Allan Edwall

ActorDirectorWriter Aug 25 (died age 72) Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden 1953–2024 (71 year career)

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Biography

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. Durin…

Known For

Film

Fanny and Alexander

Oscar Ekdahl

Film

The Virgin Spring

Beggar

Film

The Sacrifice

Otto

Film

Winter Light

Algot Frövik

Film

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

Skalle-Per

Film

The Emigrants

Danjel

Film

The New Land

Danjel

Film

The Devil's Eye

The Ear Demon

Filmography

Acting (92)

Movies (83)

Bättre utan hund

1996

as Blumfeld

8.0

Stjärnbilder

1995

as (archive footage)

Duo jag

1991

as The old boyfriend

I morgon var en dröm

1990

as Markus

Evert Taube 100 år

1990

as Self

The Journey to Melonia

1989

as Prospero (voice)

6.8

Doktor Glas

1989

as Doktor Glas

During the Journey to Melonia

1989

as (Prospero)

Lighting

1988

as Self

Pirates of the Lake

as Frans i Flinta

The Nervous Man

The Sacrifice

as Otto

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter

as Skalle-Per

Åke and His World

as Principal Godeman

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

1984

as Self

6.8

Limpan

1983

as Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg

The School of Wives

as Arnolphe

P & B

as Josef "Stavros" Bendel

5.9

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

1983

Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår

Fanny and Alexander

as Oscar Ekdahl

The Rooster

as Thorsson

Rasmus and the Vagabond

as Paradis-Oskar

SOPOR

as Thorbjörn Fälldin

To Be a Millionaire

as Allan Persson

Madicken of June Hill

1980

as Herr Nilsson

5.7

Midsommardröm i fattighuset

1980

as Blind-Jonas

Sverige åt svenskarna

1980

as Doktor Karl Otto

2.3

Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

1980

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

1979

as Herr Nilsson

6.0

Bröllopsfesten

1978

as Jonas

The Brothers Lionheart

1977

as Mattias

6.8

Games of Love and Loneliness

as Markel

Mondays with Fanny

Hålet

as Narrator (voice)

Elvis! Elvis!

1976

as Elvis' Grandfather

4.7

Nattens konung

1974

as Kristofer

Kulstötaren

1974

as Johan

Who Loves Yngve Frej

as Gustafsson

Emil and the Piglet

as Anton Svensson

The New Land

as Danjel

New Mischief by Emil

as Anton Svensson

The Ghost Sonata

as Gubben

The Emigrants

as Danjel

Emil i Lönneberga

as Anton Svensson

Good-Bye Nana

as Lindbaum

Eriksson

1969

as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

as Jacob

We Are All Demons

as Tor

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

as Wilhelmsson

Sadist

as Falk

Here Is Your Life

as August

The Devotion

as Director

The Banquet Room

1965

as läkaren

5.0

The Devil's Instrument

as narrator

4 x 4

My Home Is Copacabana

1965

6.6

Gustav Vasa

1965

as Engelbrekt

Interlude in the Marshland

as Lineman

All These Women

as Jillker

Winter Light

as Algot Frövik

Topaze

as Albert Topaze

Misantropen

1963

as Acaste

A Dream Play

1963

as Axel

7.1

Kort är sommaren

1962

as The doctor

Stolarna

1962

as Old man

Mr. Ernest

1961

as Doktor Chasuble

Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

1961

as The vagrant

6.3

The Brig Three Lilies

as Simon Toking

The Devil's Eye

as The Ear Demon

The Virgin Spring

as Beggar

The Wedding Day

as Vicar

The Die Is Cast

as Dag Serén

On a Bench in a Park

as Street character

Av hjärtans lust

as Servant

Blackjackets

as Narrator (voice)

The Phantom Carriage

as Tramp

Ingen morgondag

as The poet

Girls Without Rooms

1956

5.0

Wild Birds

1955

as Fiorentino

Tattarblod

1954

as Natan

Dance on Roses

1954

as Olsson, journalist

5.0

Resan till dej

1953

as Bendix' composer

5.0

Television (9)

Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Ronja Rövardotter

as Skalle-Per

Fanny and Alexander

as Oscar Ekdahl

Madicken

as herr Nilsson

Svenska noveller

as Jonas

Emil of Lönneberga

1975

as Anton Svensson

7.4

Engeln

1974

as Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht

The Red Room

as Olle Montanus

Hemsöborna

as Carlsson

Crew (14)

Movies (14)

Bättre utan hund

Director

Bättre utan hund

Writer

Doktor Glas

Director

Doktor Glas

1989

Writer

Pirates of the Lake

Director

Pirates of the Lake

Writer

The Nervous Man

Director

The Nervous Man

Screenplay

Åke and His World

Director

Åke and His World

Writer

Limpan

Writer

Nisse och Greta

Writer

Eriksson

1969

Director

Eriksson

1969

Writer