Hans Carl Gustav Wahlgren (born 26 June 1937) is a Swedish actor.

Career

Wahlgren grew up in Smedslätten, and debuted in a film in 1945 in Ragnar Falcks shortfilm ''Indianer och blekansikten''. His breakthrough came in the film ''Raggare'' in 1959. During eleven seasons he performed in the revue Hagges Revue in

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. In the revue he made imitations of famous people like

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and

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. Wahlgren has also performed in several farces and comedies in

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prive theaters, and plays like ''

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'' and ''

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'' at Folkan. '' Charleys Tant'' and '' Spanska flugan'' at

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. During the summer of 2001 he along with

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performed in the comedy ''Kärlek och lavemang'' at Fredriksdalsteatern in

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. He has also done plenty of voice acting in several films such as Charlie and the chocolate factory and Nanny PcPhee, he provides the voice of Charles Ingvar "Sickan" Jönssons in the computer games '' Jönssonligan: Jakten på Mjölner'' and ''

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''. Since 2016, he has participated in his daughter Pernilla Wahlgren's reality series ''

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'' which is broadcast on Kanal 5.

Personal life

Wahlgren is the only child of actors

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and Nina Scenna. Since 1962, he has been married to actress

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; together they have four children: banker Peter Wahlgren, actor

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, singer

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, and actor

Linus Wahlgren Linus Carl Henrik Wahlgren (born 10 September 1976) is a Swedish actor. He is the son of actors Christina Schollin and Hans Wahlgren and brother to actors and singers Pernilla and Niclas Wahlgren. He has also appeared in a few episodes of his si ...

. Wahlgren is of Italian descent on his mother's side.

Filmography

*1945 – Indianer och blekansikten *1959 – Raggare! *1960 – '' Good Friends and Faithful Neighbours'' *1963 – Det är hos mig han har varit *1963 – Protest *1963 – Fan ger ett anbud (TV-series) *1964 – Henrik IV *1965 – En historia till fredag (TV-series) *1968 – Vindingevals *1968 – Freddy klarar biffen *1969 – Eva – den utstötta *1969 – Régi nyár (engelsk: Summer of Old Times), Baron Miklós Pataky (TV) *1970 – Skräcken har 1000 ögon *1981 – Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro (TV) *1983 – Spanska flugan (TV-series) (TV) *1991 – Villfarelser (TV-series) *1991 – Tillbaka till framtiden (TV-series) (voice) *1992 – Rederiet (TV-serie) *1993 – Swat Kats (TV-serie) (voice) *1994 – Spindelmannen (TV-serie) (voice) *1994 – Montana Jones (TV-serie) (voice) *1995 – Landet för länge sedan III: Jakten på det försvunna vattnet (voice) *1996 – Landet för länge sedan IV: Färden till Dimmornas Land (voice) *1997 – Landet för länge sedan V: Den mystiska ön (voice) *1998 – Dr. Dolittle (voice) *1998 – Babe – en gris kommer till stan (voice) *1998 – Landet för länge sedan VI: Hemligheten bakom Saurus-Berget (voice) *1999 – Toy Story 2 (voice) *1999 – Pokémon – Filmen (voice) *1999 – Kurage, den hariga hunden (TV-series) (voice) *2000 – Pokémon 2 - Ensam är stark (röst som Professor Oak) *2000 – Landet för länge sedan VII: Jakten på Himlastenen (voice) *2001 – Landet för länge sedan VIII: När isen kom (voice) *2005 – Nanny McPhee (voice) *2005 – Charlie and the chocolate factory (voice)

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