Bengt Ekerot
Age: N/A | From: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Person Details
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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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Movie Involvements: 29
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
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)
Most Famous Work
The Seventh Seal
(1957) Death
The Magician
(1958) Johan Spegel
Here Is Your Life
(1966) Byberg
Three Sons
(1945) Erik
They Staked Their Lives
(1940) Freedom fighter
Ola och Julia
(1967) Max, regissör
Natt i hamn
(1943) John
Flames in the Dark
(1942) Åke KronströmActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Birger Olsson | |
| Eriksson | ||
| 1967 | Max, regissör | |
| The neighbour | ||
| 1966 | Byberg | |
| Policeman/Social Worker/Guard | ||
| 1964 | N/A | |
| 1963 | Narrator (voice) | |
| N/A | ||
| 1960 | Sam Persson | |
| 1958 | Johan Spegel | |
| Erik Jonsson | ||
| 1957 | Death | |
| 1956 | Johan Erikson | |
| 1955 | Hamlet | |
| 1953 | N/A | |
| 1951 | A student | |
| 1947 | Allan Axelson | |
| 1946 | German patient | |
| "Paniken" | ||
| 1945 | N/A | |
| Student | ||
| radio man (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Anton Haraldsson | ||
| Erik | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1943 | Stig | |
| Bengt | ||
| Lennart | ||
| John | ||
| 1942 | Student at art school (uncredited) | |
| Linus Tallhagen | ||
| Åke Kronström | ||
| 1941 | Lille-Jonas | |
| Sven Törring | ||
| 1940 | N/A | |
| Freedom fighter | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Director | |
| 1956 | Director | |
| 1946 | Director | |
| Director | ||
| 1945 | Assistant Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
