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)
Filmography
The Corridor
as Birger Olsson
The Corridor
as Birger Olsson
Who Saw Him Die?
as Eriksson
Who Saw Him Die?
as Eriksson
Ola and Julia
as Max
Ola and Julia
as Max
Life's Just Great
as The neighbour
Life's Just Great
as The neighbour
Here Is Your Life
as Byberg
Here Is Your Life
as Byberg
The D.T.'s
as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
The D.T.'s
as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
The Face of War
as Narrator (voice)
The Face of War
as Narrator (voice)
Det går an
Det går an
On a Bench in a Park
as Sam Persson
On a Bench in a Park
as Sam Persson
The Magician
as Johan Spegel
The Magician
as Johan Spegel
Jazz Boy
as Erik Jonsson
Jazz Boy
as Erik Jonsson
The Seventh Seal
as Death
The Seventh Seal
as Death
Sceningång
as Johan Erikson
Sceningång
as Johan Erikson
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Hamlet
as Hamlet
Marianne
Marianne
The Nuthouse
as A student
The Nuthouse
as A student
Dynamite
as Allan Axelson
Dynamite
as Allan Axelson
Interlude
as German patient
Interlude
as German patient
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
as "Paniken"
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
as "Paniken"
13 Chairs
13 Chairs
Crime and Punishment
as Student
Crime and Punishment
as Student
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
as radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
as radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Rosen på Tistelön
as Anton Haraldsson
Rosen på Tistelön
as Anton Haraldsson
Three Sons
as Erik
Three Sons
as Erik
The Royal Rabble
The Royal Rabble
Herre med portfölj
as Stig
Herre med portfölj
as Stig
Sonja
as Bengt
Sonja
as Bengt
När ungdomen vaknar
as Lennart
När ungdomen vaknar
as Lennart
Natt i hamn
as John
Natt i hamn
as John
Man glömmer ingenting
as Student at art school (uncredited)
Man glömmer ingenting
as Student at art school (uncredited)
We Home Toilers
as Linus Tallhagen
We Home Toilers
as Linus Tallhagen
Flames in the Dark
as Åke Kronström
Flames in the Dark
as Åke Kronström
Snapphanar
as Lille-Jonas
Snapphanar
as Lille-Jonas
The Talk of the Town
as Sven Törring
The Talk of the Town
as Sven Törring
Hanna in High Society
as Fred Hummerberg
Hanna in High Society
as Fred Hummerberg
They Staked Their Lives
as Dick, freedom fighter
They Staked Their Lives
as Dick, freedom fighter