Ragnar Arvedson

Ragnar Arvedson

Born: December 4, 1895
Died: October 2, 1973
in Linköping, Östergötlands län, Sweden
Ragnar Arved Arvedson, (4 December 1895 – 2 October 1973) was a Swedish actor, director, writer and producer.

Movies for Ragnar Arvedson...

Night Games
Title: Night Games
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: Movie
A man on the verge of marriage is haunted by traumatic memories from his childhood.
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Title: Don Juan
Character: Stengästen
Released: March 17, 1965
Type: TV
A comedic play targeting a young audience.
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Swedish Portraits
Title: Swedish Portraits
Character: Vahrenstrand
Released: September 7, 1964
Type: Movie
The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her.
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Swedish Portraits
Title: Swedish Portraits
Character: docent Vahrenstrand
Released: September 7, 1964
Type: Movie
The unemployed Timjan discover Mejram singing and instantly fall in love with her.
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A Dream Play
Title: A Dream Play
Released: May 2, 1963
Type: Movie
"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén’s Malmö crew was behind this, for its time, prestigious and costly theatre production, involving more than 40 actors and no less than 75 extras.
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Lita på mej, älskling!
Title: Lita på mej, älskling!
Character: Maitre d'
Released: December 18, 1961
Type: Movie
Anna and Karl are a young couple in Stockholm, unable to find an apartment of their own. However, they play matchmakers to make their friends Fredrik and Ulla to get together, getting an apartment of their own that way. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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On a Bench in a Park
Title: On a Bench in a Park
Character: Axel Forselius
Released: December 19, 1960
Type: Movie
Sam Persson is released from a mental hospital. He goes to Stockholm to meet a man he hates, theater manager Stig Brender. In Brender's office they get into a fight...
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The Devil's Eye
Title: The Devil's Eye
Character: The Guardian Demon
Released: October 17, 1960
Type: Movie
The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and her belief in love. She however can resist him and things get even turned around when Don Juan falls in love with her. The fact that he feels love for the first time now, makes him even less attractive to her and Don Juan returns to hell.
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You Are My Adventure
Title: You Are My Adventure
Character: Member of jury
Released: March 24, 1958
Type: Movie
Two journalists marry each other but Tore is unhappy that his wife is ambitious in her career instead of their household.
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The Master Detective Lives Dangerously
Title: The Master Detective Lives Dangerously
Released: December 7, 1957
Type: Movie
When Eva-Lotta climbs the roof of moneylender Gren's house. Through a window she overhears a turbulent conversation about an IOU. A few days later she finds Gren dead.
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Far till sol och vår
Title: Far till sol och vår
Character: Alfonse Petitpoints
Released: October 28, 1957
Type: Movie
Martin Wide inherits a bus from his dying grandfather. He restores it from being a hen house into a tourist bus. He puts an ad in the newspaper about "travels to the sun" and also advertises for a stewardess at the same time. The female reporter Vera Boman signs up for the job, in order to expose the "tourist travel hoax". The two, together with passengers of various kinds set off from a snowy Sweden towards Paris. During the trip, Vera starts to realize that Martin is not a "tourist cheater" but a kind and thoughtful travel arranger, who tries to tend to all his passengers as best as he can, even when the situations become difficult to handle. In addition, a famous Swedish diamond has just been stolen and it turns out that both the thieves and the private detectives who are after them, are passengers on the bus.
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Skorpan
Title: Skorpan
Released: December 19, 1956
Type: Movie
Skorpan acts in a pick pocket show at the local amusement park.
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Laughing in the Sunshine
Title: Laughing in the Sunshine
Released: January 2, 1956
Type: Movie
Princess Caroline travels incognito to Stockholm and meets the Prince Birger, who also uses a fake name.
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Flicka i kasern
Title: Flicka i kasern
Released: December 26, 1955
Type: Movie
They are currently developing a new type of mine at Fredrik's workplace. The head of the company is a young woman, Eva Seman.
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Den underbara lögnen
