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Bengt Ekerot

Bengt Ekerot

ActorDirectorDirecting Feb 8 (died age 51) Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden 1940–1968 (28 year career)
5.8 avg rating

Biography

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 …

Known For

The Seventh Seal
Film

The Seventh Seal

Death
The Magician
Film

The Magician

Johan Spegel
Who Saw Him Die?
Film

Who Saw Him Die?

Eriksson
Here Is Your Life
Film

Here Is Your Life

Byberg
The Corridor
Film

The Corridor

Birger Olsson
The Royal Rabble
Film

The Royal Rabble

6.6 1945
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
Film

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Jazz Boy
Film

Jazz Boy

Erik Jonsson

Filmography