Bengt Ekerot

Bengt Ekerot

1920–1971 (aged 51)·Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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)

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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

  1. 1HamletHamlet · 195510.0
  2. 2BarbackaDirector · 194610.0
  3. 3Natt i hamn posterNatt i hamnJohn · 19439.0
  4. 4Herre med portfölj posterHerre med portföljStig · 19439.0
  5. 5Marianne posterMarianne19539.0
  6. 6Three Sons posterThree SonsErik · 19459.0
  7. 7Det går an19639.0
  8. 8När ungdomen vaknar posterNär ungdomen vaknarLennart · 19439.0
  9. 9Hanna in High Society posterHanna in High SocietyFred Hummerberg · 19408.3
  10. 10The Seventh Seal posterThe Seventh SealDeath · 1957 · Fantasy8.2
  11. 11Det glada kalaset posterDet glada kalasetDirector · 19468.0
  12. 12DynamiteAllan Axelson · 19478.0
  13. 13The Face of War posterThe Face of WarNarrator (voice) · 19638.0
  14. 14Jazz Boy posterJazz BoyErik Jonsson · 19587.9
  15. 15Crime and Punishment posterCrime and PunishmentStudent · 19457.7
  16. 16The Magician posterThe MagicianJohan Spegel · 19587.4
  17. 17Sonja posterSonjaBengt · 19437.3
  18. 18Who Saw Him Die? posterWho Saw Him Die?Eriksson · 19687.2
  19. 19Here Is Your Life posterHere Is Your LifeByberg · 19667.0
  20. 20Brita i grosshandlarhuset posterBrita i grosshandlarhuset"Paniken" · 19467.0
  21. 21MåsenDirector · 19597.0
  22. 22Man glömmer ingenting posterMan glömmer ingentingStudent at art school (uncredited) · 19427.0
  23. 23We Home Toilers posterWe Home ToilersLinus Tallhagen · 19427.0
  24. 24The D.T.'s posterThe D.T.'sPoliceman/Social Worker/Guard · 19667.0
  25. 25The Corridor posterThe CorridorBirger Olsson · 19686.9
  26. 26The Royal Rabble posterThe Royal Rabble19456.8
  27. 27Rosen på Tistelön posterRosen på TistelönAnton Haraldsson · 19456.7
  28. 2813 Chairs poster13 Chairs19456.5
  29. 29They Staked Their Lives posterThey Staked Their LivesDick, freedom fighter · 19406.5
  30. 30The Talk of the Town posterThe Talk of the TownSven Törring · 19416.3

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