Oscar Emanuel Gustafson (January 27, 1885 – July 24, 1949) was a
Norwegian
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painter, actor, and film director.
Family
Gustafson was born in
Kristiania
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(now Oslo) in 1885, the son of Karl Richard Gustafsson (1848–1938) and Sofie Bryngelsson (1847–1903). He was married to Alfrida Strandberg (1886–?) and later to Karen Sörensen (1908–1972).
Career
In 1917, Gustafson directed the film ''
En vinternat'' (together with
Peter Lykke-Seest
Peter Lykke-Seest (26 September 1868 – 4 February 1948) was a Norwegian poet, novelist, playwright, non-fiction writer, script writer and film director.
He was born in Christiania as a son of wholesaler Jens Peter Seest and Caroline Christ ...
) and played the leading role as the university lecturer Wollert Berg. Gustafson was also responsible for decorations and makeup. In 1919 he directed ''
De forældreløse'' (also with Lykke-Seest) and played the role of Robertson.
As a painter, Gustafson dubbed himself ''Sørlandsmaleren'' 'the
Southern Norway
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painter'.
Filmography
* 1917: ''
En vinternat'' as Wollert Berg, a university lecturer
* 1917: ''
De Forældreløse'' as Robertson
References
External links
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Oscar Gustafsonat Filmfront
Oscar Gustafsonat Norsk filmografi
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20th-century Norwegian male actors
Norwegian film directors
20th-century Norwegian painters
1885 births
1949 deaths