Gunnar Björnstrand

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1909-11-13 (77 years old)

Deathday

1986-05-26

Place of Birth

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Gunnar Björnstrand

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 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 Veronic...

Acting

1957

1957

1966

Persona

as Herr Vogler

1966

Pälsen

as Fondmäklare Rickardt

1982

Fanny and Alexander

as Filip Landahl

1955

Smiles of a Summer Night

as Fredrik Egerman

1968

Shame

as Mr. Jacobi

1966

1978

1946

Peggy på vift

as Harald Haraldsson

1958

The Magician

as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health

1976

Face to Face

as Jenny's Grandfather

1963

Winter Light

as Tomas Ericsson

1993

Minns ni?

as (archive footage)

1954

A Lesson in Love

as David Erneman

1940

June Night

as Journalist (uncredited)

1969

The Rite

as Hans Winkelmann

1960

The Devil's Eye

as The Actor

1949

Father Bom

as Fritjoff Krafft

1961

The Pleasure Garden

as David Franzén

1953

Sawdust and Tinsel

as Mr. Sjuberg

1948

1944

Torment

as Teacher

1954

Gabrielle

as Robert Holmén

1952

Waiting Women

as Fredrik Lobelius

1952

Flyg-Bom

as Niklas Slevbrink

1949

1940

1961

Barna Hedenhös

as Narrator (voice)

1966

Sadist

as Dr. Rune Wester

1946

1955

Dreams

as Otto Sönderby, konsul

1948

En svensk tiger

as Hans Wolff

1959

Swinging at the Castle

as Agne C:son Stressberg

1944

New Order at Sjogarda

as Felix Palmer

1949

Playing Truant

as Bertil Kronberg

1951

Tull-Bom

as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova

1942

General von Döbeln

as Lieutenant Bäckström

1964

Loving Couples

as Dr. Jacob Lewin

1968

The Girls

as Hugo

1977

Tabu

as Rådmanskan

1948

Private Bom

as Berglund

1940

1943

Jag dräpte

as Lindén

1947

Two Women

as Bengt Larsson

1958

Miss April

as Marcus Arwidson

1946

Kristin Commands

as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman

1956

Seventh Heaven

as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse

1946

1950

The White Cat

as Jarl Eksell

1957

Summer Place Wanted

as Gustaf Dahlström

1941

Snapphanar

as Soldier

1979

Charlotte Löwensköld

as Rural dean Forsius

1966

My Sister My Love

as Count Schwartz

1977

Nationalmonumentet

as Svante Puke

1958

1967

Stimulantia

as Paul Hartman

1995

Stjärnbilder

as (archive footage)

1948

Little Martin Returns

as The Captain

1968

Pygmalion

as Prof. Henry Higgins

1967

The Red Mantle

as King Sigvor

1939

Mot nya tider

as August Palm's Associate

1940

Everybody at His Station

as Military Doctor

1956

It Is Never Too Late

as Arne's father

1957

Night Light

as Purman

1964

The Dress

as Helmer Berg

1952

One Fiancé at a Time

as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard

1969

Blow Hot, Blow Cold

as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark

1947

Daddy Wanted

as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'

1954

Seger i mörker

as Henrik Kugelström

1959

Crime in Paradise

as Adam Palmquist

1953

The Glass Mountain

as Dr. Dalander

1948

Each to His Own Way

as Sture Widman

1959

Heaven and Pancakes

as Ernst C:son Kruuse

1953

We Three Debutantes

as Director Brummer

1931

My Heart and Its Millions

as Chorister (uncredited)

1950

My Sister and I

as Gunnar Stenwall

1939

We Two

as Doctor

1955

Stampen

as Acke Kullerstedt

1943

Natt i hamn

as Sven Eriksson

1952

Oppåt med Gröna Hissen

as Malte Lövman

1971

Lockfågeln

as The major

1963

My Love Is Like a Rose

as Georg Ehnström

1946

Midwinter Sacrifice

as Hövdingen

1945

Sussie

as Harry Hellberg

1974

Gustav III

as Fersen

1954

Flottans glada gossar

as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman

1932

National match

as Young student watching competition (uncredited)

1950

Kvartetten som sprängdes

as Engineer Planertz

1947

Här kommer vi ...

as Skådespelare

1964

The Marriage Wrestler

as Herr Fotograf Fäger

1944

Lev farligt

as Dr. Hahn

1972

The Ghost Sonata

as Översten

1946

Incorrigible

as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt

1939

Panik

as Ryder, Banker

1963

Lyckodrömmen

as Sebastian

1950

Kyssen på kryssen

as Lars Brenner, film director

1944

Appassionata

as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden

1953

Dance, My Doll

as Zdenko Zapatil

1950

Fianceé for Hire

as Julius Brumse

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