Gunnar Björnstrand
Born: 1909-11-13 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died: 1986-05-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Gunnar Björnstrand (November 13, 1909 – May 26, 1986) was a Swedish actor known for his frequent work with writer/director Ingmar Bergman. He was born in Stockholm. He appeared in over 120 films. Björnstrand at first had trouble finding work but got an engagement in Helsinki with his wife 1936-1938. Back in Stockholm he met Ingmar Bergman, at that time a mostly unknown theatre director. In the 1940s he got his first major film roles, making a breakthrough with the 1946 movie Kristin kommenderar. He was a versatile actor who could play tough and tender as well as comedy and tragedy. His daughter Veronica Björnstrand is also an actress. One of his most famous roles was as the worldly squire who makes such a contrast to his austere and spiritual master in Bergman's most famous film The Seventh Seal. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gunnar Björnstrand, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Filmography
1995
- Stjärnbilder as (archive footage)
1993
- Minns ni? as (archive footage)
1984
- Fanny and Alexander as Filip Landahl
- The Making of Fanny and Alexander as Self
1982
- Fanny and Alexander as Filip Landahl
- The Farewell as isoisä
1981
- The Guldbagge Awards as Self - Ingmar Bergman Award winner
- Charlotte Löwensköld och Anna Svärd as Forsius
1979
- Skeppsredaren as Göran Borg
- Charlotte Löwensköld as Rural dean Forsius
1978
- Autumn Sonata as Paul
- The Making of Autumn Sonata as Self
1977
- Tabu as Rådmanskan
- Nationalmonumentet as Svante Puke
1976
- Face to Face as Jenny's Grandfather
- Face to Face as Jenny's Grandfather
1974
- Engeln as Bäckman
- Gustav III as Fersen
1973
- Någonstans i Sverige as Svärfadern
- Pistolen
1972
- The Ghost Sonata as Översten
1971
- Lockfågeln as The major
1969
- The Rite as Hans Winkelmann
- The lift that went down into hell as The husband
- Tunneln
- Blow Hot, Blow Cold as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
1968
- Shame as Mr. Jacobi
- The Girls as Hugo
- Pygmalion as Prof. Henry Higgins
- An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman as Self
- Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung as Admiral Carl
1967
- The Red Mantle as King Sigvor
- Stimulantia as Paul Hartman
- Henpecked
1966
- Persona as Herr Vogler
- My Sister My Love as Count Schwartz
- Here Is Your Life as Lundgren
- Sadist as Dr. Rune Wester
- Pälsen as Fondmäklare Rickardt
1964
- Loving Couples as Dr. Jacob Lewin
- The Marriage Wrestler as Herr Fotograf Fäger
- Dance Around the Guldbaggen as Self
- The Dress as Helmer Berg
1963
- Winter Light as Tomas Ericsson
- Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie as Self
- My Love Is Like a Rose as Georg Ehnström
- Lyckodrömmen as Sebastian
1962
1961
- Through a Glass Darkly as David
- The Pleasure Garden as David Franzén
- Barna Hedenhös as Narrator (voice)
1960
- The Devil's Eye as The Actor
1959
- Swinging at the Castle as Agne C:son Stressberg
- Mälarpirater
- Heaven and Pancakes as Ernst C:son Kruuse
- Crime in Paradise as Adam Palmquist
1958
- The Magician as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
- Miss April as Marcus Arwidson
- You Are My Adventure as Tore Hall
1957
- The Seventh Seal as Jöns
- Wild Strawberries as Evald
- Summer Place Wanted as Gustaf Dahlström
- Night Light as Purman
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries as Self
1956
- It Is Never Too Late as Arne's father
- Seventh Heaven as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
- Skorpan
1955
- Smiles of a Summer Night as Fredrik Egerman
- Dreams as Otto Sönderby, konsul
- Stampen as Acke Kullerstedt
1954
- A Lesson in Love as David Erneman
- Seger i mörker as Henrik Kugelström
- Flottans glada gossar as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
- Gabrielle as Robert Holmén
1953
- Sawdust and Tinsel as Mr. Sjuberg
- The Glass Mountain as Dr. Dalander
- Möte med livet as Narrator (voice)
- We Three Debutantes as Director Brummer
- Dance, My Doll as Zdenko Zapatil
1952
- Waiting Women as Fredrik Lobelius
- Oppåt med Gröna Hissen as Malte Lövman
- Säg det med blommor
- Flyg-Bom as Niklas Slevbrink
- One Fiancé at a Time as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
- Klackarna i taket
1951
- Tull-Bom as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
- The Nuthouse
- Livat på luckan
1950
- The White Cat as Jarl Eksell
- Kyssen på kryssen as Lars Brenner, film director
- My Sister and I as Gunnar Stenwall
- Fianceé for Hire as Julius Brumse
- The Quartet That Split Up as Engineer Planertz
1949
- The Girl from the Third Row as Edvin Burelius
- Father Bom as Fritjoff Krafft
- Playing Truant as Bertil Kronberg
1948
- Music in Darkness as Klasson
- Little Martin Returns as The Captain
- Private Bom as Berglund
- En svensk tiger as Hans Wolff
- Each to His Own Way as Sture Widman
1947
- Daddy Wanted as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
- Krigsmans erinran
- Caged Women as Bengt Larsson
- The Bride Came Through the Ceiling as Sune Eriksson
- One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer as 40-talisten
- Här kommer vi ... as Skådespelare
1946
- It Rains on Our Love as Mr. Purman
- While the Door Was Locked as Erik Sahlén
- Incorrigible as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
- Kristin Commands as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
- Midwinter Sacrifice as Hövdingen
- Peggy på vift as Harald Haraldsson
1945
- Sussie as Harry Hellberg
- You Who Are About to Enter as Hagman
1944
- Torment as Teacher
- Appassionata as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
- New Order at Sjogarda as Felix Palmer
- Lev farligt as Dr. Hahn
- Mitt folk är icke ditt
1943
- Jag dräpte as Lindén
- Natt i hamn as Sven Eriksson
1942
- General von Döbeln as Lieutenant Bäckström
- En äventyrare
- Trygghet och trivsel
1941
- The Ghost Reporter
- Snapphanar as Soldier
1940
- June Night as Journalist (uncredited)
- Man of the Forest as Clerk
- Everybody at His Station as Military Doctor
- Hjältar i gult och blått as Sergeant Frisk
- Hennes melodi
1939
- Mot nya tider as August Palm's Associate
- Panik as Ryder, Banker
- We Two as Doctor
1938
1937
1934
1932
- His Life's Match
- National match as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
1931
- Ship Ahoy!
- My Heart and Its Millions as Chorister (uncredited)