Gunnar Tolnæs (1879–1940)

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-born film

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who worked for most of his career in

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Early life

He was born in

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. He started his career with the theatre in 1906, with a long theater career in various Norwegian theaters, along with guest appearances in Copenhagen. He debuted in film in 1914 in a Swedish-made silent film. The following year he came to

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in Denmark, replacing Valdemar Psilander as the company's main star. He had led or co-starred in a total of 27 Danish silent films.

Career

Tolnæs's film credits, all

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s, include: * '' Children of the Streets'' (1914) * '' One of the Many'' (1915) *'' Himmelskibet'' (also known as ''A Trip To Mars'') (1918) * '' The Maharaja's Favourite Wife'' (1921) * '' The Flight into Marriage'' (1922) * '' Her Little Majesty'' (1925) * '' Sex in Chains'' (1928)

Death

He died in Oslo at age sixty and is buried with his family at

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* * 1879 births 1940 deaths Burials at the Cemetery of Our Saviour Norwegian male film actors Norwegian male silent film actors 20th-century Norwegian male actors Male actors from Oslo {{Norway-actor-stub