- Distinguished Norwegian character actor, well known for his sonorous voice. Much used in classical roles, and often heard in Radio as a reader of poems and novels.
Stage debut in 1930,(Bergen) later he played in both Norway and Sweden,with many leading parts in the plays of Ibsen and Shakespeare; Werle in "The Wild Duck", and title roles in "Hamlet" and "King Lear".
For his role as Marquis de Sade in "Marat", (Peter Weiss) he got the Norwegian theater-critics award in 1967.
Among his best film-parts were as Tornkvist in Skouen's " Herren og hans tjenere " (1959) as William in Müller's " De ukjentes marked " (1968) and as the priest in Skouen's " An-Magritt ". (1969)
Løkkeberg was the father of director Pål Løkkeberg, (1934-1998) and the brother of the celebrated actress Tore Segelcke. (1901-1979)
- IMDb mini biography by: pekka trondsen
- SpousesCharlotte Melandsø(1948 - January 16, 1975) (her death)Rønnaug Alten (divorced)
- Theater-manager in Trondheim 1945/48 and in Bergen 1948/52.
- Was among the actors on the stage when a fire broke out at National- theatret in Oslo in autumn of 1980.
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