Bengt Ekerot

Actor, Film actor

1920 – 1971

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Who was Bengt Ekerot?

Bengt Ekerot was a Swedish actor and director.

Ekerot was born in Stockholm. He had several 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.

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Born
Feb 8, 1920
Stockholm
Also known as
  • Bengt Ekeroth
  • Nils Bengt Folke Ekerot
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  • Sweden
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Died
Nov 26, 1971
Stockholm

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on July 23, 2013

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