Acting · Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden · Born August 25, 1924
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!"
TVAstrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
2024
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBättre utan hund
1996
as Blumfeld
MovieStjärnbilder
1995
as (archive footage)
Duo jag
1991
as The old boyfriend
MovieI morgon var en dröm
1990
as Markus
MovieEvert Taube 100 år
1990
as Self
MovieDoktor Glas
1989
as Doktor Glas
MovieThe Journey to Melonia
1989
as Prospero (voice)
MovieDuring the Journey to Melonia
1989
as (Prospero)
MovieLighting
1988
as Self
MoviePirates of the Lake
1987
as Frans i Flinta
TVRonja Rövardotter
1986
as Skalle-Per
MovieThe Nervous Man
1986
MovieThe Sacrifice
1986
as Otto
TVFanny and Alexander
1984
as Oscar Ekdahl
MovieRonia: The Robber's Daughter
1984
as Skalle-Per
MovieÅke and His World
1984
as Principal Godeman
MovieThe Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984
as Self
MovieThe School of Wives
1983
as Arnolphe
Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
MovieP & B
1983
as Josef "Stavros" Bendel
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
MovieLimpan
1983
as Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
MovieFanny and Alexander
1982
as Oscar Ekdahl
MovieRasmus and the Vagabond
1981
as Paradis-Oskar
MovieThe Rooster
1981
as Thorsson
MovieSOPOR
1981
as Thorbjörn Fälldin
MovieMidsommardröm i fattighuset
1980
as Blind-Jonas
MovieMadicken of June Hill
1980
as Herr Nilsson
MovieSverige åt svenskarna
1980
as Doktor Karl Otto
Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
MovieTo Be a Millionaire
1980
as Allan Persson
MovieYou're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979
as Herr Nilsson
TVMadicken
1979
as herr Nilsson
MovieBröllopsfesten
1978
as Jonas
TVSvenska noveller
1978
as Jonas
MovieThe Brothers Lionheart
1977
as Mattias
MovieMondays with Fanny
1977
MovieGames of Love and Loneliness
1977
as Markel
MovieHålet
1977
as Narrator (voice)
MovieElvis! Elvis!
1976
as Elvis' Grandfather
TVEmil of Lönneberga
1975
as Anton Svensson
MovieNattens konung
1974
as Kristofer
TVEngeln
1974
as Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
Kulstötaren
1974
as Johan
MovieEmil and the Piglet
1973
as Anton Svensson
MovieWho Loves Yngve Frej
1973
as Gustafsson
MovieThe Ghost Sonata
1972
as Gubben
MovieNew Mischief by Emil
1972
as Anton Svensson
MovieThe New Land
1972
as Danjel
MovieEmil of Lonneberga
1971
as Anton Svensson
MovieThe Emigrants
1971
as Danjel
MovieGood-Bye Nana
1970
as Lindbaum
TVThe Red Room
1970
as Olle Montanus
MovieWe Are All Demons
1969
as Tor
MovieThe Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
1969
as Jacob
MovieEriksson
1969
as Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
MovieMördaren - en helt vanlig person
1967
as Wilhelmsson
MovieHere Is Your Life
1966
as August
Sadist
1966
as Falk
TVHemsöborna
1966
as Carlsson
MovieThe Devil's Instrument
1965
as narrator
MovieThe Devotion
1965
as Director
MovieGustav Vasa
1965
as Engelbrekt
MovieThe Banquet Room
1965
as läkaren
MovieMy Home Is Copacabana
1965
Movie4 x 4
1965
MovieInterlude in the Marshland
1965
as Lineman
MovieAll These Women
1964
as Jillker
MovieA Dream Play
1963
as Axel
MovieTopaze
1963
as Albert Topaze
MovieWinter Light
1963
as Algot Frövik
MovieMisantropen
1963
as Acaste
MovieKort är sommaren
1962
as The doctor
Stolarna
1962
as Old man
MovieThe Brig Three Lilies
1961
as Simon Toking
MovieMr. Ernest
1961
as Doktor Chasuble
MovieLjuvlig är sommarnatten
1961
as The vagrant
MovieOn a Bench in a Park
1960
as Street character
MovieThe Devil's Eye
1960
as The Ear Demon
MovieThe Wedding Day
1960
as Vicar
MovieAv hjärtans lust
1960
as Servant
MovieThe Die Is Cast
1960
as Dag Serén
MovieThe Virgin Spring
1960
as Beggar
MovieBlackjackets
1959
as Narrator (voice)
MovieThe Phantom Carriage
1958
as Tramp
MovieIngen morgondag
1957
as The poet
MovieGirls Without Rooms
1956
MovieWild Birds
1955
as Fiorentino
MovieDance on Roses
1954
as Olsson, journalist
MovieTattarblod
1954
as Natan
MovieResan till dej
1953
as Bendix' composer
