Bengt Ekerot
Acting
Born: 1920-02-08 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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)
Known For
The Seventh Seal
Death
The Magician
Johan Spegel
När ungdomen vaknar
Lennart
Here Is Your Life
Byberg
Sonja
Bengt
Marianne
The Corridor
Birger Olsson
Who Saw Him Die?
Eriksson
Interlude
German patient
Crime and Punishment
Student
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
radio man (voice) (uncredited)
Jazz Boy
Erik Jonsson
Flames in the Dark
Åke Kronström
Life's Just Great
The neighbour
The Nuthouse
A student
Rosen på Tistelön
Anton Haraldsson
Ola and Julia
Max
Det går an
Snapphanar
Lille-Jonas
Natt i hamn
John
We Home Toilers
Linus Tallhagen
On a Bench in a Park
Sam Persson
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
"Paniken"
Three Sons
Erik
The Talk of the Town
Sven Törring
13 Chairs
The Royal Rabble
Herre med portfölj
Stig
Man glömmer ingenting
Student at art school (uncredited)
Sceningång
Johan Erikson
Hanna in High Society
Fred Hummerberg
They Staked Their Lives
Dick, freedom fighter
The D.T.'s
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
The Face of War
Narrator (voice)