Gunnar Julius Skar (July 5, 1923 – October 12, 2012) was a

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actor and theater director.

Career

During the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s he worked as an actor and director at the

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and its successor, the Oslo New Theater. Skar also worked as a director for the Norwegian Theater and performed as an actor at the National Theatre in

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. He played two minor roles in the films ''

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'' (1950) and '' Selkvinnen'' (1953).

Family

Skar was born in

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, the son of Andreas Barnholdt Skar (1892–1990) and Esther Ulrikke Skar (née Johannessen, 1894–1988). He died in 2012 and is buried in Oslo's Western Cemetery.

Filmography

*1950: ''

'' *1953: '' Selkvinnen'' as Niclas, the bailiff's servant

References

External links

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