Cast

Allan Edwall

1924 – 1997

Active years (films on this site)

1960–1986

Genres

DramaComedyFamilyAdventureHistory

Schools and movements

Scandinavian CinemaSlow and Contemplative CinemaSoviet Poetic Cinema

Directors worked with

Ingmar Bergman5 filmsOlle Hellbom5 filmsJan Troell3 filmsTage Danielsson2 filmsKay Pollak1 filmAnja Breien1 filmMats Arehn1 filmHans Alfredson1 filmAndrei Tarkovsky1 film

Biography

Johan Allan Edwall 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.

Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)

Awards and honours

National / local

• Litteris et Artibus 1981
• Swedish Academy's Theatre Award 1983
• Piraten award 1996
• Eugene O'Neill Award
• Honorary doctorate of Umeå University

Awards (from the Sinekatalog award pages)

• 1974 · Guldbagge Awards: Best Actor (Guldbagge Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role) — Emil and the Piglet

20 films on this site

1. The Virgin Spring 1960 · Ingmar Bergman · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
2. Winter Light 1963 · Ingmar Bergman · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
3. All These Women 1964 · Ingmar Bergman · IMDb 5.4 · Cast
4. Here Is Your Life 1966 · Jan Troell · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
5. Emil of Lonneberga 1971 · Olle Hellbom · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
6. The Emigrants 1971 · Jan Troell · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
7. New Mischief by Emil 1972 · Olle Hellbom · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
8. The New Land 1972 · Jan Troell · IMDb 8.0 · Cast
9. Emil and the Piglet 1973 · Olle Hellbom · IMDb 7.2 · Cast
10. Elvis! Elvis! 1976 · Kay Pollak · IMDb 6.2 · Cast
11. Games of Love and Loneliness 1977 · Anja Breien · IMDb 5.9 · Cast
12. The Brothers Lionheart 1977 · Olle Hellbom · IMDb 7.1 · Cast
13. To Be a Millionaire 1980 · Mats Arehn · IMDb 5.4 · Cast
14. Rasmus and the Vagabond 1981 · Olle Hellbom · IMDb 6.8 · Cast
15. SOPOR 1981 · Tage Danielsson · IMDb 5.3 · Cast
16. Fanny and Alexander 1982 · Ingmar Bergman · IMDb 8.1 · Cast
17. P & B 1983 · Hans Alfredson · IMDb 6.1 · Cast
18. Ronia: The Robber's Daughter 1984 · Tage Danielsson · IMDb 7.3 · Cast
19. The Making of Fanny and Alexander 1984 · Ingmar Bergman · IMDb 7.5 · Cast
20. The Sacrifice 1986 · Andrei Tarkovsky · IMDb 7.8 · Cast