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Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman was a Swedish actor. Generally spoken of as Swedish theatre's most legendary stage actor, Gösta Ekman enjoyed a prolific stage career during his short life, becoming the first real star of Swedish theatre. His boyish good looks attracted both sexes, helping to create a massive cult following and elevating him to the status of a living legend. Combined with a beautiful voice and a powerful stage presence, Ekman was able to captivate his audiences.
Birth Name
Frans Gösta Viktor Ekman
Born
Sunday, 28 December 1890
Died
Wednesday, 12 January 1938
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Illusive Tracks | Pompe / Theodor Bäckström (Pompe) | 2003 |
| Nu är pappa trött igen | Mr. Khopp / Fadern | 1996 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Various roles / Faust | 1995 |
| Dödspolare | Torbjörn "Tobbe" Skytt | 1985 |
| The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever | Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1984 |
| Fröken Fleggmans mustasch | Kurt S Wresig / Kolerik Wresig / kommisarie Kommisarie | 1984 |
| The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1982 |
| Beware of the Jonsson Gang! | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1981 |
| SOPOR | John Smith, Police chief of Säpo / John Smith (Pseudonym) | 1981 |
| Mannen som blev miljonär | Stickan / Stig | 1980 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Illusive Tracks | Pompe / Theodor Bäckström (Pompe) | 2003 |
| Nu är pappa trött igen | Mr. Khopp / Fadern | 1996 |
| Cinema Europe: The Other Hollywood | Various roles / Faust | 1995 |
| Dödspolare | Torbjörn "Tobbe" Skytt | 1985 |
| The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever | Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1984 |
| Fröken Fleggmans mustasch | Kurt S Wresig / Kolerik Wresig / kommisarie Kommisarie | 1984 |
| The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1982 |
| Beware of the Jonsson Gang! | Charles-Ingvar "Sickan" Jönsson / Charles-Ingvar 'Sickan' Jönsson | 1981 |
| SOPOR | John Smith, Police chief of Säpo / John Smith (Pseudonym) | 1981 |
| Mannen som blev miljonär | Stickan / Stig | 1980 |
| Farbrorn som inte vill va' stor | Narrator (voice) | 1979 |
| Herr och fru Papphammar | Gunnar Papphammar | 1978 |
| Release the Prisoners to Spring | Frans - Prison director / Fängelsedirektören | 1975 |
| Dunderklumpen! | Dummy (voice) / Dummy | 1974 |
| The Apple War | Sten Wall / Sten Wall, PR-man | 1971 |
| Mumintrollet | Kung Karl Fredrik I | 1969 |
| Out of an Old Man's Head | Male student / Student | 1968 |
| Hollywood: The Selznick Years | Actor 'Intermezzo' (1938) | 1961 |
| Jazzgossen | Self - Skådespelare | 1958 |
| It Only Happened Once | Self - Gösta Ekman | 1958 |
| Intermezzo | Professor Holger Brandt | 1936 |
| Johan Ulfstjerna | Johan Ulfstjerna | 1936 |
| Kungen kommer | Leonard Pettersson / King Charles XV | 1936 |
| Swedenhielms | Rolf Swedenhielm | 1935 |
| Två man om en änka | 39 Ludwig Karlsson | 1933 |
| Kära släkten | Claes af Leijonstam | 1933 |
| Kanske en diktare | Filip, rockvaktmästare / Filip | 1933 |
| Brokiga blad | Sigge Wulff | 1931 |
| Mach' mir die Welt zum Paradies | Gunnar / Gunnar Lanner | 1930 |
| For Her Sake | Gunnar Lanner | 1930 |
| The Last Night | Marc-Anton | 1928 |
| Gustaf Wasa, Part Two | Gustaf Eriksson Wasa | 1928 |
| Gustaf Wasa, Part One | Gustaf Eriksson Wasa | 1928 |
| Husband by Proxy | Marquis Robert de Luny & Jean Coubert | 1927 |
| Hans engelska fru | Ivor Willington | 1927 |
| Harry Persson - Bud Gorman | Self - Spectator | 1927 |
| Klovnen | Joe Higgins / Joe Higgins, klovnen | 1926 |
| Faust | Faust | 1926 |
| Karl XII, del II | Karl XII | 1925 |
| Charles XII | Karl XII | 1925 |
| The Young Nobleman | Count Hans Lewestierna | 1924 |
| Carl XII:s kurir | Axel Roos | 1924 |
| Kärlekens ögon | Henry Warden | 1922 |
| Mortal Clay | Bertram | 1922 |
| En lyckoriddare | Lars Wiwalt | 1921 |
| Family Traditions | Ernst | 1920 |
| Gyurkovicsarna | Geza Gyurkovics | 1920 |
| Thora van Deken | Bjerring | 1920 |
| Bomben | Ture af Örnefeldt | 1920 |
| The Girl from Abroad; or, The Great Underworld | The rich young man | 1913 |
| The Gardener | The Gardener's son | 1912 |
Director Filmography
| Title | Year |
|---|
| Dödspolare | 1985 |
| Fröken Fleggmans mustasch | 1984 |
| Husband by Proxy | 1927 |
