Stig Olin
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Stig Olin | |
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 Stig Olin in Filmjournalen, 1947. | |
| Born | Stig Högberg 11 September 1920 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 28 June 2008 (aged 87) Stockholm, Sweden |
| Nationality | Swedish |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, theatre director, songwriter, singer |
| Years active | 1941–1991 |
| Known for | The Word Torment Crisis Flickan från tredje raden Klasskamrater |
| Spouses | |
| Children | 2, including 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 Mats Olin (1947–2023).[2][3] He was married to film actresses Britta Holmberg and Helena Kallenbäck. [4][5][6] [7]
Career[edit]
Acting[edit]
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). [8][9]
Successful film roles also included a love struck student in the Sickan Carlsson film Klasskamrater (1952), Ernst in his own popular children's film Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956) and the scrubby old Potato-Algot in Jim och piraterna Blom (1987), directed by Hans Alfredson (from Hasse & Tage). [10]
Film and play director[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
- Kronans käcka gossar (1940) - Military
- Bright Prospects (1941) - Bertil Bergström
- Tonight or Never (1941) - Young Man (scenes deleted)
- Goransson's Boy (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
- Young Blood (1943) - Pelle Persson
- Ordet (1943) - Anders
- Live Dangerously (1944) - Parachuting Saboteur
- The Invisible Wall (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
- Incorrigible (1946) - Krister Sundbom
- The Balloon (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
- Dangerous Spring (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
- The Quartet That Split Up (1950) - Werner
- Summer Interlude (1951) - Ballet Master
- Frånskild (1951) - Hans
- One Fiancée at a Time (1952) - Jerker Nordin
- Classmates (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)
- I dur och skur (1953, director)
- The Yellow Squadron (1954, director) - Boman
- The Magnificent Lie (1955) - Goronflot
- Mord, lilla vän (1955) - Dick Mattsson
- Whoops! (1955, director)
- Seventh Heaven (1956) - Berättarröst (voice, uncredited)
- Swing it, fröken (1956) - Singing Student (uncredited)
- Stage Entrance (1956) - Bernard Stensson
- Rasmus, Pontus och Toker (1956, director) - Ernst
- Sjunde himlen (1956, speaker)
- A Guest in His Own House (1957, writer & director)
- More Than a Match for the Navy (1958, director)
- Du är mitt äventyr (1958, director, writer Hasse Ekman & Stig Olin)
- Det svänger på slottet (1959, writer with Hasse Ekman)
- Jim och piraterna Blom (1987) - Potatis-Algot
- Vargens tid (1988) - Tiggaren
- Tre kärlekar (1991, TV Series) - Vicar
References[edit]
- ^ Skådespelaren Stig Olin har avlidit Svenska Dagbladet
- ^ "The actor and artist Mats Olin is dead". unt.se.
- ^ "Artisten Mats Olin har avlidit – fick en hit med "Jag tror på sommaren"". Expressen. 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Stig Olin Actor and director 1920–2008". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Lena Olin". ingmarbergman.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Mats Olin". svenskfilmdatabas.se. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Helena Kallenbäck-Trolle". kallenback-trolle.com. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Filmmaker Stig Olin". Variety. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Stig Olin". bfi.org. Archived from the original on 10 February 2018. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Stig Olin, actor/composer". bafta.org. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
