Bengt Ekerot
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 8, 1920
- Died
- November 26, 1971
- Birthplace
- 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)
Filmography
The Corridor 1968
as Birger Olsson
Who Saw Him Die? 1968
as Eriksson
Ola and Julia 1967
as Max
Life's Just Great 1967
as The neighbour
Here Is Your Life 1966
as Byberg
The D.T.'s 1966
as Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
- Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries 1964
Actor
The Face of War 1963
as Narrator (voice)
Det går an 1963
Actor
On a Bench in a Park 1960
as Sam Persson
- Måsen
Måsen 1959
Director
The Magician 1958
as Johan Spegel
Jazz Boy 1958
as Erik Jonsson
The Seventh Seal 1957
as Death
Sceningång 1956
as Johan Erikson, Director
- Hamlet
Hamlet 1955
as Hamlet
Marianne 1953
Actor
The Nuthouse 1951
as A student
- Dynamite
Dynamite 1947
as Allan Axelson
- Barbacka
Barbacka 1946
Director
Det glada kalaset 1946
Director
Interlude 1946
as German patient
Brita i grosshandlarhuset 1946
as "Paniken"
13 Chairs 1945
Actor
Crime and Punishment 1945
as Student
Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It 1945
as radio man (voice) (uncredited), Assistant Director
Rosen på Tistelön 1945
as Anton Haraldsson
Three Sons 1945
as Erik
The Royal Rabble 1945
Actor
Herre med portfölj 1943
as Stig
Sonja 1943
as Bengt
När ungdomen vaknar 1943
as Lennart
Natt i hamn 1943
as John
Man glömmer ingenting 1942
as Student at art school (uncredited)
We Home Toilers 1942
as Linus Tallhagen
Flames in the Dark 1942
as Åke Kronström
Snapphanar 1941
as Lille-Jonas
The Talk of the Town 1941
as Sven Törring
Hanna in High Society 1940
as Fred Hummerberg
They Staked Their Lives 1940
as Dick, freedom fighter
Credits from TMDB.