Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1920-02-08
- Day of Death1971-11-26 (51 years)
- Place of BirthStockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
- Also Known As-
Bengt Ekerot
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1968
The Corridor
As: Birger Olsson
- 1968
Who Saw Him Die?
As: Eriksson
- 1967
Ola and Julia
As: Max
- 1967
Life's Just Great
As: The neighbour
- 1966
Here Is Your Life
As: Byberg
- 1966
The D.T.'s
As: Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
- 1963
The Face of War
As: Narrator (voice)
- 1960
On a Bench in a Park
As: Sam Persson
- 1958
The Magician
As: Johan Spegel
1958Jazz Boy
As: Erik Jonsson
- 1957
The Seventh Seal
As: Death
1956Sceningång
As: Johan Erikson
1955Hamlet
As: Hamlet
1951The Nuthouse
As: A student
1947Dynamite
As: Allan Axelson
1946Interlude
As: German patient
1946Brita i grosshandlarhuset
As: "Paniken"
1945Crime and Punishment
As: Student
- 1945
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
As: radio man (voice) (uncredited)
1945Rosen på tistelön
As: Anton Haraldsson
1945Three Sons
As: Erik
1943Herre med portfölj
As: Stig
1943Sonja
As: Bengt
1943När ungdomen vaknar
As: Lennart
1943Natt i hamn
As: John
1942Man glömmer ingenting
As: Student at art school (uncredited)
1942We Home Toilers
As: Linus Tallhagen
1942Flames in the Dark
As: Åke Kronström
1941Snapphanar
As: Lille-Jonas
1941The Talk of the Town
As: Sven Törring
1940They Staked Their Lives
As: Freedom fighter