Gunnar Björnstrand
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1909-11-13
Day of Death
1986-05-26 (76 years old)
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 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.
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Known For
Acting
(1995)
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
(1993)
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
(1984)
(1982)
Fanny and Alexander
as Filip Landahl
(1982)
(1979)
Charlotte Löwensköld
as Rural dean Forsius
(1978)
Autumn Sonata
as Paul
(1977)
Tabu
as Rådmanskan
(1977)
Nationalmonumentet
as Svante Puke
(1976)
Face to Face
as Jenny's Grandfather
(1974)
Gustav III
as Fersen
(1973)
(1972)
The Ghost Sonata
as Översten
(1971)
Lockfågeln
as The major
(1969)
The Rite
as Hans Winkelmann
(1969)
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
(1969)
The lift that went down into hell
as The husband
(1969)
(1968)
The Girls
as Hugo
(1968)
Shame
as Mr. Jacobi
(1968)
Pygmalion
as Prof. Henry Higgins
(1968)
(1968)
(1967)
Stimulantia
as Paul Hartman
(1967)
The Red Mantle
as King Sigvor
(1967)
(1966)
Persona
as Herr Vogler
(1966)
Here Is Your Life
as Lundgren
(1966)
My Sister My Love
as Count Schwartz
(1966)
Sadist
as Dr. Rune Wester
(1966)
Pälsen
as Fondmäklare Rickardt
(1964)
Loving Couples
as Dr. Jacob Lewin
(1964)
The Marriage Wrestler
as Herr Fotograf Fäger
(1964)
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
(1964)
The Dress
as Helmer Berg
(1963)
Winter Light
as Tomas Ericsson
(1963)
My Love Is Like a Rose
as Georg Ehnström
(1963)
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
as Self
(1963)
Lyckodrömmen
as Sebastian
(1961)
Through a Glass Darkly
as David
(1961)
The Pleasure Garden
as David Franzén
(1961)
Barna Hedenhös
as Narrator (voice)
(1960)
The Devil's Eye
as The Actor
(1959)
Crime in Paradise
as Adam Palmquist
(1959)
Swinging at the Castle
as Agne C:son Stressberg
(1959)
Heaven and Pancakes
as Ernst C:son Kruuse
(1959)
(1958)
The Magician
as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
(1958)
Miss April
as Marcus Arwidson
(1958)
You Are My Adventure
as Tore Hall
(1957)
The Seventh Seal
as Jöns
(1957)
Wild Strawberries
as Evald
(1957)
Summer Place Wanted
as Gustaf Dahlström
(1957)
Night Light
as Purman
(1956)
Seventh Heaven
as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
(1956)
It Is Never Too Late
as Arne's father
(1956)
(1955)
Smiles of a Summer Night
as Fredrik Egerman
(1955)
Dreams
as Otto Sönderby, konsul
(1955)
Stampen
as Acke Kullerstedt
(1954)
A Lesson in Love
as David Erneman
(1954)
Flottans glada gossar
as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
(1954)
Seger i mörker
as Henrik Kugelström
(1954)
Gabrielle
as Robert Holmén
(1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel
as Mr. Sjuberg
(1953)
We Three Debutantes
as Director Brummer
(1953)
Möte med livet
as Narrator (voice)
(1953)
The Glass Mountain
as Dr. Dalander
(1953)
Dance, My Doll
as Zdenko Zapatil
(1952)
Waiting Women
as Fredrik Lobelius
(1952)
Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
as Malte Lövman
(1952)
One Fiancé at a Time
as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
(1952)
Flyg-Bom
as Niklas Slevbrink
(1952)
(1952)
(1951)
Tull-Bom
as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
Kyssen på kryssen
as Lars Brenner, film director
(1950)
The White Cat
as Jarl Eksell
(1950)
Fianceé for Hire
as Julius Brumse
(1950)
My Sister and I
as Gunnar Stenwall
(1950)
Kvartetten som sprängdes
as Engineer Planertz
(1949)
Playing Truant
as Bertil Kronberg
(1949)
The Girl from the Third Row
as Edvin Burelius
(1949)
Father Bom
as Fritjoff Krafft
(1948)
Private Bom
as Berglund
(1948)
Little Martin Returns
as The Captain
(1948)
Music in Darkness
as Klasson
(1948)
Each to His Own Way
as Sture Widman
(1948)
En svensk tiger
as Hans Wolff
(1947)
Daddy Wanted
as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
(1947)
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
as 40-talisten
(1947)
Här kommer vi ...
as Skådespelare
(1947)
The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
as Sune Eriksson
(1947)
Two Women
as Bengt Larsson
(1947)
(1946)
It Rains on Our Love
as Mr. Purman
(1946)
Kristin Commands
as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
(1946)
Incorrigible
as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
(1946)
While the Door Was Locked
as Erik Sahlén
(1946)
Midwinter Sacrifice
as Hövdingen
(1946)
Peggy på vift
as Harald Haraldsson
(1945)
You Who Are About to Enter
as Hagman
(1945)
Sussie
as Harry Hellberg
(1944)
Torment
as Teacher
(1944)
(1944)
New Order at Sjogarda
as Felix Palmer
(1944)
Appassionata
as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
(1944)
Lev farligt
as Dr. Hahn
(1943)
Jag dräpte
as Lindén
(1943)
Natt i hamn
as Sven Eriksson
(1942)
General von Döbeln
as Lieutenant Bäckström
(1942)
(1941)
Snapphanar
as Soldier
(1941)
(1940)
Hjältar i gult och blått
as Sergeant Frisk
(1940)
June Night
as Journalist (uncredited)
(1940)
(1940)
Karl för sin hatt
as Clerk
(1940)
Everybody at His Station
as Military Doctor
(1939)
We Two
as Doctor
(1939)
Mot nya tider
as August Palm's Associate
(1939)
Panik
as Ryder, Banker
(1938)
(1937)
(1934)
(1932)
National match
as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
(1932)
(1931)
My Heart and Its Millions
as Chorister (uncredited)