
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.
"He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
30Credits0 TV · 30 films
1940–1968Years activefirst to latest
10.0 Highest ratedHamlet
7.8 Average ratingacross 30 titles
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Top movies 30best Bengt Ekerot movies
- 1HamletHamlet · 1955
- 2BarbackaDirector · 1946
- 3
Natt i hamnJohn · 1943 - 4
Herre med portföljStig · 1943 - 5
Marianne1953 - 6
Three SonsErik · 1945 - 7Det går an1963
- 8
När ungdomen vaknarLennart · 1943 - 9
Hanna in High SocietyFred Hummerberg · 1940 - 10
The Seventh SealDeath · 1957 · Fantasy - 11
Det glada kalasetDirector · 1946 - 12DynamiteAllan Axelson · 1947
- 13
The Face of WarNarrator (voice) · 1963 - 14
Jazz BoyErik Jonsson · 1958 - 15
Crime and PunishmentStudent · 1945 - 16
The MagicianJohan Spegel · 1958 - 17
SonjaBengt · 1943 - 18
Who Saw Him Die?Eriksson · 1968 - 19
Here Is Your LifeByberg · 1966 - 20
Brita i grosshandlarhuset"Paniken" · 1946 - 21MåsenDirector · 1959
- 22
Man glömmer ingentingStudent at art school (uncredited) · 1942 - 23
We Home ToilersLinus Tallhagen · 1942 - 24
The D.T.'sPoliceman/Social Worker/Guard · 1966 - 25
The CorridorBirger Olsson · 1968 - 26
The Royal Rabble1945 - 27
Rosen på TistelönAnton Haraldsson · 1945 - 28
13 Chairs1945 - 29
They Staked Their LivesDick, freedom fighter · 1940 - 30
The Talk of the TownSven Törring · 1941