About

Known credits:
100
Birthday:
1924-08-25
Place of birth:
Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Website:
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Allan Edwall

Overview

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

Acting
1996 Bättre utan hund Actor Blumfeld 59
Average
1995 Stjärnbilder Actor (archive footage) N/A
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1991 Duo jag Actor The old boyfriend N/A
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1990 Evert Taube 100 år Actor Self N/A
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1989 Doktor Glas Actor Doktor Glas N/A
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1989 Voyage to Melonia Actor Prospero (voice) 59
Average
1989 During the Journey to Melonia Actor (Prospero) N/A
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1988 Lighting Actor Himself N/A
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1987 Pirates of the Lake Actor Frans i Flinta 59
Average
1986 Ronja Rövardotter Actor Skalle-Per 69
Fair
1986 The Sacrifice Actor Otto 68
Fair
1984 Fanny and Alexander Actor Oscar Ekdahl 78
Good
1984 Ronia, the Robber's Daughter Actor Skalle-Per 61
Fair
1984 Åke and His World Actor Principal Godeman 59
Average
1984 The Making of Fanny and Alexander Actor Self 59
Average
1983 The School of Wives Actor Arnolphe 59
Average
1983 Alf Sjöberg - mästaren Actor N/A
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1983 P & B Actor Josef "Stavros" Bendel 59
Average
1983 Limpan Actor Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg 59
Average
1982 Fanny and Alexander Actor Oscar Ekdahl 70
Good
1981 Rasmus and the Vagabond Actor Paradis-Oskar 59
Average
1981 The Rooster Actor Thorsson 58
Average
1981 SOPOR Actor Thorbjörn Fälldin 58
Average
1980 Midsommardröm i fattighuset Actor Blind-Jonas N/A
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1980 Madicken of June Hill Actor Herr Nilsson 58
Average
1980 Sverige åt svenskarna Actor Doktor Karl Otto 58
Average
1980 Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn Actor N/A
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1980 To Be a Millionaire Actor Allan Persson 58
Average
1979 You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken Actor Herr Nilsson 59
Average
1979 Madicken Actor herr Nilsson 68
Fair
1978 Bröllopsfesten Actor Jonas N/A
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1977 The Brothers Lionheart Actor Mattias 60
Fair
1977 Mondays with Fanny Actor N/A
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1977 Games of Love and Loneliness Actor Markel 58
Average
1977 Hålet Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1976 Elvis! Elvis! Actor Elvis' Grandfather 58
Average
1975 Emil of Lönneberga Actor Anton Svensson 71
Good
1974 Engeln Actor Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht 70
Good
1974 Nattens konung Actor Kristofer N/A
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1974 Kulstötaren Actor Johan N/A
N/A
1973 Emil and the Piglet Actor Anton Svensson 60
Fair
1973 Who Loves Yngve Frej Actor Gustafsson 59
Average
1972 The Ghost Sonata Actor Gubben 59
Average
1972 New Mischief by Emil Actor Anton Svensson 59
Average
1972 The New Land Actor Danjel 61
Fair
1971 Emil of Lonneberga Actor Anton Svensson 60
Fair
1971 The Emigrants Actor Danjel 61
Fair
1970 Good-Bye Nana Actor Lindbaum N/A
N/A
1970 The Red Room Actor Olle Montanus 69
Fair
1969 We Are All Demons Actor Tor 59
Average
1969 The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing Actor Jacob 59
Average
1969 Eriksson Actor Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare N/A
N/A
1967 Mördaren - en helt vanlig person Actor Wilhelmsson 59
Average
1966 Here Is Your Life Actor August 59
Average
1966 Sadist Actor Falk 59
Average
1966 Hemsöborna Actor Carlsson 70
Good
1965 The Devil's Instrument Actor narrator 59
Average
1965 The Devotion Actor Director N/A
N/A
1965 Gustav Vasa Actor Engelbrekt N/A
N/A
1965 The Banquet Room Actor läkaren 58
Average
1965 My Home Is Copacabana Actor 59
Average
1965 4 x 4 Actor 59
Average
1965 Interlude in the Marshland Actor Lineman 59
Average
1964 All These Women Actor Jillker 59
Average
1963 A Dream Play Actor Axel 59
Average
1963 Topaze Actor Albert Topaze N/A
N/A
1963 Winter Light Actor Algot Frövik 68
Fair
1962 Kort är sommaren Actor The doctor N/A
N/A
1962 Stolarna Actor Old man N/A
N/A
1961 The Brig Three Lilies Actor Simon Toking 59
Average
1961 Mr. Ernest Actor Doktor Chasuble N/A
N/A
1961 Ljuvlig är sommarnatten Actor The vagrant 59
Average
1960 On a Bench in a Park Actor Street character 58
Average
1960 The Devil's Eye Actor The Ear Demon 61
Fair
1960 The Wedding Day Actor Vicar N/A
N/A
1960 Av hjärtans lust Actor Servant N/A
N/A
1960 The Die Is Cast Actor Dag Seren 59
Average
1960 The Virgin Spring Actor Beggar 69
Fair
1959 Blackjackets Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1958 The Phantom Carriage Actor Tramp 59
Average
1957 Ingen morgondag Actor The poet N/A
N/A
1956 Girls Without Rooms Actor 59
Average
1955 Vildfåglar Actor Fiorentino N/A
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1954 Dance on Roses Actor Olsson, journalist 59
Average
1954 Tattarblod Actor Natan N/A
N/A
1953 Resan till dej Actor Bendix' composer 59
Average

Directing
1996 Bättre utan hund Directing Director 59
Average
1989 Doktor Glas Directing Director N/A
N/A
1987 Pirates of the Lake Directing Director 59
Average
1986 Den nervöse mannen Directing Director 59
Average
1984 Åke and His World Directing Director 59
Average
1969 Eriksson Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1996 Bättre utan hund Writing Writer 59
Average
1989 Doktor Glas Writing Writer N/A
N/A
1987 Pirates of the Lake Writing Writer 59
Average
1986 Den nervöse mannen Writing Screenplay 59
Average
1984 Åke and His World Writing Writer 59
Average
1983 Limpan Writing Writer 59
Average
1975 Nisse och Greta Writing Writer N/A
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1969 Eriksson Writing Writer N/A
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