Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergmans films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the childrens stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholms Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emils short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet.His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival.In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006.Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!

All movies available from Allan Edwall

Movies unavailable from Allan Edwall

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter

Skalle-Per

Movie 1984

Bröllopsfesten

Jonas

Movie 1978

Midsommardröm i fattighuset

Blind-Jonas

Movie 1980

Rasmus and the Vagabond

Paradis-Oskar

Movie 1981

Fanny and Alexander

Oscar Ekdahl

Movie 1982

The Brothers Lionheart

Mattias

Movie 1977

Doktor Glas

Doktor Glas

Movie 1989

The Sacrifice

Otto

Movie 1986

The Virgin Spring

Beggar

Movie 1960

Emil of Lonneberga

Anton Svensson

Movie 1971

New Mischief by Emil

Anton Svensson

Movie 1972

Emil and the Piglet

Anton Svensson

Movie 1973

Madicken of June Hill

Herr Nilsson

Movie 1980

Here Is Your Life

August

Movie 1966

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken

Herr Nilsson

Movie 1979

The Emigrants

Danjel

Movie 1971

Winter Light

Algot Frövik

Movie 1963

The Rooster

Thorsson

Movie 1981

The New Land

Danjel

Movie 1972

The Devil's Eye

The Ear Demon

Movie 1960

During the Journey to Melonia

(Prospero)

Movie 1989

Voyage to Melonia

Prospero (voice)

Movie 1989

Dance on Roses

Olsson, journalist

Movie 1954

Gustav Vasa

Engelbrekt

Movie 1965

Sadist

Falk

Movie 1966

Pirates of the Lake

Frans i Flinta

Movie 1987

All These Women

Jillker

Movie 1964

P & B

Josef "Stavros" Bendel

Movie 1983

Mördaren - en helt vanlig person

Wilhelmsson

Movie 1967

Duo jag

The old boyfriend

Movie 1991

Åke and His World

Principal Godeman

Movie 1984

Who Loves Yngve Frej

Gustafsson

Movie 1973

The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing

Jacob

Movie 1969

Elvis! Elvis!

Elvis' Grandfather

Movie 1976

Limpan

Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg

Movie 1983

To Be a Millionaire

Allan Persson

Movie 1980

SOPOR

Thorbjörn Fälldin

Movie 1981

On a Bench in a Park

Street character

Movie 1960

Girls Without Rooms

Movie 1956

Sverige åt svenskarna

Doktor Karl Otto

Movie 1980

Stolarna

Old man

Movie 1962

Resan till dej

Bendix' composer

Movie 1953

Evert Taube 100 år

Self

Movie 1990

The Making of Fanny and Alexander

Self

Movie 1984

Kulstötaren

Johan

Movie 1974

We Are All Demons

Tor

Movie 1969

A Dream Play

Axel

Movie 1963

Stjärnbilder

(archive footage)

Movie 1995

Bättre utan hund

Blumfeld

Movie 1996

Nattens konung

Kristofer

Movie 1974

Eriksson

Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare

Movie 1969

Interlude in the Marshland

Lineman

Movie 1965

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren

Movie 1983

Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn

Movie 1980

The School of Wives

Arnolphe

Movie 1983

Games of Love and Loneliness

Markel

Movie 1977

Blackjackets

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1959

The Brig Three Lilies

Simon Toking

Movie 1961

The Devil's Instrument

narrator

Movie 1965

The Die Is Cast

Dag Seren

Movie 1960

Ingen morgondag

The poet

Movie 1957

Topaze

Albert Topaze

Movie 1963

Kort är sommaren

The doctor

Movie 1962

Mondays with Fanny

Movie 1977

Good-Bye Nana

Lindbaum

Movie 1970

Vildfåglar

Fiorentino

Movie 1955

Av hjärtans lust

Servant

Movie 1960

Ljuvlig är sommarnatten

The vagrant

Movie 1961

Tattarblod

Natan

Movie 1954

The Devotion

Director

Movie 1965

The Phantom Carriage

Tramp

Movie 1958

The Ghost Sonata

Gubben

Movie 1972

Lighting

Self

Movie 1988

The Banquet Room

läkaren

Movie 1965

The Wedding Day

Vicar

Movie 1960

My Home Is Copacabana

Movie 1965

4 x 4

Movie 1965

Mr. Ernest

Doktor Chasuble

Movie 1961

Hålet

Narrator (voice)

Movie 1977

Tv series unavailable from Allan Edwall

Svenska noveller

Jonas

Tv 1978

Emil of Lönneberga

Anton Svensson

Tv 1975

Engeln

Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht

Tv 1974

Hemsöborna

Carlsson

Tv 1966

Madicken

herr Nilsson

Tv 1979

Ronja Rövardotter

Skalle-Per

Tv 1986

The Red Room

Olle Montanus

Tv 1970