Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
February 8, 1920
Place of Birth:
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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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)
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Who Saw Him Die? | Eriksson |
| 1968 | The Corridor | Birger Olsson |
| 1967 | Ola and Julia | Max |
| 1967 | Life's Just Great | The neighbour |
| 1966 | Here Is Your Life | Byberg |
| 1966 | The D.T.'s | Policeman/Social Worker/Guard |
| 1964 | Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries | |
| 1963 | The Face of War | Narrator (voice) |
| 1963 | Det går an | |
| 1960 | On a Bench in a Park | Sam Persson |
| 1958 | The Magician | Johan Spegel |
| 1958 | Jazz Boy | Erik Jonsson |
| 1957 | The Seventh Seal | Death |
| 1956 | Sceningång | Johan Erikson |
| 1955 | Hamlet | Hamlet |
| 1953 | Marianne | |
| 1951 | The Nuthouse | A student |
| 1947 | Dynamite | Allan Axelson |
| 1946 | Brita i grosshandlarhuset | "Paniken" |
| 1946 | Interlude | German patient |
| 1945 | Crime and Punishment | Student |
| 1945 | Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It | radio man (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1945 | Rosen på tistelön | Anton Haraldsson |
| 1945 | The Royal Rabble | |
| 1945 | 13 Chairs | |
| 1945 | Three Sons | Erik |
| 1943 | Sonja | Bengt |
| 1943 | Natt i hamn | John |
| 1943 | När ungdomen vaknar | Lennart |
| 1943 | Herre med portfölj | Stig |
| 1942 | Flames in the Dark | Åke Kronström |
| 1942 | Man glömmer ingenting | Student at art school (uncredited) |
| 1942 | We Home Toilers | Linus Tallhagen |
| 1941 | Snapphanar | Lille-Jonas |
| 1941 | The Talk of the Town | Sven Törring |
| 1940 | They Staked Their Lives | Freedom fighter |
| 1940 | Hanna in High Society |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
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