- Father of actress Anna-Greta Adolphson.
- Father to actress Kristina Adolphson.
- Father of singer/composer Olle Adolphson.
- During the years at the Oscar Theater (1927 - 1932), he placed himself among Swedish leading character actors. His powerful stage temperament and sharp profiling ability gave him great success, e.g. as Chanan in Dibbuk, Marius in Fanny and Carlos in The Weak Sex.
- He appeared with Ingrid Bergman in Only One Night (1939), and is noted for his roles in the film Änglar, finns dom? (1961), the television version of August Strindberg's Hemsöborna (1966), and as Markurell in Markurells i Wadköping (1968).
- He directed the first Swedish sound film, Säg det i toner in 1929.
- He had 6 children, and e was father of actress Kristina Adolphson (b. 1937) and songwriter/composer Olle Adolphson (1934-2004).
- He made his debut in 1912.
- He was actress Harriet Bosse's third husband (1927-1932).
- He was a Swedish film actor and director who appeared in over 500 roles.
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