Beppe Wolgers
Born: 1928-11-10 in Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Died: 1986-08-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928, Stockholm – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist. Wolgers was born in Stockholm. He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Waltz for Debby", "Dat Dere", "Take Five" and "Bachianas brasileiras" no 5. He also made several books and films for children, and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 1968–74 and, as notable, the father of Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Radcliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
1993
- Minns ni? as (archive footage)
1985
- From the Diary of a Cow ... (Book)
1980
- Barna från Blåsjöfjället as Vattudals-Joel
1974
- Dunderklumpen! as Beppe
1970
- Pippi in the South Seas as Kapten Långstrump
- Story of a Woman as Fahlen
1969
- Pippi Longstocking as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- Pippi Longstocking as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- Pippi Goes on Board as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- De sista entusiasterna as Sadistas Dumrath
- Between Us as Åge
1968
- Beppes godnattstund as Himself / Busan (voice)
1967
- Hugo and Josephine as Gudmarson
- Fantasimissimo
1965
1964
- Swedish Portraits as Shop owner
1963
1960
- The Square ... (Lyricist)
- Julkalendern as Långtradarchauffören