Bengt Ekerot
February 8, 1920 (104 years old) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
Known For
Credits
- 1968 · The Corridor as Birger Olsson
- 1968 · Who Saw Him Die? as Eriksson
- 1967 · Ola och Julia as Max, regissör
- 1967 · Life's Just Great as The neighbour
- 1966 · Here Is Your Life as Byberg
- 1966 · The D.T.'s as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
- 1964 · Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries as
- 1963 · The Face of War as Narrator (voice)
- 1963 · Det går an as
- 1960 · On a Bench in a Park as Sam Persson
- 1958 · The Magician as Johan Spegel
- 1958 · Jazz Boy as Erik Jonsson
- 1957 · The Seventh Seal as Death
- 1956 · Sceningång as Johan Erikson
- 1955 · Hamlet as Hamlet
- 1953 · Marianne as
- 1951 · The Nuthouse as A student
- 1947 · Dynamite as Allan Axelson
- 1946 · Interlude as German patient
- 1946 · Brita i grosshandlarhuset as "Paniken"
- 1945 · 13 Chairs as
- 1945 · Crime and Punishment as Student
- 1945 · Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It as radio man (voice) (uncredited)
- 1945 · Rosen på tistelön as Anton Haraldsson
- 1945 · Three Sons as Erik
- 1945 · The Royal Rabble as
- 1943 · Herre med portfölj as Stig
- 1943 · Sonja as Bengt
- 1943 · När ungdomen vaknar as Lennart
- 1943 · Natt i hamn as John
- 1942 · Man glömmer ingenting as Student at art school (uncredited)
- 1942 · We Home Toilers as Linus Tallhagen
- 1942 · Flames in the Dark as Åke Kronström
- 1941 · Snapphanar as Lille-Jonas
- 1941 · The Talk of the Town as Sven Törring
- 1940 · Hanna in High Society as
- 1940 · They Staked Their Lives as Freedom fighter