Allan Edwall
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- August 25, 1924
- Died
- February 7, 1997 (aged 72)
- Birthplace
- Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
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. 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!"
Known For
Filmography
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 2 eps
Bättre utan hund
Movie · as Blumfeld
Stjärnbilder
Movie · as (archive footage)
Duo jag
TV · as The old boyfriend · 3 eps
Evert Taube 100 år
Movie · as Self
I morgon var en dröm
Movie · as Markus
Doktor Glas
Movie · as Doktor Glas
During the Journey to Melonia
Movie · as (Prospero)
The Journey to Melonia
Movie · as Prospero (voice)
Lighting
Movie · as Self
Pirates of the Lake
Movie · as Frans i Flinta
The Sacrifice
Movie · as Otto
The Nervous Man
Movie
Ronja Rövardotter
TV · as Skalle-Per · 3 eps
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Movie · as Skalle-Per
Åke and His World
Movie · as Principal Godeman
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Movie · as Self
Fanny and Alexander
TV · as Oscar Ekdahl · 3 eps
P & B
Movie · as Josef "Stavros" Bendel
Limpan
Movie · as Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
Movie
The School of Wives
Movie · as Arnolphe
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
Movie
Fanny and Alexander
Movie · as Oscar Ekdahl
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Movie · as Paradis-Oskar
The Rooster
Movie · as Thorsson
SOPOR
Movie · as Thorbjörn Fälldin
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Movie · as Blind-Jonas
Madicken of June Hill
Movie · as Herr Nilsson
To Be a Millionaire
Movie · as Allan Persson
Sverige åt svenskarna
Movie · as Doktor Karl Otto
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
Movie
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Movie · as Herr Nilsson
Madicken
TV · as herr Nilsson · 10 eps
Bröllopsfesten
Movie · as Jonas
Svenska noveller
TV · as Jonas · 1 ep
The Brothers Lionheart
Movie · as Mattias
Games of Love and Loneliness
Movie · as Markel
Mondays with Fanny
Movie
Hålet
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Elvis! Elvis!
Movie · as Elvis' Grandfather
Emil of Lönneberga
TV · as Anton Svensson · 13 eps
Kulstötaren
Movie · as Johan
Nattens konung
Movie · as Kristofer
Engeln
TV · as Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht · 9 eps
Emil and the Piglet
Movie · as Anton Svensson
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Movie · as Gustafsson
New Mischief by Emil
Movie · as Anton Svensson
The New Land
Movie · as Danjel
The Ghost Sonata
Movie · as Gubben
Emil of Lonneberga
Movie · as Anton Svensson
The Emigrants
Movie · as Danjel
Good-Bye Nana
Movie · as Lindbaum
The Red Room
TV · as Olle Montanus · 9 eps
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Movie · as Jacob
We Are All Demons
Movie · as Tor
Eriksson
Movie · as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Movie · as Wilhelmsson
Here Is Your Life
Movie · as August
Sadist
Movie · as Falk
Hemsöborna
TV · as Carlsson · 7 eps
Gustav Vasa
Movie · as Engelbrekt
Interlude in the Marshland
Movie · as Lineman
The Devil's Instrument
Movie · as narrator
The Devotion
Movie · as Director
The Banquet Room
Movie · as läkaren
My Home Is Copacabana
Movie
4 x 4
Movie
All These Women
Movie · as Jillker
Winter Light
Movie · as Algot Frövik
A Dream Play
Movie · as Axel
Topaze
Movie · as Albert Topaze
Misantropen
Movie · as Acaste
Stolarna
Movie · as Old man
Kort är sommaren
Movie · as The doctor
The Brig Three Lilies
Movie · as Simon Toking
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Movie · as The vagrant
Mr. Ernest
Movie · as Doktor Chasuble
The Virgin Spring
Movie · as Beggar
The Devil's Eye
Movie · as The Ear Demon
On a Bench in a Park
Movie · as Street character
The Die Is Cast
Movie · as Dag Serén
Av hjärtans lust
Movie · as Servant
The Wedding Day
Movie · as Vicar
Blackjackets
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Phantom Carriage
Movie · as Tramp
Ingen morgondag
Movie · as The poet
Girls Without Rooms
Movie
Wild Birds
Movie · as Fiorentino
Dance on Roses
Movie · as Olsson, journalist
Tattarblod
Movie · as Natan
Resan till dej
Movie · as Bendix' composer