Allan Edwall
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
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
Hemsöborna
Carlsson
Svenska noveller
Jonas
Emil of Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
Self (archive footage)
Madicken
herr Nilsson
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
Ronja Rövardotter
Skalle-Per
The Red Room
Olle Montanus
The Sacrifice
Otto
All These Women
Jillker
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
The Virgin Spring
Beggar
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Skalle-Per
The Devil's Eye
The Ear Demon
Winter Light
Algot Frövik
The Emigrants
Danjel
Emil i Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
The Brothers Lionheart
Mattias
SOPOR
Thorbjörn Fälldin
The New Land
Danjel
The Rooster
Thorsson
Madicken of June Hill
Herr Nilsson
New Mischief by Emil
Anton Svensson
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Herr Nilsson
Emil and the Piglet
Anton Svensson
P & B
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
The School of Wives
Arnolphe
Here Is Your Life
August
The Journey to Melonia
Prospero (voice)
Åke and His World
Principal Godeman
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Paradis-Oskar
Kulstötaren
Johan
Kort är sommaren
The doctor
We Are All Demons
Tor
Pirates of the Lake
Frans i Flinta
Blackjackets
Narrator (voice)
My Home Is Copacabana
The Phantom Carriage
Tramp
On a Bench in a Park
Street character
Interlude in the Marshland
Lineman
Sadist
Falk
Resan till dej
Bendix' composer
The Brig Three Lilies
Simon Toking
Topaze
Albert Topaze
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Wilhelmsson
The Wedding Day
Vicar
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Gustafsson
Limpan
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
Good-Bye Nana
Lindbaum
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
The vagrant
The Die Is Cast
Dag Serén
Girls Without Rooms
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
A Dream Play
Axel
Sverige åt svenskarna
Doktor Karl Otto
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Jacob
Mr. Ernest
Doktor Chasuble
4 x 4
Duo jag
The old boyfriend
The Devil's Instrument
narrator
Mondays with Fanny
Vildfåglar
Fiorentino
Gustav Vasa
Engelbrekt
To Be a Millionaire
Allan Persson
The Ghost Sonata
Gubben
During the Journey to Melonia
(Prospero)
Elvis! Elvis!
Elvis' Grandfather
Ingen morgondag
The poet
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
Tattarblod
Natan
The Banquet Room
läkaren
Bättre utan hund
Blumfeld
Games of Love and Loneliness
Markel
The Devotion
Director
Bröllopsfesten
Jonas
Eriksson
Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Blind-Jonas
Stolarna
Old man
Nattens konung
Kristofer
Av hjärtans lust
Servant
Misantropen
Acaste
Evert Taube 100 år
Self
Dance on Roses
Olsson, journalist
Lighting
Self
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
Doktor Glas
Doktor Glas
Hålet
Narrator (voice)