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Bengt Ekerot

Bengt Ekerot

Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968.

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Born

Feb 08, 1920

Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Died

Nov 26, 1971

Known For

Acting

Movies

37 acting

5 crew

Popularity

0.5

Known For

The Seventh Seal
The Seventh Seal
1957 • as Death
★ 8.1
The Magician
The Magician
1958 • as Johan Spegel
★ 7.3
Here Is Your Life
Here Is Your Life
1966 • as Byberg
★ 7.1
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
1945 • as radio man (voice) (uncredited)
★ 5.1
Sonja
Sonja
1943 • as Bengt
★ 7.2
On a Bench in a Park
On a Bench in a Park
1960 • as Sam Persson
★ 5.0
Jazz Boy
Jazz Boy
1958 • as Erik Jonsson
★ 7.3
Snapphanar
Snapphanar
1941 • as Lille-Jonas
★ 6.0
Rosen på Tistelön
Rosen på Tistelön
1945 • as Anton Haraldsson
★ 6.7
They Staked Their Lives
They Staked Their Lives
1940 • as Dick, freedom fighter
★ 6.5
Ola and Julia
Ola and Julia
1967 • as Max
★ 6.2
The Talk of the Town
The Talk of the Town
1941 • as Sven Törring
★ 6.3
Man glömmer ingenting
Man glömmer ingenting
1942 • as Student at art school (uncredited)
★ 7.0
Marianne
★ 9.0
movie
Hamlet
1955 • as Hamlet
★ 10.0
Life's Just Great
Life's Just Great
1967 • as The neighbour
★ 5.8
Herre med portfölj
Herre med portfölj
1943 • as Stig
★ 9.0
Who Saw Him Die?
Who Saw Him Die?
1968 • as Eriksson
★ 7.1
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
1946 • as "Paniken"
★ 7.0
movie
Dynamite
1947 • as Allan Axelson
★ 8.0
Flames in the Dark
Flames in the Dark
1942 • as Åke Kronström
★ 6.3
The Nuthouse
The Nuthouse
1951 • as A student
★ 5.2
Interlude
Interlude
1946 • as German patient
★ 5.3
The Royal Rabble
★ 6.8
Three Sons
Three Sons
1945 • as Erik
★ 9.0
13 Chairs
★ 6.5
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
1945 • as Student
★ 7.7
The D.T.'s
The D.T.'s
1966 • as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
★ 7.0
We Home Toilers
We Home Toilers
1942 • as Linus Tallhagen
★ 7.0
Hanna in High Society
Hanna in High Society
1940 • as Fred Hummerberg
★ 8.3
Natt i hamn
Natt i hamn
1943 • as John
★ 9.0
När ungdomen vaknar
När ungdomen vaknar
1943 • as Lennart
★ 9.0
The Corridor
The Corridor
1968 • as Birger Olsson
★ 6.9
Det går an
★ 9.0
Sceningång
Sceningång
1956 • as Johan Erikson
★ 5.7
The Face of War
The Face of War
1963 • as Narrator (voice)
★ 8.0