Allan Edwall
Known for: Acting
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!"
Filmography
Series
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
1984
Series
Emil of Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
1975
Film
The Sacrifice
Otto
1986
Film
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
1982
Film
Sverige åt svenskarna
Doktor Karl Otto
1980
Film
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Wilhelmsson
1967
Film
The Virgin Spring
Beggar
1960
Film
Winter Light
Algot Frövik
1963
Film
Pirates of the Lake
Frans i Flinta
1987
Film
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Skalle-Per
1984
Sadist
Falk
1966
Film
The Devil's Eye
The Ear Demon
1960
Series
The Red Room
Olle Montanus
1970
Series
Svenska noveller
Jonas
1978
Duo jag
The old boyfriend
1991
Film
Emil of Lonneberga
Anton Svensson
1971
Film
The Brothers Lionheart
Mattias
1977
Film
Ingen morgondag
The poet
1957
Film
The Emigrants
Danjel
1971
Series
Madicken
herr Nilsson
1979
Series
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
Self (archive footage)
2024
Series
Ronja Rövardotter
Skalle-Per
1986
Film
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Paradis-Oskar
1981
Film
During the Journey to Melonia
(Prospero)
1989
Film
Interlude in the Marshland
Lineman
1965
Film
Doktor Glas
Doktor Glas
1989
Film
Eriksson
Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
1969
Series
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
1974
Film
New Mischief by Emil
Anton Svensson
1972
Film
Dance on Roses
Olsson, journalist
1954
Film
The Rooster
Thorsson
1981
Film
All These Women
Jillker
1964
Film
Madicken of June Hill
Herr Nilsson
1980
Film
Emil and the Piglet
Anton Svensson
1973
Film
Good-Bye Nana
Lindbaum
1970
Film
The Devotion
Director
1965
Film
The New Land
Danjel
1972
Film
The Journey to Melonia
Prospero (voice)
1989
Film
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Herr Nilsson
1979
Series
Hemsöborna
Carlsson
1966
Film
Bättre utan hund
Blumfeld
1996
Film
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Film
Hålet
Narrator (voice)
1977
Film
Limpan
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
1983
Stolarna
Old man
1962
Film
The Devil's Instrument
narrator
1965
Film
Åke and His World
Principal Godeman
1984
Film
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
Film
The School of Wives
Arnolphe
1983
Film
Here Is Your Life
August
1966
Film
The Brig Three Lilies
Simon Toking
1961
Film
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Jacob
1969
Film
P & B
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
1983
Film
Resan till dej
Bendix' composer
1953
Film
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
The vagrant
1961
Film
I morgon var en dröm
Markus
1990
Film
Kort är sommaren
The doctor
1962
Film
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Gustafsson
1973
Film
Games of Love and Loneliness
Markel
1977
Film
Av hjärtans lust
Servant
1960
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
Film
SOPOR
Thorbjörn Fälldin
1981
Film
The Nervous Man
1986
Film
Lighting
Self
1988
Film
The Phantom Carriage
Tramp
1958
Film
The Wedding Day
Vicar
1960
Film
To Be a Millionaire
Allan Persson
1980
Film
Blackjackets
Narrator (voice)
1959
Film
Gustav Vasa
Engelbrekt
1965
Film
A Dream Play
Axel
1963
Film
Elvis! Elvis!
Elvis' Grandfather
1976
Film
The Banquet Room
läkaren
1965
Film
The Die Is Cast
Dag Serén
1960
Film
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
1995
Film
Topaze
Albert Topaze
1963
Film
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
1984
Film
Misantropen
Acaste
1963
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
Film
4 x 4
1965
Film
Wild Birds
Fiorentino
1955
Film
On a Bench in a Park
Street character
1960
Film
Mr. Ernest
Doktor Chasuble
1961
Film
Bröllopsfesten
Jonas
1978
Film
Mondays with Fanny
1977
Film
Nattens konung
Kristofer
1974
Film
Tattarblod
Natan
1954
Film
The Ghost Sonata
Gubben
1972
Film
We Are All Demons
Tor
1969
Film
Evert Taube 100 år
Self
1990
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
Kulstötaren
Johan
1974
Film
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Blind-Jonas
1980