Bengt Ekerot
Born
February 8, 1920
Died
November 26, 1971 (51 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
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 Corridor
Birger Olsson
1968
Who Saw Him Die?
Eriksson
1968
Ola and Julia
Max
1967
Life's Just Great
The neighbour
1967
Here Is Your Life
Byberg
1966
The D.T.'s
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
1966
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
1964
The Face of War
Narrator (voice)
1963
Det går an
1963
On a Bench in a Park
Sam Persson
1960
The Magician
Johan Spegel
1958
Jazz Boy
Erik Jonsson
1958
The Seventh Seal
Death
1957
Sceningång
Johan Erikson
1956
Hamlet
Hamlet
1955
Marianne
1953
The Nuthouse
A student
1951
Dynamite
Allan Axelson
1947
Interlude
German patient
1946
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
"Paniken"
1946
13 Chairs
1945
Crime and Punishment
Student
1945
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
radio man (voice) (uncredited)
1945
Rosen på tistelön
Anton Haraldsson
1945
Three Sons
Erik
1945
The Royal Rabble
1945
Herre med portfölj
Stig
1943
Sonja
Bengt
1943
När ungdomen vaknar
Lennart
1943
Natt i hamn
John
1943
Man glömmer ingenting
Student at art school (uncredited)
1942
We Home Toilers
Linus Tallhagen
1942
Flames in the Dark
Åke Kronström
1942
Snapphanar
Lille-Jonas
1941
The Talk of the Town
Sven Törring
1941
Hanna in High Society
1940
They Staked Their Lives
Freedom fighter
1940