Cast & creator
Allan Edwall
Best known for Fanny and Alexander, Fanny and Alexander, Svenska noveller
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"
Also known as: Аллан Эдвалль
95
film credits
11
television credits
92
1953–2024 · acting roles
7.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (106)
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Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
1984
Fanny and Alexander
Oscar Ekdahl
1982
Svenska noveller
Jonas
1978
The Sacrifice
Otto
1986
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Skalle-Per
1984
Emil of Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
1975
The Red Room
Olle Montanus
1970
The Virgin Spring
Beggar
1960Duo jag
The old boyfriend
1991
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
Self (archive footage)
2024
Winter Light
Algot Frövik
1963
The Brothers Lionheart
Mattias
1977
Here Is Your Life
August
1966
The Devil's Eye
The Ear Demon
1960
New Mischief by Emil
Anton Svensson
1972
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
1974
Madicken
herr Nilsson
1979
Ronja Rövardotter
Skalle-Per
1986
Emil of Lonneberga
Anton Svensson
1971
Pirates of the Lake
Frans i Flinta
1987Pirates of the Lake
Writer
1987Pirates of the Lake
Director
1987
The Ghost Sonata
Gubben
1972
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Wilhelmsson
1967
Hålet
Narrator (voice)
1977
All These Women
Jillker
1964
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Paradis-Oskar
1981
The New Land
Danjel
1972
The Journey to Melonia
Prospero (voice)
1989Sadist
Falk
1966
During the Journey to Melonia
(Prospero)
1989
The Devil's Instrument
narrator
1965
Emil and the Piglet
Anton Svensson
1973
Hemsöborna
Carlsson
1966Nisse och Greta
Writer
1975
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Herr Nilsson
1979
Ingen morgondag
The poet
1957
Doktor Glas
Doktor Glas
1989Doktor Glas
Writer
1989Doktor Glas
Director
1989
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
1984
Madicken of June Hill
Herr Nilsson
1980
Åke and His World
Principal Godeman
1984Åke and His World
Director
1984Åke and His World
Writer
1984
Good-Bye Nana
Lindbaum
1970
The Emigrants
Danjel
1971
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Jacob
1969
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Limpan
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
1983Limpan
Writer
1983
Eriksson
Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
1969Eriksson
Director
1969Eriksson
Writer
1969Stolarna
Old man
1962
I morgon var en dröm
Markus
1990
Games of Love and Loneliness
Markel
1977
Sverige åt svenskarna
Doktor Karl Otto
1980
On a Bench in a Park
Street character
1960
To Be a Millionaire
Allan Persson
1980
Evert Taube 100 år
Self
1990
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Gustafsson
1973
We Are All Demons
Tor
1969
The School of Wives
Arnolphe
1983
The Brig Three Lilies
Simon Toking
1961
The Rooster
Thorsson
1981
A Dream Play
Axel
1963
Dance on Roses
Olsson, journalist
1954
The Nervous Man
1986The Nervous Man
Director
1986The Nervous Man
Screenplay
1986
SOPOR
Thorbjörn Fälldin
1981
P & B
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
1983
Interlude in the Marshland
Lineman
1965Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
The Phantom Carriage
Tramp
1958
Av hjärtans lust
Servant
1960
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
The vagrant
1961
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
1995
Mr. Ernest
Doktor Chasuble
1961
The Wedding Day
Vicar
1960
4 x 4
1965Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
Kort är sommaren
The doctor
1962
The Devotion
Director
1965
The Die Is Cast
Dag Serén
1960
Bättre utan hund
Blumfeld
1996Bättre utan hund
Director
1996Bättre utan hund
Writer
1996
Elvis! Elvis!
Elvis' Grandfather
1976
Blackjackets
Narrator (voice)
1959
Tattarblod
Natan
1954
Lighting
Self
1988
Misantropen
Acaste
1963
Resan till dej
Bendix' composer
1953
Wild Birds
Fiorentino
1955
Topaze
Albert Topaze
1963
Mondays with Fanny
1977Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
Nattens konung
Kristofer
1974
The Banquet Room
läkaren
1965Kulstötaren
Johan
1974
Bröllopsfesten
Jonas
1978
Gustav Vasa
Engelbrekt
1965
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Blind-Jonas
1980