Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 25, 1924
Died
Feb 07, 1997
Place of Birth
Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Credits
94 titles
Allan Edwall
Biography
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) 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. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Known For
Filmography
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
Self (archive footage)
Bättre utan hund
Blumfeld
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
Duo jag
The old boyfriend
I morgon var en dröm
Markus
Evert Taube 100 år
Self
Doktor Glas
Doktor Glas
The Journey to Melonia
Prospero (voice)
During the Journey to Melonia
(Prospero)
Lighting
Self
Pirates of the Lake
Frans i Flinta
Ronja Rövardotter
Skalle-Per
The Nervous Man
The Sacrifice
Otto
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Skalle-Per
Åke and His World
Principal Godeman
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
The School of Wives
Arnolphe
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
P & B
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
Limpan
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Paradis-Oskar
The Rooster
Thorsson
SOPOR
Thorbjörn Fälldin
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Blind-Jonas
Madicken of June Hill
Herr Nilsson
Sverige åt svenskarna
Doktor Karl Otto
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
To Be a Millionaire
Allan Persson
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Herr Nilsson
Madicken
herr Nilsson
Bröllopsfesten
Jonas
Svenska noveller
Jonas
The Brothers Lionheart
Mattias
Mondays with Fanny
Games of Love and Loneliness
Markel
Hålet
Narrator (voice)
Elvis! Elvis!
Elvis' Grandfather
Nisse och Greta
Writer
Nisse och Greta
Writer
Emil of Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
Nattens konung
Kristofer
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
Kulstötaren
Johan
Emil and the Piglet
Anton Svensson
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Gustafsson
The Ghost Sonata
Gubben