Bengt Ekerot
Born February 08, 1920 (Age: 106)
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Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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)
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)
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Filmography
The Corridor
1968
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as Birger Olsson
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Age: 48
No Image
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
1964
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as
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Age: 43
The Face of War
1963
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 43
Det går an
1963
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as
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Age: 43
On a Bench in a Park
1960
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as Sam Persson
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Age: 40
The Magician
1958
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as Johan Spegel
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Age: 38
Jazz Boy
1958
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as Erik Jonsson
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Age: 38
Sceningång
1956
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as Johan Erikson
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Age: 36
Hamlet
1955
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as Hamlet
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Age: 35
Marianne
1953
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as
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Age: 33
13 Chairs
1945
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as
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Age: 25
Crime and Punishment
1945
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as Student
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Age: 25
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
1945
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as radio man (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 25
Rosen på tistelön
1945
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as Anton Haraldsson
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Age: 25
Three Sons
1945
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as Erik
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Age: 25
The Royal Rabble
1945
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as
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Age: 24
Man glömmer ingenting
1942
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as Student at art school (uncredited)
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Age: 22
We Home Toilers
1942
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as Linus Tallhagen
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Age: 22
Flames in the Dark
1942
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as Åke Kronström
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Age: 22
Snapphanar
1941
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as Lille-Jonas
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Age: 21
The Talk of the Town
1941
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as Sven Törring
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Age: 21