Anders de Wahl, (9 March 1869 – 9 March 1956) was a

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actor.

Biography

He was the son of the music director Oscar de Wahl (1832–1873) and opera singer Anna Lundström de Wahl (1844–1889). de Wahl was a student at the

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in 1889–91, employed by the

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Theater Company 1891–92, at the

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Theater Company 1892–1907 and at the

Royal Dramatic Theatre The Royal Dramatic Theatre ( sv, Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially ''Dramaten'') is Sweden's national stage for "spoken drama", founded in 1788. Around one thousand shows are put on annually on the theatre's five running stages. The the ...

1907–19. He was mostly an actor of the stage but appeared in several roles in films between 1920 and 1946.

Selected filmography

* '' Erotikon'' (1920) * '' The Mill'' (1921) * ''

Kalle Utter ''Kalle Utter'' is a 1925 Swedish silent historical drama film directed by Karin Swanström and starring Anders de Wahl, Georg Blomstedt and John Ekman.Qvist & Von Bagh p.142 Cast * Anders de Wahl as Kalle Utter * Georg Blomstedt as Kalle's Fa ...

'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * ''

What Do Men Know? ''What Do Men Know?'' (Swedish: ''Vad veta väl männen'') is a 1933 Swedish drama film directed by Edvin Adolphson and starring Anders de Wahl, Birgit Tengroth and Håkan Westergren.Qvist & Von Bagh p.57 It was shot at the Råsunda Studios in Sto ...

'' (1933) * '' Med folket för fosterlandet'' (1938) * '' Hans Majestät får vänta'' (1945) * '' Eviga länkar'' (1946)

References

Other sources

*Wennerholm, Eric (1974) '' Anders de Wahl : människan bakom maskerna '' (Stockholm: Albert Bonniers)

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:de Wahl, Anders 1869 births 1956 deaths Male actors from Stockholm Swedish male film actors Swedish male silent film actors 20th-century Swedish male actors Swedish people of Belgian descent