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Actor
Bengt Ekerot
- Born February 8, 1920 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Died November 26, 1971
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.
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"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)
Known for
The Seventh Seal1957
The Magician1958
Here Is Your Life1966
Who Saw Him Die?1968
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It1945
On a Bench in a Park1960
The Corridor1968
The Royal Rabble1945
Filmography
- 1968Who Saw Him Die?FilmEriksson
- 1968The CorridorFilmBirger Olsson
- 1967Ola and JuliaFilmMax
- 1967Life's Just GreatFilmThe neighbour
- 1966Here Is Your LifeFilmByberg
- 1966The D.T.'sFilmPoliceman/Social Worker/Guard
- 1964Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 CenturiesFilm
- 1963The Face of WarFilmNarrator (voice)
- 1963Det går anFilm
- 1960On a Bench in a ParkFilmSam Persson
- 1959MåsenFilmDirector
- 1958The MagicianFilmJohan Spegel
- 1958Jazz BoyFilmErik Jonsson
- 1957The Seventh SealFilmDeath
- 1956SceningångFilmJohan Erikson, Director
- 1955HamletFilmHamlet
- 1953MarianneFilm
- 1951The NuthouseFilmA student
- 1947DynamiteFilmAllan Axelson
- 1946InterludeFilmGerman patient
- 1946Brita i grosshandlarhusetFilm"Paniken"
- 1946BarbackaFilmDirector
- 1946Det glada kalasetFilmDirector
- 1945Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have ItFilmradio man (voice) (uncredited), Assistant Director
- 1945The Royal RabbleFilm
- 1945Crime and PunishmentFilmStudent
- 1945Rosen på TistelönFilmAnton Haraldsson
- 194513 ChairsFilm
- 1945Three SonsFilmErik
- 1943SonjaFilmBengt
- 1943Natt i hamnFilmJohn
- 1943När ungdomen vaknarFilmLennart
- 1943Herre med portföljFilmStig
- 1942Flames in the DarkFilmÅke Kronström
- 1942We Home ToilersFilmLinus Tallhagen
- 1942Man glömmer ingentingFilmStudent at art school (uncredited)
- 1941SnapphanarFilmLille-Jonas
- 1941The Talk of the TownFilmSven Törring
- 1940Hanna in High SocietyFilmFred Hummerberg
- 1940They Staked Their LivesFilmDick, freedom fighter