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Bengt Ekerot

1920 - 1971

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Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot (8 February 1920 – 26 November 1971) was a Swedish actor and stage director best known for portraying Death in The Seventh Seal (1957) directed by Ingmar Bergman. In 1956, he directed the world premiere of Long Day's Journey into Night, considered the magnum opus of American playwright Eugene O'Neill. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Bengt Ekerot is the 3,730th most popular actor (down from 3,580th in 2019), the 621st most popular biography from Sweden (down from 592nd in 2019) and the 54th most popular Swedish Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Bengt Ekerot ranks 3,730 out of 13,578Before him are Gösta Ekman, Monica Bleibtreu, Jonelle Allen, Paula Wessely, Michael J. Pollard, and Taraji P. Henson. After him are William Smith, Sandra Hüller, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, Murray Hamilton, Victor Lanoux, and Olive Thomas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Bengt Ekerot ranks 265Before him are Fedora Barbieri, Richard N. Frye, Hans Ørberg, Henry Eriksson, Jacques Doniol-Valcroze, and Mustafa Khalil. After him are Eugênio Sales, Anne-Cath. Vestly, George Herbig, Karen Khachaturian, Janet Jagan, and Ross Martin. Among people deceased in 1971, Bengt Ekerot ranks 145Before him are William F. Albright, Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay, Guillermo León Valencia, Frank Rosenblatt, Richard Montague, and Simon Vestdijk. After him are Jacques Ochs, Juhan Smuul, Harald Öhquist, Romeu Pellicciari, Ciro Verratti, and Sofia Yablonska.

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In Sweden

Among people born in Sweden, Bengt Ekerot ranks 621 out of 1,879Before him are Tore Svensson (1927), Sven Lindqvist (1932), Fredrik Henrik af Chapman (1721), Gösta Ekman (1939), Rune Larsson (1924), and Olle Anderberg (1919). After him are David Lagercrantz (1962), Sven Thofelt (1904), Eivar Widlund (1905), Gert Fredriksson (1919), Thomas Wassberg (1956), and Sigvard Ericsson (1930).

Among ACTORS In Sweden

Among actors born in Sweden, Bengt Ekerot ranks 54Before him are Ricky Bruch (1946), Sven Wollter (1934), Björn Granath (1946), Jarl Kulle (1927), Bo Svenson (1941), and Gösta Ekman (1939). After him are Nils Poppe (1908), Pia Degermark (1949), Hans Alfredson (1931), Naima Wifstrand (1890), Inger Stevens (1934), and Kristina Wayborn (1950).