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
- Charlotte Löwensköld as Rural dean Forsius
- Skeppsredaren as Göran Borg
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 lift that went down into hell as The husband
- The Rite as Hans Winkelmann
- Blow Hot, Blow Cold as Prof. Gunnar Lindmark
- Tunneln
1968
- Shame as Mr. Jacobi
- The Girls as Hugo
- An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman as Self
- Pappa varför är du arg? Du gjorde likadant själv när du var ung as Admiral Carl
- Pygmalion as Prof. Henry Higgins
1967
- The Red Mantle as King Sigvor
- Stimulantia as Paul Hartman
- Henpecked
1966
- Persona as Herr Vogler
- Sadist as Dr. Rune Wester
- My Sister My Love as Count Schwartz
- Here Is Your Life as Lundgren
- Pälsen as Fondmäklare Rickardt
1964
- Loving Couples as Dr. Jacob Lewin
- Dance Around the Guldbaggen as Self
- The Marriage Wrestler as Herr Fotograf Fäger
- The Dress as Helmer Berg
1963
- Winter Light as Tomas Ericsson
- Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie as Self
- Lyckodrömmen as Sebastian
- My Love Is Like a Rose as Georg Ehnström
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
- Heaven and Pancakes as Ernst C:son Kruuse
- Crime in Paradise as Adam Palmquist
- Mälarpirater
1958
- Miss April as Marcus Arwidson
- The Magician as Dr. Vergerus / Minister of Health
- You Are My Adventure as Tore Hall
1957
- The Seventh Seal as Jöns
- Wild Strawberries as Evald
- Summer Place Wanted as Gustaf Dahlström
- Behind the Scenes of Wild Strawberries as Self
- Night Light as Purman
1956
- Seventh Heaven as Maj. Ernst C:son Kruuse
- Skorpan
- It Is Never Too Late as Arne's father
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
- Gabrielle as Robert Holmén
- Seger i mörker as Henrik Kugelström
- Flottans glada gossar as Ludvig "Ludde" Ekman
1953
- Sawdust and Tinsel as Mr. Sjuberg
- Dance, My Doll as Zdenko Zapatil
- We Three Debutantes as Director Brummer
- Möte med livet as Narrator (voice)
- The Glass Mountain as Dr. Dalander
1952
- Waiting Women as Fredrik Lobelius
- Oppåt med Gröna Hissen as Malte Lövman
- Flyg-Bom as Niklas Slevbrink
- Säg det med blommor
- One Fiancé at a Time as Valentin Fredriksson-Frisk, alias ''Dynamit-Valle'', dynamitard
- Klackarna i taket
1951
- The Nuthouse
- Tull-Bom as Frans Melin, aka Hamn-Casanova
- Livat på luckan
1950
- Kyssen på kryssen as Lars Brenner, film director
- The White Cat as Jarl Eksell
- The Quartet That Split Up as Engineer Planertz
- My Sister and I as Gunnar Stenwall
- Fianceé for Hire as Julius Brumse
1949
- The Girl from the Third Row as Edvin Burelius
- Playing Truant as Bertil Kronberg
- Father Bom as Fritjoff Krafft
1948
- Music in Darkness as Klasson
- Private Bom as Berglund
- Each to His Own Way as Sture Widman
- Little Martin Returns as The Captain
- En svensk tiger as Hans Wolff
1947
- Caged Women as Bengt Larsson
- Här kommer vi ... as Skådespelare
- One Swallow Does Not Make a Summer as 40-talisten
- The Bride Came Through the Ceiling as Sune Eriksson
- Daddy Wanted as Shoe-shiner Tom, 'Plutten'
- Krigsmans erinran
1946
- It Rains on Our Love as Mr. Purman
- Incorrigible as Dr. Bertil Langenfeldt
- Peggy på vift as Harald Haraldsson
- While the Door Was Locked as Erik Sahlén
- Kristin Commands as Dr. Westman Senior / Vilhelm Westman
- Midwinter Sacrifice as Hövdingen
1945
- You Who Are About to Enter as Hagman
- Sussie as Harry Hellberg
1944
- Appassionata as Svensson, Editor of Vecko-Bilden
- Torment as Teacher
- New Order at Sjogarda as Felix Palmer
- Mitt folk är icke ditt
- Lev farligt as Dr. Hahn
1943
- Jag dräpte as Lindén
- Natt i hamn as Sven Eriksson
1942
- General von Döbeln as Lieutenant Bäckström
- Trygghet och trivsel
- En äventyrare
1941
- The Ghost Reporter
- Snapphanar as Soldier
1940
- June Night as Journalist (uncredited)
- Man of the Forest as Clerk
- Hjältar i gult och blått as Sergeant Frisk
- Hennes melodi
- Everybody at His Station as Military Doctor
1939
- Panik as Ryder, Banker
- Mot nya tider as August Palm's Associate
- We Two as Doctor
1938
1937
1934
1932
- His Life's Match
- National match as Young student watching competition (uncredited)
1931
- My Heart and Its Millions as Chorister (uncredited)
- Ship Ahoy!