
Bengt Ekerot
Acting
Born: 1920-02-08 · Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden
Died: 1971-11-26
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 appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of
🎬 Movies (30)

Who Saw Him Die?
1968
Eriksson

The Corridor
1968
Birger Olsson

Ola and Julia
1967
Max

Life's Just Great
1967
The neighbour

Here Is Your Life
1966
Byberg

The D.T.'s
1966
Policeman/Social Worker/Guard
Portrait of Stockholm - A Walk Through 5 Centuries
1964

The Face of War
1963
Narrator (voice)
Det går an
1963

On a Bench in a Park
1960
Sam Persson
Måsen
1959
Director

The Magician
1958
Johan Spegel

Jazz Boy
1958
Erik Jonsson

The Seventh Seal
1957
Death

Sceningång
1956
Johan Erikson
Hamlet
1955
Hamlet

Marianne
1953

The Nuthouse
1951
A student
Dynamite
1947
Allan Axelson

Brita i grosshandlarhuset
1946
"Paniken"

Interlude
1946
German patient
Barbacka
1946
Director

Det glada kalaset
1946
Director

Crime and Punishment
1945
Student

Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It
1945
radio man (voice) (uncredited)

Rosen på Tistelön
1945
Anton Haraldsson

The Royal Rabble
1945

13 Chairs
1945

Three Sons
1945
Erik

Sonja
1943
Bengt