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Allan Edwall
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Movie | Cast | Year |
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Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Skalle-Per | 1984 |
Bröllopsfesten | Jonas | 1978 |
Midsommardröm i fattighuset | Blind-Jonas | 1980 |
Rasmus and the Vagabond | Paradis-Oskar | 1981 |
Fanny and Alexander | Oscar Ekdahl | 1982 |
The Brothers Lionheart | Mattias | 1977 |
Doktor Glas | Doktor Glas | 1989 |
The Sacrifice | Otto | 1986 |
The Virgin Spring | Beggar | 1960 |
Emil of Lonneberga | Anton Svensson | 1971 |
New Mischief by Emil | Anton Svensson | 1972 |
Emil and the Piglet | Anton Svensson | 1973 |
Madicken of June Hill | Herr Nilsson | 1980 |
Here Is Your Life | August | 1966 |
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken | Herr Nilsson | 1979 |
The Emigrants | Danjel | 1971 |
Winter Light | Algot Frövik | 1963 |
The Rooster | Thorsson | 1981 |
The New Land | Danjel | 1972 |
The Devil's Eye | The Ear Demon | 1960 |
During the Journey to Melonia | (Prospero) | 1989 |
Voyage to Melonia | Prospero (voice) | 1989 |
Dance on Roses | Olsson, journalist | 1954 |
Gustav Vasa | Engelbrekt | 1965 |
Sadist | Falk | 1966 |
Pirates of the Lake | Frans i Flinta | 1987 |
All These Women | Jillker | 1964 |
P & B | Josef "Stavros" Bendel | 1983 |
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person | Wilhelmsson | 1967 |
Duo jag | The old boyfriend | 1991 |
Åke and His World | Principal Godeman | 1984 |
Who Loves Yngve Frej | Gustafsson | 1973 |
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing | Jacob | 1969 |
Elvis! Elvis! | Elvis' Grandfather | 1976 |
Limpan | Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg | 1983 |
SOPOR | Thorbjörn Fälldin | 1981 |
To Be a Millionaire | Allan Persson | 1980 |
On a Bench in a Park | Street character | 1960 |
Girls Without Rooms | 1956 | |
Sverige åt svenskarna | Doktor Karl Otto | 1980 |
Stolarna | Old man | 1962 |
Resan till dej | Bendix' composer | 1953 |
Evert Taube 100 år | Self | 1990 |
The Making of Fanny and Alexander | Self | 1984 |
Kulstötaren | Johan | 1974 |
We Are All Demons | Tor | 1969 |
A Dream Play | Axel | 1963 |
Stjärnbilder | (archive footage) | 1995 |
Bättre utan hund | Blumfeld | 1996 |
Nattens konung | Kristofer | 1974 |
Eriksson | Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare | 1969 |
Interlude in the Marshland | Lineman | 1965 |
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren | 1983 | |
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn | 1980 | |
The School of Wives | Arnolphe | 1983 |
Games of Love and Loneliness | Markel | 1977 |
Blackjackets | Narrator (voice) | 1959 |
The Brig Three Lilies | Simon Toking | 1961 |
The Devil's Instrument | narrator | 1965 |
The Die Is Cast | Dag Seren | 1960 |
Ingen morgondag | The poet | 1957 |
Topaze | Albert Topaze | 1963 |
Kort är sommaren | The doctor | 1962 |
Mondays with Fanny | 1977 | |
Good-Bye Nana | Lindbaum | 1970 |
Vildfåglar | Fiorentino | 1955 |
Av hjärtans lust | Servant | 1960 |
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten | The vagrant | 1961 |
Tattarblod | Natan | 1954 |
The Devotion | Director | 1965 |
The Phantom Carriage | Tramp | 1958 |
The Ghost Sonata | Gubben | 1972 |
Lighting | Self | 1988 |
The Banquet Room | läkaren | 1965 |
The Wedding Day | Vicar | 1960 |
My Home Is Copacabana | 1965 | |
4 x 4 | 1965 | |
Mr. Ernest | Doktor Chasuble | 1961 |
Hålet | Narrator (voice) | 1977 |
Misantropen | Acaste | 1963 |
Series | Cast | Year |
Svenska noveller | Jonas | 1978 |
Fanny and Alexander | Oscar Ekdahl | 1984 |
Emil of Lönneberga | Anton Svensson | 1975 |
Engeln | Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht | 1974 |
Hemsöborna | Carlsson | 1966 |
Madicken | herr Nilsson | 1979 |
Ronja Rövardotter | Skalle-Per | 1986 |
The Red Room | Olle Montanus | 1970 |