Stig Olin

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Stig Olin
Stig Olin in Filmjournalen 1947.jpg
Stig Olin in Filmjournalen, 1947.
Born
Stig Högberg

(1920-09-11)11 September 1920
Stockholm, Sweden
Died28 June 2008(2008-06-28) (aged 87)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish
OccupationActor, theatre director, songwriter, singer
Years active1941–1991
Known forThe Word
Torment
Crisis
Flickan från tredje raden
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1944; div. 1980)​

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ChildrenMats Olin
Lena Olin

Stig Olin, né Högberg (11 September 1920 – 28 June 2008) was a Swedish actor, theatre director, songwriter and singer.[1] He was the father of actress Lena Olin and singer . He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck. [2][3][4] [5]

Career[]

Acting[]

Olin had a successful acting career, appearing in lead roles in a number of early Ingmar Bergman films, including Torment/Frenzy (Swedish: Hets) (1944; Bergman's script debut), Crisis (1946), Kvinna utan ansikte (Woman Without a Face) (1947; script by Bergman), Port of Call (1948), Eva (1948; script by Bergman), Prison (1949), To Joy (1950), Summer Interlude (1951) and Divorced (1951; script by Bergman). [6][7]

Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in (1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage). [8]

Film and play director[]

Olin then moved on to directing for both film and stage in the 1950s, 60s and 70s, focusing on comedies and musicals (including the original Swedish staging of Stephen Sondheim's A Little Night Music in 1978). In 1970 he became Director of Programmes at Swedish Radio, including the Swedish radio theatre, where he also directed a number of plays.

Songwriter[]

He was also a songwriter with En gång jag seglar i hamn, På söndag, Människors glädje, Jag tror på sommaren and Karusellvisan, a.o.

Partial filmography[]

  • Kronans käcka gossar (1940) - Military
  • Bright Prospects (1941) - Bertil Bergström
  • Tonight or Never (1941) - Young Man (scenes deleted)
  • (1941) - Young man at Norr Mälarstrand (uncredited)
  • The Fight Continues (1941) - Judge
  • Stackars Ferdinand (1941) - Young man (scenes deleted)
  • Prästen som slog knockout (1943) - Young Man (uncredited)
  • The Sin of Anna Lans (1943) - Arne
  • Ungt blod (1943) - Pelle Persson
  • Ordet (1943) - Anders
  • Lev farligt (1944) - Parachuting Saboteur
  • Den osynliga muren (1944) - Worker (uncredited)
  • Torment (1944) - Sandman - Student (uncredited)
  • Oss tjuvar emellan eller En burk ananas (1945) - Gustav, young worker (uncredited)
  • Tre söner gick till flyget (1945) - Olle - Familjen Hallman
  • Två människor (1945) - Svenning (voice, uncredited)
  • Crisis (1946) - Jack
  • Johansson and Vestman (1946) - Rusan
  • (1946) - Krister Sundbom
  • (1946) - Michael Kollinsky
  • Jens Mansson in America (1947) - Johnny Andersson
  • Woman Without a Face (1947) - Ragnar Ekberg
  • Each to His Own Way (1948) - Fredrik Salén
  • Port of Call (1948) - Thomas - Young Man in the Stairs (uncredited)
  • Eva (1948) - Göran
  • Farlig vår (1949) - Gustaf Eriksson
  • Prison (1949) - Peter
  • Flickan från tredje raden (1949) - Kalle Nilsson
  • To Joy (1950) - Stig Eriksson
  • Sånt händer inte här (1950) - The Young Man / narrator
  • (1950) - Werner
  • Summer Interlude (1951) - Ballet Master
  • Frånskild (1951) - Hans
  • En fästman i taget (1952) - Jerker Nordin
  • (1952) - Stig Andersson
  • Farlig kurva (1952) - Tjoffe Käll
  • Barabbas (1953) - Member of Barabbas' Gang
  • Resan till dej (1953, director & writer with Hasse Ekman) - Messenger in Leather Jacket (uncredited)
  • (1953, director)
  • Gula divisionen (1954, director) - Boman
  • Den underbara lögnen (1955) - Goronflot
  • Mord, lilla vän (1955) - Dick Mattsson
  • Seventh Heaven (1956) - Berättarröst (voice, uncredited)
  • Swing it, fröken (1956) - Singing Student (uncredited)
  • (1956) - Bernard Stensson
  • Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956, director) - Ernst
  • Sjunde himlen (1956, speaker)
  • (1957, writer & director)
  • (1958, director, writer Hasse Ekman & Stig Olin)
  • (1959, writer with Hasse Ekman)
  • (1987) - Potatis-Algot
  • Vargens tid (1988) - Tiggaren
  • (1991, TV Series) - Vicar

References[]

  1. ^ Skådespelaren Stig Olin har avlidit Svenska Dagbladet
  2. ^ "Stig Olin Actor and director 1920–2008". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  3. ^ "Lena Olin". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  4. ^ "Mats Olin". svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  5. ^ "Helena Kallenbäck-Trolle". kallenback-trolle.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  6. ^ "Filmmaker Stig Olin". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  7. ^ "Stig Olin". bfi.org. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
  8. ^ "Stig Olin, actor/composer". bafta.org. Retrieved 1 May 2019.

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