Bengt Ekerot
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
ActingBirthday
February 8, 1920Deathday
November 26, 1971Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
42Place of birth
Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Cast credits
The Seventh Seal
Death
Here Is Your Life
Byberg
The Magician
Johan Spegel
Brita i grosshandlarhuset
"Paniken"
Flames in the Dark
Åke Kronström
Who Saw Him Die?
Eriksson
Crime and Punishment
Student
Sceningång
Johan Erikson
Interlude
German patient
On a Bench in a Park
Sam Persson
Rosen på tistelön
Anton Haraldsson
Jazz Boy
Erik Jonsson
Snapphanar
Lille-Jonas
We Home Toilers
Linus Tallhagen
Sonja
Bengt
Ola och Julia
Max, regissör
Natt i hamn
John
The Talk of the Town
Sven Törring
They Staked Their Lives
Freedom fighter
13 Chairs
The Corridor
Birger OlssonCrew credits
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