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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
The Corridor
Character:Birger Olsson
Release Date:11/12/1968
Who Saw Him Die?
Character:Eriksson
Release Date:18/03/1968
Ola and Julia
Character:Max
Release Date:20/08/1967
Life's Just Great
Character:The neighbour
Release Date:23/01/1967
Here Is Your Life
Character:Byberg
Release Date:26/12/1966
The D.T.'s
Character:Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
Release Date:27/06/1966
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1964
The Face of War
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:31/10/1963
Det går an
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1963
On a Bench in a Park
Character:Sam Persson
Release Date:19/12/1960
The Magician
Character:Johan Spegel
Release Date:26/12/1958
Jazz Boy
Character:Erik Jonsson
Release Date:06/10/1958
The Seventh Seal
Character:Death
Release Date:16/02/1957
Sceningång
Character:Johan Erikson
Release Date:03/12/1956
Hamlet
Character:Hamlet
Release Date:04/12/1955
Marianne
Character:
Release Date:24/09/1953
The Nuthouse
Character:A student
Release Date:21/09/1951
Dynamite
Character:Allan Axelson
Release Date:07/02/1947
Interlude
Character:German patient
Release Date:11/02/1946
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
Character:"Paniken"
Release Date:04/02/1946
13 Chairs
Character:
Release Date:26/12/1945
Crime and Punishment
Character:Student
Release Date:16/10/1945
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
Character:radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:29/09/1945
Rosen på tistelön
Character:Anton Haraldsson
Release Date:05/08/1945
Three Sons
Character:Erik
Release Date:03/03/1945
The Royal Rabble
Character:
Release Date:19/01/1945
Herre med portfölj
Character:Stig
Release Date:30/11/1943
Sonja
Character:Bengt
Release Date:05/11/1943
När ungdomen vaknar
Character:Lennart
Release Date:01/11/1943
Natt i hamn
Character:John
Release Date:27/09/1943
Man glömmer ingenting
Character:Student at art school (uncredited)
Release Date:16/12/1942
We Home Toilers
Character:Linus Tallhagen
Release Date:04/04/1942
Flames in the Dark
Character:Åke Kronström
Release Date:02/03/1942
Snapphanar
Character:Lille-Jonas
Release Date:26/12/1941
The Talk of the Town
Character:Sven Törring
Release Date:29/09/1941
Hanna in High Society
Character:Fred Hummerberg
Release Date:04/11/1940
They Staked Their Lives
Character:Dick, freedom fighter
Release Date:01/01/1940
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