Growing up in the landscape of Jämtland, Edwall spent some time working on a ship before he arrived in Stockholm in the 1940s, just barely making a living as a writer, painter and poet before he was admitted to the Royal Dramatic Theater's acting school in 1949. After graduation he worked at the theater in the 1950s and 1960s but he was mainly a jack-of-all-trades, appearing on the stage, in movies as well as recording and publishing his own songs. He is remembered for a string of queer roles, such as Emil's father in the Emil of Lönneberga films, the cheerful vagabond in the Rasmus and the vagabond movie, the dying father in Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Alexander as well as Carlsson in the TV adaptation of Strindberg's Hemsöborna. In the later part of his life he owned his own theater, Brunnsgatan 4, in Stockholm. Biography by Mattias Thuresson.
Movie | Duo jag | The old boyfriend | 1991-09-09 |
Movie | Evert Taube 100 år | Self | 1990-03-12 |
Movie | During the Journey to Melonia | (Prospero) | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Voyage to Melonia | Prospero (voice) | 1989-12-15 |
Movie | Lighting | Self | 1988-01-01 |
Movie | Pirates of the Lake | Frans i Flinta | 1987-02-25 |
Movie | The Sacrifice | Otto | 1986-05-09 |
Series | Ronja Rövardotter | Skalle-Per | 1986-12-25 |
Movie | The Making of Fanny and Alexander | Self | 1984-09-16 |
Movie | Åke and His World | Principal Godeman | 1984-10-26 |
Series | Fanny and Alexander | Oscar Ekdahl | 1984-12-26 |
Movie | Ronia, the Robber's Daughter | Skalle-Per | 1984-12-14 |
Movie | Limpan | Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg | 1983-02-04 |
Movie | The School of Wives | Arnolphe | 1983-12-25 |
Movie | P & B | Josef "Stavros" Bendel | 1983-12-10 |
Movie | Fanny and Alexander | Oscar Ekdahl | 1982-12-17 |
Movie | Rasmus and the Vagabond | Paradis-Oskar | 1981-12-12 |
Movie | SOPOR | Thorbjörn Fälldin | 1981-03-21 |
Movie | The Rooster | Thorsson | 1981-09-04 |
Movie | To Be a Millionaire | Allan Persson | 1980-05-17 |
Movie | Sverige åt svenskarna | Doktor Karl Otto | 1980-07-31 |
Movie | Midsommardröm i fattighuset | Blind-Jonas | 1980-12-14 |
Movie | Madicken of June Hill | Herr Nilsson | 1980-10-18 |
Series | Madicken | herr Nilsson | 1979-10-06 |
Movie | You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken | Herr Nilsson | 1979-12-13 |
Series | Svenska noveller | Jonas | 1978-02-06 |
Movie | Bröllopsfesten | Jonas | 1978-02-20 |
Movie | Games of Love and Loneliness | Markel | 1977-08-29 |
Movie | Mondays with Fanny | 1977-08-31 | |
Movie | The Brothers Lionheart | Mattias | 1977-09-23 |
Movie | Elvis! Elvis! | Elvis' Grandfather | 1976-11-20 |
Series | Emil of Lönneberga | Anton Svensson | 1975-11-22 |
Series | Engeln | Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht | 1974-09-15 |
Movie | Who Loves Yngve Frej | Gustafsson | 1973-01-06 |
Movie | Emil and the Piglet | Anton Svensson | 1973-10-06 |
Movie | The New Land | Danjel | 1972-02-26 |
Movie | New Mischief by Emil | Anton Svensson | 1972-10-21 |
Movie | The Ghost Sonata | Gubben | 1972-10-30 |
Movie | The Emigrants | Danjel | 1971-03-08 |
Movie | Emil of Lonneberga | Anton Svensson | 1971-12-04 |
Movie | Good-Bye Nana | Lindbaum | 1970-12-18 |
Series | The Red Room | Olle Montanus | 1970-03-22 |
Movie | Eriksson | Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare | 1969-03-03 |
Movie | The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing | Jacob | 1969-04-06 |
Movie | We Are All Demons | Tor | 1969-06-27 |
Movie | Mördaren - en helt vanlig person | Wilhelmsson | 1967-01-16 |
Movie | Sadist | Falk | 1966-06-27 |
Series | Hemsöborna | Carlsson | 1966-02-19 |
Movie | Here Is Your Life | August | 1966-12-26 |
Movie | My Home Is Copacabana | 1965-06-08 | |
Movie | Interlude in the Marshland | Lineman | 1965-02-22 |
Movie | 4 x 4 | 1965-02-25 | |
Movie | The Banquet Room | läkaren | 1965-07-26 |
Movie | Gustav Vasa | Engelbrekt | 1965-09-06 |
Movie | The Devil's Instrument | narrator | 1965-09-23 |
Movie | The Devotion | Director | 1965-09-13 |
Movie | All These Women | Jillker | 1964-06-15 |
Movie | Winter Light | Algot Frövik | 1963-02-11 |
Movie | Topaze | Albert Topaze | 1963-02-18 |
Movie | A Dream Play | Axel | 1963-05-02 |
Movie | Stolarna | Old man | 1962-01-12 |
Movie | Kort är sommaren | The doctor | 1962-12-26 |
Movie | Ljuvlig är sommarnatten | The vagrant | 1961-08-17 |
Movie | The Brig Three Lilies | Simon Toking | 1961-12-26 |
Movie | Av hjärtans lust | Servant | 1960-08-29 |
Movie | The Virgin Spring | Beggar | 1960-02-08 |
Movie | The Die Is Cast | Dag Seren | 1960-02-15 |
Movie | The Devil's Eye | The Ear Demon | 1960-10-17 |
Movie | On a Bench in a Park | Street character | 1960-12-19 |
Movie | Blackjackets | Narrator (voice) | 1959-11-13 |
Movie | The Phantom Carriage | Tramp | 1958-09-18 |
Movie | Ingen morgondag | The poet | 1957-10-16 |
Movie | Girls Without Rooms | 1956-03-25 | |
Movie | Vildfåglar | Fiorentino | 1955-08-21 |
Movie | Tattarblod | Natan | 1954-02-08 |
Movie | Dance on Roses | Olsson, journalist | 1954-08-09 |
Movie | Resan till dej | Bendix' composer | 1953-12-19 |