Gunnar Björnstrand
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (13 November 1909 – 26 May 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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- Born:
- Nov 13, 1909 In Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 125
- First Appeared:
- In the movie My Heart and Its Millions 1931-11-06
- Latest Project:
- Movie Minns ni? 1993-10-24
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | Minns ni? | (archive footage) | 1993-10-24 |
| Movie | The Making of Fanny and Alexander | Self | 1984-09-16 |
| Series | Fanny and Alexander | Filip Landahl | 1984-12-26 |
| Movie | The Farewell | 1982-04-08 | |
| Movie | Fanny and Alexander | Filip Landahl | 1982-12-17 |
| Series | Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd | Forsius | 1981-03-18 |
| Movie | Charlotte Löwensköld | Rural dean Forsius | 1979-10-30 |
| Movie | Autumn Sonata | Paul | 1978-10-08 |
| Movie | Tabu | Rådmanskan | 1977-01-28 |
| Movie | Face to Face | Jenny's Grandfather | 1976-04-05 |
| Series | Face to Face | Jenny's Grandfather | 1976-04-28 |
| Movie | Gustav III | Fersen | 1974-04-08 |
| Series | Engeln | Bäckman | 1974-09-15 |
| Series | Någonstans i Sverige | Svärfadern | 1973-12-25 |
| Movie | Barna Hedenhös | Narrator (voice) | 1972-01-01 |
| Movie | The Ghost Sonata | Översten | 1972-10-30 |
| Movie | Lockfågeln | The major | 1971-11-24 |
| Movie | The lift that went down into hell | The husband | 1969-02-09 |
| Movie | The Rite | Hans Winkelmann | 1969-03-25 |
| Movie | Blow Hot, Blow Cold | Prof. Gunnar Lindmark | 1969-08-29 |
| Movie | Pygmalion | Prof. Henry Higgins | 1968-06-02 |
| Movie | An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1968-04-14 |
| Movie | The Girls | Hugo | 1968-09-16 |
| Movie | Shame | Mr. Jacobi | 1968-09-29 |
| Movie | Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung | Admiral Carl | 1968-10-28 |
| Movie | Hagbard and Signe | King Sigvor | 1967-01-16 |
| Movie | Stimulantia | Paul Hartman | 1967-03-28 |
| Movie | Henpecked | 1967-09-25 | |
| Movie | Sadist | Dr. Rune Wester | 1966-06-27 |
| Movie | My Sister My Love | Count Schwartz | 1966-02-28 |
| Movie | Persona | Herr Vogler | 1966-10-18 |
| Movie | Pälsen | Fondmäklare Rickardt | 1966-12-26 |
| Movie | Here Is Your Life | Lundgren | 1966-12-26 |
| Movie | Dance Around the Guldbaggen | Self | 1964-09-25 |
| Movie | The Dress | Helmer Berg | 1964-10-05 |
| Movie | The Marriage Wrestler | Herr Fotograf Fäger | 1964-12-16 |
| Movie | Loving Couples | Dr. Jacob Lewin | 1964-12-20 |
| Movie | Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie | Self | 1963-01-27 |
| Movie | Winter Light | Tomas Ericsson | 1963-02-11 |
| Movie | Lyckodrömmen | Sebastian | 1963-07-08 |
| Movie | My Love Is Like a Rose | Georg Ehnström | 1963-12-26 |
| Movie | Through a Glass Darkly | David | 1961-10-16 |
| Movie | The Pleasure Garden | David Franzén | 1961-12-26 |
| Movie | The Devil's Eye | The Actor | 1960-10-17 |
| Movie | Crime in Paradise | Adam Palmquist | 1959-09-07 |
| Movie | Swinging at the Castle | Agne C:son Stressberg | 1959-03-08 |
| Movie | Heaven and Pancakes | Ernst C:son Kruuse | 1959-11-02 |
| Movie | Mälarpirater | 1959-12-26 | |
| Movie | You Are My Adventure | Tore Hall | 1958-03-24 |
| Movie | Miss April | Marcus Arwidson | 1958-06-08 |
| Movie | The Magician | Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health | 1958-12-26 |
| Movie | The Seventh Seal | Jöns | 1957-02-16 |
| Movie | Wild Strawberries | Evald Borg | 1957-08-28 |
| Movie | Summer Place Wanted | Gustaf Dahlström | 1957-12-20 |
| Movie | Night Light | Purman | 1957-10-14 |
| Movie | It Is Never Too Late | Arne's father | 1956-03-17 |
| Movie | Seventh Heaven | Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse | 1956-06-11 |
| Movie | Stampen | Acke Kullerstedt | 1955-02-28 |
| Movie | Dreams | Otto Sönderby, konsul | 1955-08-22 |
