Gunnar Tolnæs

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Gunnar Tolnæs
Gunnar Tolnæs in 1927.jpg
Born	(1879-12-07)7 December 1879[1] Oslo, Norway[1]
Died	9 November 1940(1940-11-09) (aged 60)[1] Oslo, Norway[1]
Occupation	Actor

Gunnar Tolnæs (1879–1940)^[1] was a Norwegian-born film actor who worked for most of his career in Denmark.

Early life[]

He was born in Oslo, Norway.^[1]

He started his career with the theatre in 1906, with a long theater career in various Norwegian theaters, along with guest appearances in Copenhagen.

He debuted in film in 1914 in a Swedish-made silent film. The following year he came to Nordisk Film in Denmark, replacing Valdemar Psilander as the company's main star. He had led or co-starred in a total of 27 Danish silent films.

Career[]

Tolnæs's film credits, all silent films, include:

• Children of the Streets (1914)
• One of the Many (1915)
• Himmelskibet (also known as A Trip To Mars) (1918)
• The Maharaja's Favourite Wife (1921)
• The Flight into Marriage (1922)
• Her Little Majesty (1925)
• Sex in Chains (1928)

Death[]

He died in Oslo at age sixty and is buried with his family at Vestre gravlund.

Notes[]

External links[]

• Gunnar Tolnæs at Find a Grave
• Gunnar Tolnæs at IMDb

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