Cast & creator
Allan Edwall
Best known for Fanny and Alexander, Fanny and Alexander, Emil of Lönneberga
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
Emil of Lönneberga
Anton Svensson
1975
Svenska noveller
Jonas
1978
The Sacrifice
Otto
1986
Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
Skalle-Per
1984
The Red Room
Olle Montanus
1970Duo jag
The old boyfriend
1991
The Virgin Spring
Beggar
1960
Madicken
herr Nilsson
1979
The Brothers Lionheart
Mattias
1977
Winter Light
Algot Frövik
1963
Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer
Self (archive footage)
2024
The Devil's Eye
The Ear Demon
1960
Ronja Rövardotter
Skalle-Per
1986
Engeln
Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
1974
Emil of Lonneberga
Anton Svensson
1971
Here Is Your Life
August
1966
New Mischief by Emil
Anton Svensson
1972
You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
Herr Nilsson
1979
The Journey to Melonia
Prospero (voice)
1989
My Home Is Copacabana
1965
Rasmus and the Vagabond
Paradis-Oskar
1981
The Ghost Sonata
Gubben
1972Nisse och Greta
Writer
1975
Ingen morgondag
The poet
1957
All These Women
Jillker
1964
Emil and the Piglet
Anton Svensson
1973
The Brig Three Lilies
Simon Toking
1961
Mördaren - en helt vanlig person
Wilhelmsson
1967
Åke and His World
Principal Godeman
1984Åke and His World
Director
1984Åke and His World
Writer
1984
Girls Without Rooms
1956
Madicken of June Hill
Herr Nilsson
1980
The New Land
Danjel
1972
Pirates of the Lake
Frans i Flinta
1987Pirates of the Lake
Director
1987Pirates of the Lake
Writer
1987
Good-Bye Nana
Lindbaum
1970
During the Journey to Melonia
(Prospero)
1989
The Emigrants
Danjel
1971Sadist
Falk
1966
Hålet
Narrator (voice)
1977
Doktor Glas
Doktor Glas
1989Doktor Glas
Director
1989Doktor Glas
Writer
1989
Limpan
Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg
1983Limpan
Writer
1983
Games of Love and Loneliness
Markel
1977
The Making of Fanny and Alexander
Self
1984
The Devil's Instrument
narrator
1965
Eriksson
Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare
1969Eriksson
Writer
1969Eriksson
Director
1969
Hemsöborna
Carlsson
1966
The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing
Jacob
1969
I morgon var en dröm
Markus
1990
To Be a Millionaire
Allan Persson
1980
On a Bench in a Park
Street character
1960
The School of Wives
Arnolphe
1983
Sverige åt svenskarna
Doktor Karl Otto
1980Stolarna
Old man
1962
A Dream Play
Axel
1963
Who Loves Yngve Frej
Gustafsson
1973
Ljuvlig är sommarnatten
The vagrant
1961
Dance on Roses
Olsson, journalist
1954Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983
The Nervous Man
1986The Nervous Man
Screenplay
1986The Nervous Man
Director
1986
The Rooster
Thorsson
1981
Bättre utan hund
Blumfeld
1996Bättre utan hund
Director
1996Bättre utan hund
Writer
1996
Blackjackets
Narrator (voice)
1959
Evert Taube 100 år
Self
1990
Av hjärtans lust
Servant
1960
SOPOR
Thorbjörn Fälldin
1981
P & B
Josef "Stavros" Bendel
1983
Interlude in the Marshland
Lineman
1965Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983
The Devotion
Director
1965
Lighting
Self
1988
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
1995
The Die Is Cast
Dag Serén
1960
Elvis! Elvis!
Elvis' Grandfather
1976
Tattarblod
Natan
1954
4 x 4
1965
Mr. Ernest
Doktor Chasuble
1961
Kort är sommaren
The doctor
1962
Midsommardröm i fattighuset
Blind-Jonas
1980
The Wedding Day
Vicar
1960
We Are All Demons
Tor
1969
The Phantom Carriage
Tramp
1958Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980
Mondays with Fanny
1977
Resan till dej
Bendix' composer
1953
Topaze
Albert Topaze
1963
Wild Birds
Fiorentino
1955
Misantropen
Acaste
1963
Gustav Vasa
Engelbrekt
1965
Nattens konung
Kristofer
1974
Bröllopsfesten
Jonas
1978
The Banquet Room
läkaren
1965Kulstötaren
Johan
1974