Gunnar Olsson
Acting
Biography
Gunnar Olsson was a Swedish stage and screen actor, director and screenwriter. He made his acting debut in Lorens Marmstedt's film "Kanske en diktare/Maybe a Poet" (1933) and his directing debut with "Järnets män/Men of Iron" (1935).
Born: July 10, 1904
Place of Birth: Nyköping, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Known For
Hanna in High Society
When the old colonel Hummerborg dies, he leaves his fortune and estate to his trusted housemaid Hanna. But the colonel's relatives try everything to have the last will canceled.
The Seventh Seal
When disillusioned Swedish knight Antonius Block returns home from the Crusades to find his country in the grips of the Black Death, he challenges Death to a chess match for his life. Tormented by the belief that God does not exist, Block sets off on a journey, meeting up with traveling players Jof and his wife, Mia, and becoming determined to evade Death long enough to commit one redemptive act while he still lives.
Wild Strawberries
Crotchety retired doctor Isak Borg travels from Stockholm to Lund, Sweden, with his pregnant and unhappy daughter-in-law, Marianne, in order to receive an honorary degree from his alma mater. Along the way, they encounter a series of hitchhikers, each of whom causes the elderly doctor to muse upon the pleasures and failures of his own life. These include the vivacious young Sara, a dead ringer for the doctor's own first love.
Summer Interlude
During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier.
Jazz Boy
The rich young man Teddy Anker invests his money in the theater at the beginning of the 1920s. Whatever he does becomes a success. He falls in love with a dancer, Karin. He decides to put up a show with Karin as the leading lady, but for the first time one of his shows becomes an economic disaster.
Seger i mörker
The story about Gustaf Dalén, the farm boy who became one of Sweden's greatest inventors.
The Mistress
A young woman, living in a relationship, falls in love with a married man.
The Girl from the Third Row
A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
Dumbom
Two twins, separated at birth, meet again by chance many years later. One is a progressive but insensitive mayor of a small town, the other a clown at a circus.
A Stranger Came by Train
An American gangster of Swedish origins returns to his homeland to set up shop as a morality crusader, much in the manner of the later phenomenon of televangelists. While indulging in behind-the-scene shenanigans including rape and murder, the gangster (played by American Clu Gulagher) preaches to large audiences, using mass hypnotism and show-biz razzmatazz to get his message across. The film also features a brief performance by Per Oscarsson, following his highly publicized "retirement" from screen acting.
Filmography
as Firs
as Persson
as The Old Man (uncredited)
as Gustaf Andreas Wallin
as Film director
as Forensic Chemist
as Bishop (uncredited)
as Gardener
as Albertus Pictor
as Speaker
as Johan
as Engkvist
as Professor Planius
as Anders Persson
as Julius
as Ahlbom, cigar maker
as Priest
as Lilja
as Bosse Enöga
as Parish constable
as Masen, klockförsäljare
as Kristoffer
as Sundin
as Gren
as Bogren
as Nils Gallilé
as filmregissören
as Bob Holgert
as Mr. Viding