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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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)
The lift that went down into hell
as The husband
(1969)
Blow Hot, Blow Cold
as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
(1969)
(1968)
Shame
as Mr. Jacobi
(1968)
The Girls
as Hugo
(1968)
(1968)
Pygmalion
as Prof. Henry Higgins
(1968)
(1967)
Stimulantia
as Paul Hartman
(1967)
(1967)
The Red Mantle
as King Sigvor
(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 Dress
as Helmer Berg
(1964)
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
(1964)
The Marriage Wrestler
as Herr Fotograf Fäger
(1963)
Winter Light
as Tomas Ericsson
(1963)
My Love Is Like a Rose
as Georg Ehnström
(1963)
Lyckodrömmen
as Sebastian
(1963)
Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
as Self
(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)
Heaven and Pancakes
as Ernst C:son Kruuse
(1959)
Swinging at the Castle
as Agne C:son Stressberg
(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)
Gabrielle
as Robert Holmén
(1954)
Seger i mörker
as Henrik Kugelström
(1954)
Flottans glada gossar
as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
(1953)
Sawdust and Tinsel
as Mr. Sjuberg
(1953)
Dance, My Doll
as Zdenko Zapatil
(1953)
The Glass Mountain
as Dr. Dalander
(1953)
We Three Debutantes
as Director Brummer
(1952)
Waiting Women
as Fredrik Lobelius
(1952)
(1952)
Flyg-Bom
as Niklas Slevbrink
(1952)
Oppåt med Gröna Hissen
as Malte Lövman
(1952)
One Fiancé at a Time
as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
(1952)
(1951)
(1951)
Tull-Bom
as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
(1951)
(1950)
The White Cat
as Jarl Eksell
(1950)
My Sister and I
as Gunnar Stenwall
(1950)
Kyssen på kryssen
as Lars Brenner, film director
(1950)
Fianceé for Hire
as Julius Brumse
(1950)
Kvartetten som sprängdes
as Engineer Planertz
(1949)
The Girl from the Third Row
as Edvin Burelius
(1949)
Father Bom
as Fritjoff Krafft
(1949)
Playing Truant
as Bertil Kronberg
(1948)
Music in Darkness
as Klasson
(1948)
Little Martin Returns
as The Captain
(1948)
Private Bom
as Berglund
(1948)
Each to His Own Way
as Sture Widman
(1948)
En svensk tiger
as Hans Wolff
(1947)
One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer
as 40-talisten
(1947)
Two Women
as Bengt Larsson
(1947)
The Bride Came Through the Ceiling
as Sune Eriksson
(1947)
Här kommer vi ...
as Skådespelare
(1947)
(1947)
Daddy Wanted
as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
(1946)
It Rains on Our Love
as Mr. Purman
(1946)
While the Door Was Locked
as Erik Sahlén
(1946)
Kristin Commands
as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
(1946)
Incorrigible
as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
(1946)
Peggy på vift
as Harald Haraldsson
(1946)
Midwinter Sacrifice
as Hövdingen
(1945)
Sussie
as Harry Hellberg
(1945)
You Who Are About to Enter
as Hagman
(1944)
Torment
as Teacher
(1944)
Lev farligt
as Dr. Hahn
(1944)
New Order at Sjogarda
as Felix Palmer
(1944)
Appassionata
as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
(1944)
(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)
June Night
as Journalist (uncredited)
(1940)
Karl för sin hatt
as Clerk
(1940)
Everybody at His Station
as Military Doctor
(1940)
Hjältar i gult och blått
as Sergeant Frisk
(1939)
We Two
as Doctor
(1939)
Mot nya tider
as August Palm's Associate
(1939)
Panik
as Ryder, Banker
(1937)
(1934)
(1932)
(1932)
National match
as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
(1931)
My Heart and Its Millions
as Chorister (uncredited)