Torsten Lilliecrona
Acting
Biography
Torsten Lilliecrona (4 January 1921 – 15 October 1999) was a Swedish actor. He is mostly famous for his role as Melker Melkersson in the highly successful TV show Vi på Saltkråkan (Life on Seacrow Island) for which Astrid Lindgren wrote the script.
Born: January 4, 1921
Place of Birth: Jönköping, Jönköpings län, Sweden
Known For
Astrid Lindgren's Christmas
This Christmas special breathes new life into some of Astrid Lindgren's beloved stories. Some, we've seen before, some we've never seen in animated form and some are completely new. Centering around a mysterious cuckoo clock, this film brings us into the worlds of Emil, Brenda Brave and Nils Karlsson Pyssling among others.
Summer Interlude
During a brief summer vacation, a lonely woman recalls her first love thirteen years earlier.
Summer with Monika
One summer day, two teens begin a reckless affair and abandon their families to be with one another.
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.
Prison
A filmmaker sets out to create the greatest film in history, but finds out that human abilities have limits.
Life on Seacrow Island
Vi på Saltkråkan is a Swedish TV series in 13 25-minute episodes from 1964. The script for the series was written by Astrid Lindgren, who later re-wrote it as a book, also titled Vi på Saltkråkan. Astrid Lindgren was closely involved in the filming and editing of the series, which took place on Norröra in the Stockholm archipelago. The series was produced and directed by Olle Hellbom.
The Balloon
Sten Stensson Stéen dies when he gets a wooden box in his head, and he enters heaven in a balloon.
Någonstans i Sverige
In the end of 1939, the Soviet Union attacks Finland. In Sweden, 100.000 men are quickly drafted to guard the northeastern border. Men, who have almost no military training, are suddenly expected to behave as full-fledged soldiers. In one of the units we find 107 Andersson, 111 Loffe and a bunch of men with nicknames as Morsgrisen and Stora Norrland. After some months, the war in Finland is over, but World War II continues and the unit moves to the western border of Sweden, where the men have to stay for many years to come. Sweden is not at war, but some of the men are frightened that the Nazis will one day attack this country.
A Lesson in Love
After a 15-year marriage, a couple readies for divorce but suddenly realize that their feelings haven't vanished yet.
Do You Believe in Angels?
Jan Froman is a young man with great plans for the future. He gets a job as an assistant janitor at a bank, but with inherited money he starts to buy and sell real estate which eventually increases in value. He falls in love with Margareta, whose father is a naval officer. Margareta is slighted by her fiance and follows Froman on a sailing trip in the archipelago. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Filmography
as Farbror Melker (archive footage)
as Melker
as Captain Andersson
as Frisören Larson
as Rikspolischefen
as Doctor
as Malte
as Melker Melkersson
as Gustav Vikingson
as Melker Melkersson
as Melker Melkersson
as Melker Melkersson
as direktör Hansson
as Melker Melkersson
as Skollärare Esberg
as Oskarsson
as Patrik Segerclou
as Stenman
as Theater director
as Brian
as Hans Mortimer
as Torsten Lindgren
as Driver
as Guest at Teddy's party
as Trent
as police
as Patrik, Cecilia's husband
as Director Broms
as Speaker
as Holger Karlsson
as skeppsläkare
as furiren
as Kalle Ljung
as Man at the train station
as Rune Gordon
as Jesper Stenswärd
as Prison guard
as Bill
as Doctor
as Jon Månsson, guard
as Bo Ferne
as Police inspector
as Beppo the clown
as Lundkvist, lector
as Stig's director
as Supervisor at copper mine on Cyprus
as Driver at the Vegetable Store
as Waiter at the nightclub
as poliskonstapeln
as Ljus-Pelle
as French prison guard
as Helling's Companion
as Plain-clothes policeman
as Corporal (uncredited)
as Tuppen's Friend (uncredited)
as Executioner
as Soldier (uncredited)
as lackey to von Wismar, guards Rehusen and Riddercrantz (uncredited)
as Vilgott, Marta's fiance
as Peasant
as Anders Månsson (uncredited)