Allan Edwall
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
Credits
- 1996 · Bättre utan hund as Blumfeld
- 1995 · Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
- 1991 · Duo jag as The old boyfriend
- 1990 · Evert Taube 100 år as Self
- 1989 · Doktor Glas as Doktor Glas
- 1989 · Voyage to Melonia as Prospero (voice)
- 1989 · During the Journey to Melonia as (Prospero)
- 1988 · Lighting as Self
- 1987 · Pirates of the Lake as Frans i Flinta
- 1986 · Ronja Rövardotter as Skalle-Per
- 1986 · The Sacrifice as Otto
- 1984 · Fanny and Alexander as Oscar Ekdahl
- 1984 · Ronia, the Robber's Daughter as Skalle-Per
- 1984 · Åke and His World as Principal Godeman
- 1984 · The Making of Fanny and Alexander as Self
- 1983 · The School of Wives as Arnolphe
- 1983 · Alf Sjöberg - mästaren as
- 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 · Midsommardröm i fattighuset as Blind-Jonas
- 1980 · Madicken of June Hill as Herr Nilsson
- 1980 · Sverige åt svenskarna as Doktor Karl Otto
- 1980 · Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn as
- 1980 · To Be a Millionaire as Allan Persson
- 1979 · You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken as Herr Nilsson
- 1979 · Madicken as herr Nilsson
- 1978 · Bröllopsfesten as Jonas
- 1978 · Svenska noveller as Jonas
- 1977 · The Brothers Lionheart as Mattias
- 1977 · Mondays with Fanny as
- 1977 · Games of Love and Loneliness as Markel
- 1977 · Hålet as Narrator (voice)
- 1976 · Elvis! Elvis! as Elvis' Grandfather
- 1975 · Emil of Lönneberga as Anton Svensson
- 1974 · Engeln as Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
- 1974 · Nattens konung as Kristofer
- 1974 · Kulstötaren as Johan
- 1973 · Emil and the Piglet as Anton Svensson
- 1973 · Who Loves Yngve Frej as Gustafsson
- 1972 · The Ghost Sonata 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 as Olle Montanus
- 1969 · We Are All Demons as Tor
- 1969 · The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing as Jacob
- 1969 · Eriksson as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
- 1967 · Mördaren - en helt vanlig person as Wilhelmsson
- 1966 · Here Is Your Life as August
- 1966 · Sadist as Falk
- 1966 · Hemsöborna as Carlsson
- 1965 · The Devil's Instrument as narrator
- 1965 · The Devotion as Director
- 1965 · Gustav Vasa as Engelbrekt
- 1965 · The Banquet Room as läkaren
- 1965 · My Home Is Copacabana as
- 1965 · 4 x 4 as
- 1965 · Interlude in the Marshland as Lineman
- 1964 · All These Women as Jillker
- 1963 · A Dream Play as Axel
- 1963 · Topaze as Albert Topaze
- 1963 · Winter Light as Algot Frövik
- 1962 · Kort är sommaren as The doctor
- 1962 · Stolarna as Old man
- 1961 · The Brig Three Lilies as Simon Toking
- 1961 · Mr. Ernest as Doktor Chasuble
- 1961 · Ljuvlig är sommarnatten as The vagrant
- 1960 · On a Bench in a Park as Street character
- 1960 · The Devil's Eye as The Ear Demon
- 1960 · The Wedding Day as Vicar
- 1960 · Av hjärtans lust as Servant
- 1960 · The Die Is Cast as Dag Seren
- 1960 · The Virgin Spring as Beggar
- 1959 · Blackjackets as Narrator (voice)
- 1958 · The Phantom Carriage as Tramp
- 1957 · Ingen morgondag as The poet
- 1956 · Girls Without Rooms as
- 1955 · Vildfåglar as Fiorentino
- 1954 · Dance on Roses as Olsson, journalist
- 1954 · Tattarblod as Natan
- 1953 · Resan till dej as Bendix' composer