Bengt Ekerot [6656] Gender: Male Popularity: 0.9126 Birthplace: Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden Birthday: 1920-02-08 Deathday: 1971-11-26 Age: 51 years Movies: 37 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director. He had several important roles in Swedish films, but he became immortalized in 1957 when he starred in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, portraying Death as a white-faced man in a black cloak, an archetype that has influenced the representation of Death in countless instances in film and other media since then. All in all Bengt Ekerot appeared in 35 feature films and directed 7 from 1940 to 1968. "He was wrestled with the conditions of his hunger. He cried over his violent appetite. The demons destroyed his beauty." Erland Josephson on Bengt Ekerot in "The Role"(Book 1989) The Corridor1968-12-11 Who Saw Him Die?1968-03-18 Ola and Julia1967-08-20 Life's Just Grea1967-01-23 Here Is Your Lif1966-12-26 The D.T.'s1966-06-27 Portrait of Stoc1964-01-01 The Face of War1963-10-31 Det gÃ¥r an1963-10-10 On a Bench in a 1960-12-19 The Magician1958-12-26 Jazz Boy1958-10-06 The Seventh Seal1957-02-16 SceningÃ¥ng1956-12-03 Hamlet1955-12-04 Marianne1953-09-24 The Nuthouse1951-09-21 Dynamite1947-02-07 Interlude1946-02-11 Brita i grosshan1946-02-04 13 Chairs1945-12-26 Crime and Punish1945-10-16 Put Our Märta F1945-09-29 Rosen pÃ¥ tistel1945-08-05 Three Sons1945-03-03 The Royal Rabble1945-01-19 Herre med portfÃ1943-11-30 Sonja1943-11-05 När ungdomen va1943-11-01 Natt i hamn1943-09-27 Man glömmer ing1942-12-16 We Home Toilers1942-04-04 Flames in the Da1942-03-02 Snapphanar1941-12-26 The Talk of the 1941-09-29 Hanna in High So1940-11-04 They Staked Thei1940-01-01