Actor profile

Bengt Ekerot

8th February 1920 Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden Acting

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)

34 Movies 0 TV Shows 37 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

The Corridor poster

The Corridor 11th December 1968 as Birger Olsson

Who Saw Him Die? poster

Who Saw Him Die? 18th March 1968 as Eriksson

Ola and Julia poster

Ola and Julia 20th August 1967 as Max

Life's Just Great poster

Life's Just Great 23rd January 1967 as The neighbour

Here Is Your Life poster

Here Is Your Life 26th December 1966 as Byberg

The D.T.'s poster

The D.T.'s 27th June 1966 as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard

The Face of War poster

The Face of War 31st October 1963 as Narrator (voice)

Det går an poster

Det går an 10th October 1963

On a Bench in a Park poster

On a Bench in a Park 19th December 1960 as Sam Persson

The Magician poster

The Magician 26th December 1958 as Johan Spegel

Jazz Boy poster

Jazz Boy 6th October 1958 as Erik Jonsson

The Seventh Seal poster

The Seventh Seal 16th February 1957 as Death

Sceningång poster

Sceningång 3rd December 1956 as Johan Erikson

Marianne poster

Marianne 24th September 1953

The Nuthouse poster

The Nuthouse 21st September 1951 as A student

Interlude poster

Interlude 11th February 1946 as German patient

Brita i grosshandlarhuset poster

Brita i grosshandlarhuset 4th February 1946 as "Paniken"

13 Chairs poster

13 Chairs 26th December 1945

Crime and Punishment poster

Crime and Punishment 16th October 1945 as Student

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It poster

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It 29th September 1945 as radio man (voice) (uncredited)

Rosen på Tistelön poster

Rosen på Tistelön 5th August 1945 as Anton Haraldsson

Three Sons poster

Three Sons 3rd March 1945 as Erik

The Royal Rabble poster

The Royal Rabble 19th January 1945

Herre med portfölj poster

Herre med portfölj 30th November 1943 as Stig

Sonja poster

Sonja 5th November 1943 as Bengt

När ungdomen vaknar poster

När ungdomen vaknar 1st November 1943 as Lennart

Natt i hamn poster

Natt i hamn 27th September 1943 as John

Man glömmer ingenting poster

Man glömmer ingenting 16th December 1942 as Student at art school (uncredited)

We Home Toilers poster

We Home Toilers 4th April 1942 as Linus Tallhagen

Flames in the Dark poster

Flames in the Dark 2nd March 1942 as Åke Kronström

Snapphanar poster

Snapphanar 26th December 1941 as Lille-Jonas

The Talk of the Town poster

The Talk of the Town 29th September 1941 as Sven Törring

Hanna in High Society poster

Hanna in High Society 4th November 1940 as Fred Hummerberg

They Staked Their Lives poster

They Staked Their Lives 1st January 1940 as Dick, freedom fighter

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