| Movie | Smiles of a Summer Night | Fredrik Egerman | 1955-12-26 |
| Movie | Flottans glada gossar | Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman | 1954-02-16 |
| Movie | Seger i mörker | Henrik Kugelström | 1954-09-16 |
| Movie | A Lesson in Love | David Erneman | 1954-10-04 |
| Movie | Gabrielle | Robert Holmén | 1954-12-26 |
| Movie | Dance, My Doll | Zdenko Zapatil | 1953-07-20 |
| Movie | Vi tre debutera | Director Brummer | 1953-09-07 |
| Movie | Sawdust and Tinsel | Mr. Sjuberg | 1953-09-14 |
| Movie | The Glass Mountain | Dr. Dalander | 1953-12-26 |
| Movie | One Fiancé at a Time | Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard | 1952-05-04 |
| Movie | Säg det med blommor | 1952-01-28 | |
| Movie | Klackarna i taket | 1952-06-09 | |
| Movie | Oppåt med Gröna Hissen | Malte Lövman | 1952-12-26 |
| Movie | Waiting Women | Fredrik Lobelius | 1952-11-03 |
| Movie | Flyg-Bom | Niklas Slevbrink | 1952-12-22 |
| Movie | The Nuthouse | 1951-09-21 | |
| Movie | Tull-Bom | Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova | 1951-06-25 |
| Movie | Livat på luckan | 1951-10-29 | |
| Movie | My Sister and I | Gunnar Stenwall | 1950-01-26 |
| Movie | Fianceé for Hire | Julius Brumse | 1950-08-28 |
| Movie | Kyssen på kryssen | Lars Brenner, film director | 1950-12-16 |
| Movie | Kvartetten som sprängdes | Engineer Planertz | 1950-12-26 |
| Movie | The White Cat | Jarl Eksell | 1950-12-25 |
| Movie | Playing Truant | Bertil Kronberg | 1949-08-15 |
| Movie | The Girl from the Third Row | Edvin Burelius | 1949-08-29 |
| Movie | Father Bom | Fritjoff Krafft | 1949-12-19 |
| Movie | Music in Darkness | Klasson | 1948-01-17 |
| Movie | Var sin väg | Sture Widman | 1948-02-16 |
| Movie | En svensk tiger | Hans Wolff | 1948-05-18 |
| Movie | Private Bom | Berglund | 1948-12-10 |
| Movie | Little Martin Returns | The Captain | 1948-08-14 |
| Movie | One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer | 40-talisten | 1947-09-17 |
| Movie | The Bride Came Through the Ceiling | Sune Eriksson | 1947-03-24 |
| Movie | Daddy Wanted | Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten' | 1947-06-01 |
| Movie | Här kommer vi ... | Skådespelare | 1947-10-18 |
| Movie | Two Women | Bengt Larsson | 1947-11-18 |
| Movie | Kristin Commands | Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman | 1946-09-02 |
| Movie | Incorrigible | Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt | 1946-09-30 |
| Movie | Midwinter Sacrifice | Hövdingen | 1946-05-25 |
| Movie | It Rains on Our Love | Mr. Purman | 1946-11-09 |
| Movie | While the Door Was Locked | Erik Sahlén | 1946-12-26 |
| Movie | Sussie | Harry Hellberg | 1945-08-13 |
| Movie | You Who Are About to Enter | Hagman | 1945-11-02 |
| Movie | Appassionata | Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden | 1944-02-02 |
| Movie | Lev farligt | Dr. Hahn | 1944-04-03 |
| Movie | New Order at Sjogarda | Felix Palmer | 1944-10-21 |
| Movie | Torment | Teacher | 1944-10-02 |
| Movie | Mitt folk är icke ditt | 1944-06-19 | |
| Movie | Natt i hamn | Sven Eriksson | 1943-09-27 |
| Movie | Jag dräpte | Lindén | 1943-10-26 |
| Movie | En äventyrare | 1942-09-11 | |
| Movie | General von Döbeln | Lieutenant Bäckström | 1942-10-26 |
| Movie | The Ghost Reporter | 1941-08-09 | |
| Movie | Snapphanar | Soldier | 1941-12-26 |
| Movie | June Night | Journalist | 1940-04-03 |
| Movie | Hjältar i gult och blått | Sergeant Frisk | 1940-02-16 |
| Movie | Karl för sin hatt | Clerk | 1940-08-23 |
| Movie | Everybody at His Station | Military Doctor | 1940-11-06 |
| Movie | We Two | Doctor | 1939-03-16 |
| Movie | Panik | Ryder, Banker | 1939-03-06 |
| Movie | Mot nya tider | August Palm's Associate | 1939-11-06 |
| Movie | Bergslagsfolk | 1937-10-25 | |
| Movie | Uppsagd | 1934-03-19 | |
| Movie | National match | Young student watching competition (uncredited) | 1932-03-29 |
| Movie | His Life's Match | 1932-01-18 | |
| Movie | My Heart and Its Millions | 1931-11-06 |