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!"
Acting (78 movies)
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984
Bröllopsfesten
1978
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980
Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981
Fanny and Alexander
1982
The Brothers Lionheart
1977
Doktor Glas
1989
The Sacrifice
1986
The Virgin Spring
1960
New Mischief by Emil
1972
Emil i Lönneberga
1971
Emil and the Piglet
1973
Madicken of June Hill
1980
Here Is Your Life
1966
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979
The Emigrants
1971
Winter Light
1963
The Rooster
1981
The New Land
1972
The Devil's Eye
1960
During the Journey to Melonia
1989
The Journey to Melonia
1989
Dance on Roses
1954
Gustav Vasa
1965
Pirates of the Lake
1987
All These Women
1964
P & B
1983
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967
Duo jag
1991
Åke and His World
1984
Who Loves Yngve Frej
1973
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969
Elvis! Elvis!
1976
Limpan
1983
To Be a Millionaire
1980
SOPOR
1981
On a Bench in a Park
1960
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Sverige åt svenskarna
1980
Resan till dej
1953
Evert Taube 100 år
1990
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
We Are All Demons
1969
A Dream Play
1963
Stjärnbilder
1995
Bättre utan hund
1996
Nattens konung
1974
Eriksson
1969
Interlude in the Marshland
1965
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
The School of Wives
1983
Games of Love and Loneliness
1977
Blackjackets
1959
The Brig Three Lilies
1961
The Devil's Instrument
1965
The Die Is Cast
1960
Ingen morgondag
1957
Topaze
1963
Kort är sommaren
1962
Mondays with Fanny
1977
Good-Bye Nana
1970
Vildfåglar
1955
Av hjärtans lust
1960
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
1961
Tattarblod
1954
The Devotion
1965
The Phantom Carriage
1958
The Ghost Sonata
1972
Lighting
1988
The Banquet Room
1965
The Wedding Day
1960
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
4 x 4
1965
Mr. Ernest
1961
Hålet
1977
Misantropen
1963
I morgon var en dröm
1990
Directing (6 movies)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Eriksson | 1969 | Writer |
| Nisse och Greta | 1975 | Writer |
| Limpan | 1983 | Writer |
| Åke and His World | 1984 | Writer |
| Den nervöse mannen | 1986 | Screenplay |
| Pirates of the Lake | 1987 | Writer |
| Doktor Glas | 1989 | Writer |
| Bättre utan hund | 1996 | Writer |