Biography
Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968.
"He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989)
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
Director 4
Narrator 1
Birger Olsson
The Corridor (1968)
Movie
Eriksson
Who Saw Him Die? (1968)
Movie
Max
Ola och Julia (1967)
Movie
The Neighbour
Life's Just Great (1967)
Movie
Byberg
Here Is Your Life (1966)
Movie
Policeman / Social Worker / Guard
The D.T.'s (1966)
Movie
Narrator
The Face of War (1963)
Movie
Sam Persson
On a Bench in a Park (1960)
Movie
Director
Måsen (1959)
Movie
Johan Spegel
The Magician (1958)
Movie
6
Erik Jonsson
Jazz Boy (1958)
Movie
Death
The Seventh Seal (1957)
Movie
5.23
Director
Sceningång (1956)
Movie
Marianne (1953)
Movie
A student
The Nuthouse (1951)
Movie
Allan Axelson
Dynamite (1947)
Movie
Director
Det glada kalaset (1946)
Movie
German patient
Interlude (1946)
Movie
'Paniken'
Brita i grosshandlarhuset (1946)
Movie
13 Chairs (1945)
Movie
Student
Crime and Punishment (1945)
Movie
Assistant Director
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It (1945)
Movie
Anton, hennes bror
Rosen på tistelön (1945)
Movie
Erik
Three Sons (1945)
Movie
The Royal Rabble (1945)
Movie
Stig
Herre med portfölj (1943)
Movie
Bengt
Sonja (1943)
Movie
Lennart
När ungdomen vaknar (1943)
Movie
John
Natt i hamn (1943)
Movie
Student at art school (uncredited)
Man glömmer ingenting (1942)
Movie
Linus Tallhagen
We Home Toilers (1942)
Movie
Åke Kronström
Flames in the Dark (1942)
Movie
Lille-Jonas
Snapphanar (1941)
Movie
Sven Törring
The Talk of the Town (1941)
Movie
Hanna in High Society (1940)
Movie
Freedom fighter
They Staked Their Lives (1940)
Movie
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1943
1946
1945
1968
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1920-02-08
Deathday1971-11-26 (51 years old)
Birth PlaceStockholm, Sweden
RelationshipsMargareta Hallin (1959-01-01 - 1968-01-01)
CitizenshipsSweden
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