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!"

Filmography

• 1996Bättre utan hund — Blumfeld, Director, Writer
• 1995Stjärnbilder — (archive footage)
• Duo jag — The old boyfriend
• 1990I morgon var en dröm — Markus
• 1989Doktor Glas — Doktor Glas, Director, Writer
• 1989During the Journey to Melonia — (Prospero)
• 1989The Journey to Melonia — Prospero (voice)
• 1987Pirates of the Lake — Frans i Flinta, Director, Writer
• Ronja Rövardotter — Skalle-Per
• 1986The Nervous Man — Screenplay, Director
• 1986The Sacrifice — Otto
• Fanny and Alexander — Oscar Ekdahl
• 1984Ronia: The Robber's Daughter — Skalle-Per
• 1984Åke and His World — Principal Godeman, Director, Writer
• 1983Alf Sjöberg - mästaren
• 1983Allan Edwall sjunger ut i Påtår
• 1983Limpan — Sture Charles 'Limpan' Lindberg, Writer
• 1983P & B — Josef "Stavros" Bendel
• 1983The School of Wives — Arnolphe
• 1982Fanny and Alexander — Oscar Ekdahl
• 1981Rasmus and the Vagabond — Paradis-Oskar
• 1981SOPOR — Thorbjörn Fälldin
• 1981The Rooster — Thorsson
• 1980Filmen om Anton Nilson. Till arbetarklassens barn
• 1980Madicken of June Hill — Herr Nilsson
• 1980Midsommardröm i fattighuset — Blind-Jonas
• 1980Sverige åt svenskarna — Doktor Karl Otto
• 1980To Be a Millionaire — Allan Persson
• Madicken — herr Nilsson
• 1979You're Out of Your Mind, Madicken — Herr Nilsson
• 1978Bröllopsfesten — Jonas
• Svenska noveller — Jonas
• 1977Games of Love and Loneliness — Markel
• 1977Hålet — Narrator (voice)
• 1977Mondays with Fanny
• 1977The Brothers Lionheart — Mattias
• 1976Elvis! Elvis! — Elvis' Grandfather
• Emil of Lönneberga — Anton Svensson
• Nisse och Greta — Writer
• Engeln — Bertil "Engeln" Engelbrecht
• 1974Kulstötaren — Johan
• 1974Nattens konung — Kristofer
• 1973Emil and the Piglet — Anton Svensson
• 1973Who Loves Yngve Frej — Gustafsson
• 1972New Mischief by Emil — Anton Svensson
• 1972The Ghost Sonata — Gubben
• 1972The New Land — Danjel
• 1971Emil of Lonneberga — Anton Svensson
• 1971The Emigrants — Danjel
• 1970Good-Bye Nana — Lindbaum
• The Red Room — Olle Montanus
• 1969Eriksson — Eriksson - Verkstadsarbetare, Writer, Director
• 1969The Bookseller Who Gave Up Bathing — Jacob
• 1969We Are All Demons — Tor
• 1967Mördaren - en helt vanlig person — Wilhelmsson
• Hemsöborna — Carlsson
• 1966Here Is Your Life — August
• 1966Sadist — Falk
• 19654 x 4
• 1965Gustav Vasa — Engelbrekt
• 1965Interlude in the Marshland — Lineman
• 1965My Home Is Copacabana
• 1965The Banquet Room — läkaren
• 1965The Devil's Instrument — narrator
• 1965The Devotion — Director
• 1964All These Women — Jillker
• 1963A Dream Play — Axel
• 1963Misantropen — Acaste
• 1963Topaze — Albert Topaze
• 1963Winter Light — Algot Frövik
• 1962Kort är sommaren — The doctor
• 1962Stolarna — Old man
• 1961Ljuvlig är sommarnatten — The vagrant
• 1961Mr. Ernest — Doktor Chasuble
• 1961The Brig Three Lilies — Simon Toking
• 1960Av hjärtans lust — Servant
• 1960On a Bench in a Park — Street character
• 1960The Devil's Eye — The Ear Demon
• 1960The Die Is Cast — Dag Serén
• 1960The Virgin Spring — Beggar
• 1960The Wedding Day — Vicar
• 1959Blackjackets — Narrator (voice)
• 1958The Phantom Carriage — Tramp
• 1957Ingen morgondag — The poet
• 1956Girls Without Rooms
• 1955Wild Birds — Fiorentino
• 1954Dance on Roses — Olsson, journalist
• 1954Tattarblod — Natan
• 1953Resan till dej — Bendix' composer

Appearances as themselves (4)

• Astrid Lindgrens älskade filmer — Self (archive footage)
• 1990Evert Taube 100 år — Self
• 1988Lighting — Self
• 1984The Making of Fanny and Alexander — Self