) · as Oscar Ekdahl
1983
Hustruskolan · as Arnolphe
1983
P & B · as Josef "stavros" Bendel
1983
Limpan · as Sture Charles 'limpan' Lindberg
1982
Fanny and Alexander · as Oscar Ekdahl
1981
Rasmus and the Vagabond · as Paradis-Oskar
1981
The Rooster · as Thorsson
1981
SOPOR · as Thorbjörn Fälldin
1980
The Brothers Lionheart (TV Series) · as Mattias
1980
Meg of June Hill · as Herr Nilsson
1980
Sverige åt svenskarna · as Doktor Karl Otto
1980
1980
Mannen som blev miljonär · as Allan Persson
1979
1979
Madicken (TV Series) · as Herr Nilsson
1978
Svenska noveller (TV Series) · as Jonas
1977
1977
1977
1976
Elvis! Elvis! · as Elvis' Grandfather
1974
Nattens konung · as Kristofer
1974
Engeln (TV Series) · as Bertil "engeln" Engelbrecht
1974
Emil of Lonneberga (TV Series) · as Anton Svensson
1973
Emil and the Piglet · as Anton Svensson
1973
Vem älskar Yngve Frej · as Gustafsson
1972
Spöksonaten · as Gubben
1972
New Mischief by Emil · as Anton Svensson
1972
The New Land · as Danjel
1971
Emil of Lonneberga · as Anton Svensson
1971
The Emigrants · as Danjel
1970
Good-Bye Nana · as Lindbaum
1970
The Red Room (TV Series) · as Olle Montanus
1969
1969
1969
Eriksson · as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
1967
1967
1966
Here Is Your Life · as August
1966
Sadist · as Falk
1966
Hemsöborna (TV Series) · as Carlsson
1965
Djävulens instrument · as Narrator
1965
The Banquet Room · as Läkaren
1965
1965
1965
1964
All These Women · as Jillker
1963
A Dream Play · as Axel
1963
Winter Light · as Algot Frövik
1962
Short Is the Summer · as The Doctor
1961
The Brig Three Lilies · as Simon Toking
1961
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten · as The Vagrant
1960
På en bänk i en park · as Street Character
1960
The Devil's Eye · as The Ear Demon
1960
Bröllopsdagen · as Vicar
1960
Av hjärtans lust · as Servant
1960
Tärningen är kastad · as Dag Seren
1960
The Virgin Spring · as Beggar
1959
Raggare! · as Narrator (voice)
1958
Phantom Carriage · as Tramp
1957
Ingen morgondag · as The Poet
1956
1955
Wild Birds · as Fiorentino
1954
Dance on Roses · as Olsson, Journalist
1954
1953
Resan till dej · as Bendix' Composer

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