Johan August Warberg (5 May 1842 – 16 October 1915)The Swedish Film Institute.
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stage and film actor and theater director whose career spanned over fifty years. Warberg made his stage debut as an actor in 1861. During his long career as a stage actor and theater director, he worked the

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.Hildebrand, Albin. ''Svenskt porträttgalleri ... vol. 21.'' H. W. Tullberg, 1897. p. 121. He married stage actress Anna Sofia Charlotta "Lotten" Warberg (''née'' Magnusson) in 1865 and the couple had three children. Before his death at age 73 in 1915, he also appeared in a number of silent films. All but one, 1916's Edmond Hansen-directed ''Ålderdom och dårskap'', were directed by

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Selected filmography

*'' Hearts That Meet'' (Swedish: ''Hjärtan som mötas'') (1914) *'' Guilt Redeemed'' (Swedish: ''Sonad skuld'') (1915) *'' The Ships That Meet'' (Swedish: ''Skepp som mötas'') (1916, released posthumously)

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* 1842 births 1915 deaths Swedish male stage actors Swedish male film actors Swedish male silent film actors People from Arvika Municipality 19th-century Swedish male actors 20th-century Swedish male actors {{Theat-director-stub