Bengt Ekerot

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 his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Seventh Seal (1957) — Death
2. The Magician (1958) — Johan Spegel
3. Here Is Your Life (1966) — Byberg
4. Who Saw Him Die? (1968) — Eriksson
5. Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It (1945) — radio man (voice) (uncredited)
6. On a Bench in a Park (1960) — Sam Persson
7. The Corridor (1968) — Birger Olsson
8. The Royal Rabble (1945)
9. Snapphanar (1941) — Lille-Jonas
10. Jazz Boy (1958) — Erik Jonsson
11. Ola and Julia (1967) — Max
12. Life's Just Great (1967) — The neighbour
13. The Nuthouse (1951) — A student
14. Sonja (1943) — Bengt
15. Flames in the Dark (1942) — Åke Kronström
16. Crime and Punishment (1945) — Student
17. Sceningång (1956) — Johan Erikson
18. Interlude (1946) — German patient
19. Rosen på Tistelön (1945) — Anton Haraldsson
20. We Home Toilers (1942) — Linus Tallhagen
21. The Talk of the Town (1941) — Sven Törring
22. Hanna in High Society (1940) — Fred Hummerberg
23. Brita i grosshandlarhuset (1946) — "Paniken"
24. They Staked Their Lives (1940) — Dick, freedom fighter
25. 13 Chairs (1945)
26. The Face of War (1963) — Narrator (voice)
27. Man glömmer ingenting (1942) — Student at art school (uncredited)
28. Hamlet (1955) — Hamlet
29. Det går an (1963)
30. Natt i hamn (1943) — John
31. När ungdomen vaknar (1943) — Lennart
32. The D.T.'s (1966) — Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
33. Three Sons (1945) — Erik
34. Herre med portfölj (1943) — Stig
35. Marianne (1953)
36. Dynamite (1947) — Allan Axelson
37. Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries (1964)

Directed

1. Sceningång (1956) — Director
2. Barbacka (1946) — Director
3. Det glada kalaset (1946) — Director
4. Måsen (1959) — Director