Allan Edwall

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 Montel…

Movies & TV Shows

1. Fanny and Alexander (1982) — Oscar Ekdahl
2. The Virgin Spring (1960) — Beggar
3. The Sacrifice (1986) — Otto
4. Winter Light (1963) — Algot Frövik
5. Ronia: The Robber's Daughter (1984) — Skalle-Per
6. Fanny and Alexander (1984) — Oscar Ekdahl
7. The Emigrants (1971) — Danjel
8. The Devil's Eye (1960) — The Ear Demon
9. The Brothers Lionheart (1977) — Mattias
10. The New Land (1972) — Danjel
11. Emil of Lonneberga (1971) — Anton Svensson
12. Emil and the Piglet (1973) — Anton Svensson
13. New Mischief by Emil (1972) — Anton Svensson
14. All These Women (1964) — Jillker
15. You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken (1979) — Herr Nilsson
16. Emil of Lönneberga (1975) — Anton Svensson
17. Rasmus and the Vagabond (1981) — Paradis-Oskar
18. The Journey to Melonia (1989) — Prospero (voice)
19. Madicken of June Hill (1980) — Herr Nilsson
20. Here Is Your Life (1966) — August
21. The Rooster (1981) — Thorsson
22. SOPOR (1981) — Thorbjörn Fälldin
23. The Making of Fanny and Alexander (1984) — Self
24. Madicken (1979) — herr Nilsson
25. Åke and His World (1984) — Principal Godeman
26. P & B (1983) — Josef "Stavros" Bendel
27. To Be a Millionaire (1980) — Allan Persson
28. Ronja Rövardotter (1986) — Skalle-Per
29. Who Loves Yngve Frej (1973) — Gustafsson
30. A Dream Play (1963) — Axel
31. The School of Wives (1983) — Arnolphe
32. My Home Is Copacabana (1965)
33. Elvis! Elvis! (1976) — Elvis' Grandfather
34. On a Bench in a Park (1960) — Street character
35. Interlude in the Marshland (1965) — Lineman
36. Pirates of the Lake (1987) — Frans i Flinta
37. Blackjackets (1959) — Narrator (voice)
38. The Die Is Cast (1960) — Dag Serén
39. Sverige åt svenskarna (1980) — Doktor Karl Otto
40. Ljuvlig är sommarnatten (1961) — The vagrant

Directed

1. Åke and His World (1984) — Director
2. Pirates of the Lake (1987) — Director
3. The Nervous Man (1986) — Director
4. Eriksson (1969) — Director
5. Bättre utan hund (1996) — Director
6. Doktor Glas (1989) — Director