
Acting
Born August 25, 1924 · Rödön, Jämtlands län, Sweden
Johan Allan Edwall (25 August 1924 – 7 February 1997) was a Swedish actor, director, author, composer and singer, best-known outside Sweden for the small roles he played in some of Ingmar Bergman's films, such as Fanny and Alexander (1982). He found his largest audience in the Scandinavian countries for playing lovable characters in several of the film and TV adaptations of the children's stories by Astrid Lindgren. He attended Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Training Academy from 1949 to 1952. During his long career he appeared in over 400 works. At the 10th Guldbagge Awards in 1974, he won the award for Best Actor for his role as Emil's short-tempered father Anton Svensson in Emil and the Piglet. His 1984 film Åke and His World was entered into the 14th Moscow International Film Festival. In his self-written songs, he frequently attacked the injustices of society. The music is similar to folk music often using violin and accordion. He won a Swedish Grammy posthumously in 2006. Edwall also owned a theatre, Teater Brunnsgatan Fyra in Stockholm, which he bought in 1986 and operated until his death in 1997 of prostate cancer (it is now managed by Kristina Lugn’s daughter Martina Montelius). [citation needed]He was the father of photographer Mattias Edwall and stage director, actor and musician Måns Edwall (1960–2016). Acting colleague Erland Josephson wrote about him in Expressen after his death: "He was odd. But, damn it, he managed to be odd in a universal way!"

Bättre utan hund
1996

Stjärnbilder
1995

Duo jag
1991

I morgon var en dröm
1990

Evert Taube 100 år
1990

Doktor Glas
1989

The Journey to Melonia
1989

During the Journey to Melonia
1989

Lighting
1988

Pirates of the Lake
1987

The Nervous Man
1986

The Sacrifice
1986

Ronia: The Robber's Daughter
1984

Åke and His World
1984

The Making of Fanny and Alexander
1984

The School of Wives
1983

Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
1983

P & B
1983
Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
1983

Limpan
1983

Fanny and Alexander
1982

Rasmus and the Vagabond
1981

The Rooster
1981

SOPOR
1981

Midsommardröm i fattighuset
1980

Madicken of June Hill
1980

Sverige åt svenskarna
1980

Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
1980

To Be a Millionaire
1980

You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken
1979