Ingvar Kjellson

Swedish actor

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(m. 1949⁠–⁠2014)

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Anders Ingvar Kjell Kjellson (20 May 1923 – 18 December 2014) was a Swedish stage and film actor.^[1] Kjellson was born in Kärna, Östergötland County. He was accepted at the Royal Dramatic Training Academy in 1946.^[2] He worked as an actor at various theatres, and was part of the permanent ensemble at the Royal Dramatic Theatre from 1964.^[3] He had notable roles in a number of plays including Hedda Gabler, The Wild Duck, The Beggars' Opera and Twelfth Night.^[1]^[2] In 2013, he played the old servant Firs in The Cherry Orchard at Stockholm City Theatre.

He also worked in films including Zorn, Raskenstam, and Jazzgossen.^[2]

Kjellson won the Eugene O'Neill Award in 1978. He died at the age of 91 on 18 December 2014 of pneumonia.^[3] He was married to actress Meta Velander until his death.

Selected filmography

Tre söner gick till flyget (1945) - Young Man Playing Piano (uncredited)
Blåjackor (1945) - Aspirant Strid (uncredited)
The Bells of the Old Town (1946) - Guest at the Party at 'Bristol' (uncredited)
In the Arms of the Sea (1951) - Third Mate
Dance in the Smoke (1954) - Snål-Jampe
Taxi 13 (1954) - Artist
Seger i mörker (1954) - Engineer Borg
Karin Månsdotter (1954) - Hakon Ladugårdsfogde - Guard at Gripsholm Castle (uncredited)
The Yellow Squadron (1954) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Mord, lilla vän (1955) - Erik Ljungdahl
The Girl in the Rain (1955) - Klas
The Staffan Stolle Story (1956) - Rabites, ökenskurk
Swing it, fröken (1956) - Robert Roos
Den långa julmiddagen (1956) - Charles
The Song of the Scarlet Flower (1956) - Falk
Summer Place Wanted (1957) - Radio Theatre (voice, uncredited)
The Minister of Uddarbo (1957) - Doctor
The Jazz Boy (1958) - Partygäst
Swinging at the Castle (1959) - Vicar (uncredited)
Pärlemor (1961) - Pawnbroker
En nolla för mycket (1962) - Fredrik
Kort är sommaren (1962) - The Count
Hide and Seek (1963) - Prison Governor
Wild West Story (1964) - Judge
Heja Roland! (1966) - Skog
The Girls (1968) - Olle
Black Palm Trees (1968) - Consul
Shame (1968) - Oswald, lärare i förhörslokalen
Het snö (1968) - Police Inspector Nordström
Made in Sweden (1969) - Niklas Hedström
The Bookseller Gave Up Bathing (1969) - Elim Svensson
Grisjakten (1970) - Gustav Rosen
Ministern (1970) - Driver
The Aristocats (1970) - Edgar Balthazar (Swedish voice)
Robin Hood (1973) - Prince John (Swedish voice)
Vita Nejlikan (1974) - James
Måndagarna med Fanny (1977) - Hilding Eriksson
Chez Nous (1978) - Elmgren
Marmalade Revolution (1980) - Editor
Sverige åt svenskarna (1980) - Sir John
The Flight of the Eagle (1982) - Alfred Nobel
Raskenstam (1983) - Ludvig af Tidaholm
Samson og Sally (1984) - (voice)
Svindlande affärer (1985) - Arvidsson
Gösta Berlings saga (1986, TV Mini-Series) - Sintram
The Journey to Melonia (1989) - Captain Christmas tree (voice)
Den ofrivillige golfaren (1991) - Rutger
Zorn (1994) - Minister Åkerman
Pettson och Findus – Kattonauten (2000) - Kungen (voice)
The Last Sentence (2012) - Pehr Eklund (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b Ingvar Kjellson, biographic article in Nationalencyklopedin
^ ^a ^b ^c Ingvar Kjellson aktiv som skådespelare in i det sista, obituary in Svenska Dagbladet 20 December 2014 (in Swedish)
^ ^a ^b Skådespelaren Ingvar Kjellson är död, obituary in Dagens Nyheter 20 December 2014 (in Swedish)