Allan Edwall
Acting • Born 1924-08-25 – Died 1997-02-07
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!"
Filmography
92 credits
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Movie • 1984
Skalle-Per
Bröllopsfesten
Movie • 1978
Jonas
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Movie • 1980
Blind-Jonas
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Movie • 1981
Paradis-Oskar
Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1982
Oscar Ekdahl
The Brothers Lionheart
Movie • 1977
Mattias
Doktor Glas
Movie • 1989
Doktor Glas
The Sacrifice
Movie • 1986
Otto
The Virgin Spring
Movie • 1960
Beggar
Emil i Lönneberga
Movie • 1971
Anton Svensson
New Mischief by Emil
Movie • 1972
Anton Svensson
Emil and the Piglet
Movie • 1973
Anton Svensson
Madicken of June Hill
Movie • 1980
Herr Nilsson
Here Is Your Life
Movie • 1966
August
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Movie • 1979
Herr Nilsson
The Emigrants
Movie • 1971
Danjel
Winter Light
Movie • 1963
Algot Frövik
The Rooster
Movie • 1981
Thorsson
The New Land
Movie • 1972
Danjel
The Devil's Eye
Movie • 1960
The Ear Demon
During the Journey to Melonia
Movie • 1989
(Prospero)
The Journey to Melonia
Movie • 1989
Prospero (voice)
Dance on Roses
Movie • 1954
Olsson, journalist
Gustav Vasa
Movie • 1965
Engelbrekt
Sadist
Movie • 1966
Falk
Pirates of the Lake
Movie • 1987
Frans i Flinta
All These Women
Movie • 1964
Jillker
P & B
Movie • 1983
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Movie • 1967
Wilhelmsson
Duo jag
Movie • 1991
The old boyfriend
Åke and His World
Movie • 1984
Principal Godeman
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Movie • 1973
Gustafsson
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Movie • 1969
Jacob
Elvis! Elvis!
Movie • 1976
Elvis' Grandfather
Limpan
Movie • 1983
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
To Be a Millionaire
Movie • 1980
Allan Persson
SOPOR
Movie • 1981
Thorbjörn Fälldin
On a Bench in a Park
Movie • 1960
Street character
Girls Without Rooms
Movie • 1956
Sverige åt svenskarna
Movie • 1980
Doktor Karl Otto
Stolarna
Movie • 1962
Old man
Resan till dej
Movie • 1953
Bendix' composer
Evert Taube 100 år
Movie • 1990
Self
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Movie • 1984
Self
Kulstötaren
Movie • 1974
Johan
We Are All Demons
Movie • 1969
Tor
A Dream Play
Movie • 1963
Axel
Stjärnbilder
Movie • 1995
(archive footage)
Bättre utan hund
Movie • 1996
Blumfeld
Nattens konung
Movie • 1974
Kristofer
Eriksson
Movie • 1969
Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
Interlude in the Marshland
Movie • 1965
Lineman
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
Movie • 1983
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
Movie • 1980
The School of Wives
Movie • 1983
Arnolphe
Games of Love and Loneliness
Movie • 1977
Markel
Blackjackets
Movie • 1959
Narrator (voice)
The Brig Three Lilies
Movie • 1961
Simon Toking
The Devil's Instrument
Movie • 1965
narrator
The Die Is Cast
Movie • 1960
Dag Serén
Ingen morgondag
Movie • 1957
The poet
Topaze
Movie • 1963
Albert Topaze
Kort är sommaren
Movie • 1962
The doctor
Mondays with Fanny
Movie • 1977
Good-Bye Nana
Movie • 1970
Lindbaum
Wild Birds
Movie • 1955
Fiorentino
Av hjärtans lust
Movie • 1960
Servant
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
Movie • 1961
The vagrant
Tattarblod
Movie • 1954
Natan
The Devotion
Movie • 1965
Director
The Phantom Carriage
Movie • 1958
Tramp
The Ghost Sonata
Movie • 1972
Gubben
Lighting
Movie • 1988
Self
The Banquet Room
Movie • 1965
läkaren
The Wedding Day
Movie • 1960
Vicar
My Home Is Copacabana
Movie • 1965
4 x 4
Movie • 1965
Mr. Ernest
Movie • 1961
Doktor Chasuble
Hålet
Movie • 1977
Narrator (voice)
Misantropen
Movie • 1963
Acaste
I morgon var en dröm
Movie • 1990
Markus
The Nervous Man
Movie • 1986
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
Movie • 1983
Svenska noveller
TV • 1978
Jonas
Emil of Lönneberga
TV • 1975
Anton Svensson
Engeln
TV • 1974
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
Hemsöborna
TV • 1966
Carlsson
Madicken
TV • 1979
herr Nilsson
Ronja Rövardotter
TV • 1986
Skalle-Per
The Red Room
TV • 1970
Olle Montanus
Fanny and Alexander
TV • 1984
Oscar Ekdahl
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
TV • 2024
Self (archive footage)