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Bengt Ekerot (1920–1971)

Actor | Director | Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Trivia:

He personified the character of "Death" in Bergman's classic The Seventh Seal and in the process created a movie stereotype to be endlessly copied in later movies.

Born:

in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died:

(age 51) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Still of Bengt Ekerot in The Seventh Seal Still of Max von Sydow and Bengt Ekerot in The Seventh Seal
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1968 Korridoren
Birger Olsson
 
1968 Ole dole doff
Eriksson
 
1968 Bombi Bitt och jag (TV series)
Kabusaprästen
– Dagen före marknaden (1968) … Kabusaprästen
 
1967 Ola & Julia
Max
 
1967 Life's Just Great
The Neighbour
 
1966 Here's Your Life
Byberg
 
1966 The D.T.'s
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard/Doctor
 
1963 Det går an (TV movie)
Narrator
 
1961 Syskon (TV movie)
Michael
 
1960 På en bänk i en park
Sam Persson
 
1958 The Magician
Johan Spegel
 
1958 Jazzgossen
Erik Jonsson
 
1957 The Seventh Seal
Death
 
1956 Sceningång
Johan Eriksson
 
1955 Hamlet (TV movie)
Hamlet
 
1953 Marianne (uncredited)
 
1947 Dynamite
Allan Axelson
 
1946 Interlude
Thief
 
1946 Brita i grosshandlarhuset
Paniken (as Bengt Ekeroth)
 
1945 13 stolar
Clerk
 
1945 Crime and Punishment
Student at the restaurant
 
1945 Fram för lilla Märta
Radio speaker (voice) (uncredited)
 
1945 Rosen på Tistelön
Anton Haraldsson
 
1945 Tre söner gick till flyget
Erik
 
1943 Herre med portfölj
Stig
 
1943 Sonja
Bengt
 
1943 När ungdomen vaknar
Lennart
 
1943 Night in the Harbor
John
 
1942 Man glömmer ingenting
Student at art school (uncredited)
 
1942 We Home Toilers
Linus Tallhagen
 
1942 Lågor i dunklet
Åke Kronström - Student (uncredited)
 
1941 Scanian Guerilla
Lille-Jonas
 
1941 Det sägs på stan
Sven Törring
 
1940 Hanna in Society
Fred Hummerberg (as Bengt Ekeroth)
 
1940 Med livet som insats
Freedom fighter
 
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1962 Tranfjädrarna (TV movie) (as Bengt Ekeroth)
 
1962 Dödens arlekin (TV movie)
 
1959 Måsen (TV movie)
 
1958 Hughie (TV movie)
 
1956 Sceningång
 
1946 Barbacka
 
1946 The Gay Party
 
1946 Interlude (assistant director)
 
1945 Fram för lilla Märta (assistant director)
 
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2010 Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 

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The Seventh Seal -- Disillusioned and exhausted after a decade of battling in the Crusades, a knight encounters Death on a desolate beach and challenges him to a fateful game of chess.
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Other Works:

(1941) Axel in Helge Krog's play 'Konkylien' at The See more »

Alternate Names:

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Trivia:

He personified the character of "Death" in Bergman's classic The Seventh Seal and in the process created a movie stereotype to be endlessly copied in later movies. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius