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Bengt Ekerot(1920-1971)

  • Actor
  • Director
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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"Sjunde inseglet, Det" (aka "The Seventh Seal") Bengt Ekerot 1957 SF
Bengt Ekerot was born on 8 February 1920 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden. He was an actor and director, known for The Seventh Seal (1957), The Magician (1958) and Med livet som insats (1940). He was married to Margareta Hallin and Antoinette Gram. He died on 26 November 1971 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden.
BornFebruary 8, 1920
DiedNovember 26, 1971(51)
BornFebruary 8, 1920
DiedNovember 26, 1971(51)
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Known for

The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Seventh Seal
8.1
  • Death
  • 1957
Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, and Naima Wifstrand in The Magician (1958)
The Magician
7.5
  • Johan Spegel
  • 1958
Gösta Cederlund, Bengt Ekerot, Hampe Faustman, Anders Henrikson, Eivor Landström, Holger Löwenadler, and Aino Taube in Med livet som insats (1940)
Med livet som insats
5.1
  • Freedom Fighter
  • 1940
Alice Babs, Sickan Carlsson, Sven Lindberg, Marianne Löfgren, and Olof Winnerstrand in Det glada kalaset (1946)
Det glada kalaset
6.5
  • Director
  • 1946

Credits

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Actor

  • Korridoren (1968)
    Korridoren
    6.3
    • Birger Olsson
    • 1968
  • Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
    Who Saw Him Die?
    6.8
    • Eriksson
    • 1968
  • Stellan Skarsgård in Bombi Bitt and Me (1968)
    Bombi Bitt and Me
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Kabusaprästen
    • 1968
  • Ola & Julia (1967)
    Ola & Julia
    5.0
    • Max
    • 1967
  • Livet är stenkul (1967)
    Livet är stenkul
    5.0
    • Grannen
    • 1967
  • Here Is Your Life (1966)
    Here Is Your Life
    7.3
    • Byberg
    • 1966
  • Per Myrberg in Myten (1966)
    Myten
    5.3
    • Policeman
    • Social Worker
    • Guard ...
    • 1966
  • Det går an
    5.8
    TV Movie
    • Berättaren
    • 1963
  • Syskon (1961)
    Syskon
    TV Movie
    • Michael
    • 1961
  • Hasse Ekman and Lena Granhagen in På en bänk i en park (1960)
    På en bänk i en park
    6.5
    • Sam Persson
    • 1960
  • Max von Sydow, Ingrid Thulin, and Naima Wifstrand in The Magician (1958)
    The Magician
    7.5
    • Johan Spegel
    • 1958
  • Maj-Britt Nilsson in Jazzgossen (1958)
    Jazzgossen
    6.2
    • Erik Jonsson
    • 1958
  • The Seventh Seal (1957)
    The Seventh Seal
    8.1
    • Death
    • 1957
  • Edvin Adolphson, Margit Carlqvist, Lars Ekborg, Bengt Ekerot, Erland Josephson, Arne Nyberg, Stig Olin, Gio Petré, Sif Ruud, Per Sjöstrand, and Erik Strandmark in Sceningång (1956)
    Sceningång
    4.9
    • Johan Erikson - Författare
    • 1956
  • Hamlet (1955)
    Hamlet
    7.4
    TV Movie
    • Hamlet, prins av Danmark
    • 1955

Director

  • Dramaklassiker (2020)
    Dramaklassiker
    Podcast Series
    • Director
    • 2020
  • Margareta Hallin in Tranfjädrarna (1962)
    Tranfjädrarna
    TV Movie
    • Director (as Bengt Ekeroth)
    • 1962
  • Dödens arlekin
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1962
  • Ett leende triumftåg
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1960
  • Måsen
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1959
  • Hughie (1958)
    Hughie
    TV Movie
    • Director
    • 1958
  • Edvin Adolphson, Margit Carlqvist, Lars Ekborg, Bengt Ekerot, Erland Josephson, Arne Nyberg, Stig Olin, Gio Petré, Sif Ruud, Per Sjöstrand, and Erik Strandmark in Sceningång (1956)
    Sceningång
    4.9
    • Director
    • 1956
  • Barbacka (1946)
    Barbacka
    6.6
    • Director
    • 1946
  • Alice Babs, Sickan Carlsson, Sven Lindberg, Marianne Löfgren, and Olof Winnerstrand in Det glada kalaset (1946)
    Det glada kalaset
    6.5
    • Director
    • 1946

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Hasse Ekman and Viveca Lindfors in Interlude (1946)
    Interlude
    5.2
    • assistant director
    • 1946
  • Stig Järrel in Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer (1945)
    Fram för lilla Märta eller På livets ödesvägar: Ett biografdrama i prolog, epilog och ett antal tableauxer
    6.2
    • assistant director
    • 1945

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Bengt Ekeroth
  • Born
    • February 8, 1920
    • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
  • Died
    • November 26, 1971
    • Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden(lung cancer)
  • Spouses
      Margareta Hallin1959 - 1968 (divorced, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Directed Werner Aspenström's play 'Skådespelarens död' which was aired on 25 October in the Swedish Radio Theatre.

Did you know

  • Trivia
    He personified the character of "Death" in Bergman's classic The Seventh Seal (1957) and in the process created a movie stereotype to be endlessly copied in later movies.

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