Gösta Prüzelius

Gösta Prüzelius (August 11 1922 - May 15 2000) was a Swedish actor. His first movie part was in the 1945 movie Flickorna i Småland. He played in movies as diverse as Summer with Monika, Space Invasion of Lapland, Fanny and Alexander, and Ingmar Bergman's film version of The Magic Flute. He also provided the Swedish voice for Bagheera in Disney's The Jungle Book from 1967, and played the policeman in a number of the Åsa-Nisse movies.

Gösta Prüzelius worked at Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm from 1964 and for more than 30 years.

On television, Gösta Prüzelius starred in the long-running soap opera Rederiet, where he played the owner of the shipping company from the series' start in 1992 until his death.

elected filmography

* Fanny and Alexander (1982}
* Face to Face (1976)
* The Magic Flute (1975)
* Shame (1968)
* All These Women (1964)
* The Seventh Seal (1957)
* Smiles of a Summer Night (1955)
* Dreams (1955)
* A Lesson in Love (1954)
* Summer with Monika (1953)
* It Rains on Our Love (1946)

External links

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References

* [http://www.aftonbladet.se/noje/0005/16/gosta.html "Han blev Gösta med miljoner svenskar"] ; article in Aftonbladet about Prüzelius' life, published May 16, 2000