Acting
Beppe Wolgers
SV, EN cinema · 15 credits
Born
10 November 1928
Died
6 August 1986 (aged 57)
Birthplace
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
Also known as John Bertil Wolgers
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia John Bertil "Beppe" Wolgers (10 November 1928, Stockholm – 6 August 1986) was a Swedish author, poet, translator, lyricist, actor, entertainer and artist. Wolgers was born in Stockholm. He wrote about a thousand songs and specialized in putting Swedish lyrics to foreign tunes like "Walkin' My Baby Back Home", "Waltz for Debby", "Dat Dere", "Take Five" and "Bachianas brasileiras" no 5. He also made several books and films for children, and did a famous series as a slightly crazy goodnight story teller for children in Swedish television 1968–74 and, as notable, the father of Pippi Longstocking in the 1969 TV series. He died in Östersund from a peptic ulcer. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Radcliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
From the Diary of a Cow
Book, Screenplay
Barna från Blåsjöfjället
as Vattudals-Joel
Dunderklumpen!
as Beppe, Screenplay
Pippi in the South Seas
as Kapten Långstrump
Story of a Woman
as Fahlen
Pippi Goes on Board
as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
De sista entusiasterna
as Sadistas Dumrath, Writer
Between Us
as Åge
Pippi Longstocking
as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
Hugo and Josephine
as Gudmarson
Fantasimissimo
Actor, Writer, Director
Swedish Portraits
as Shop owner
The Square
Lyricist