Title: Den underbara lögnen
Released: November 25, 1955
Type: Movie
The night before her wedding, a nervous bride examines her gifts and picks out a book of romantic short stories. Hoping to while away the evening, she settles on the couch and begins reading "La grande Bretêche" by Honoré de Balzac.
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Giftas
Title: Giftas
Character: Colonel Lieutenant
Released: September 19, 1955
Type: Movie
The General's daughter, Helene, grows up in a safe world. She doesn't want to get married or have kids. She meets a man who talks about platonic love which seems to fit her nice. They get married but when he wants to get more intimate with her she rejects him. August Strindberg's short story "Mot betalning" from the collection "Giftas 2".
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Resa i natten
Title: Resa i natten
Character: Danish theater manager
Released: January 30, 1955
Type: Movie
Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.
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Young Summer
Title: Young Summer
Released: September 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Helge Lysvik is a farmers son. He dreams of a future as a musician.
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Flicka med melodi
Title: Flicka med melodi
Released: August 16, 1954
Type: Movie
The sisters Britta and Ellinor live with their grandfather, music professor Libergius, teacher and leader of the city's orchestra association. In the city there is also a youthful jazz band - to the professor's horror.
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Göingehövdingen
Title: Göingehövdingen
Character: baron Corfitz
Released: December 26, 1953
Type: Movie
When the Swedish army occupies the eastern part of Denmark in 1678, the local inhabitants decide to fight back. Under the leadership of Svend Poulsen, a guerrilla is formed. And guerrilla officer Lars Paulinus has to fight the Swedish officer Henrik Wrede to prove his love for Anna Ryding.
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Under svällande segel
Title: Under svällande segel
Character: The Father
Released: March 3, 1952
Type: Movie
The student Olle has signed up to sail the Atlantic. But his sensitivity and personal problems make it difficult to be accepted on board. When some of the students belongings disappear the suspicions are aimed at Olle.
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Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
Title: Stora Hoparegränd och himmelriket
Released: December 26, 1949
Type: Movie
Erik, a poor inventor meets the clerk Lillemor and fall in love. Erik's becomes invention is ready for the market. He contacts a director who might be interested. Erik is attracted almost immediately by the director's wife.
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The Girl from the Third Row
Title: The Girl from the Third Row
Character: Ekberg, maitre d'
Released: August 29, 1949
Type: Movie
A ring passes between a lot of different people, giving the bearer or someone close a new meaning to life. Actors, embezzlers, old ladies and cheated husbands all seem to gain temporary hope from misery and disillusionment.
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Gatan
Title: Gatan
Character: Mr Rodelius
Released: February 27, 1949
Type: Movie
Britt Malm gets hit by a car on a Stockholm street and is taken to hospital. She is badly injured and must undergo surgery. While the anesthetic takes effect she sees hallucinatory images. This turns into a flashback of what happened Britt before the accident.
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The Banquet
Title: The Banquet
Character: Manager
Released: December 18, 1948
Type: Movie
As his 60th birthday approaches, Jacob grows concerned that none of his sons is capable of running his company.
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Supper for Two
Title: Supper for Two
Character: Gaston Verdier
Released: February 15, 1947
Type: Movie
Louise Mareuil owns a perfume factory on the French Riviera. She is in a traffic accident with a sketch artist, Claude Dubois. She gives him a blank check which he soon use to withdraw 2 000 000 franc as a joke. Visiting her office, he returns the money and in return she hires him as a sketch artist for the company's advertisement. With his charm and wit he turns the factory upside down, to the chagrin of Louise. She is strict and orderly but soon after letting him go she begins to change her mind. Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
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In the Arms of Roslagen
Title: In the Arms of Roslagen
Character: Don Cristobal
Released: August 20, 1945
Type: Movie
Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the archipelago of Roslagen. Andersson has returned home to settle down with his fiancee Linnea. On the dance floor he meets Rosa.
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Prince Gustaf
Title: Prince Gustaf
Character: Henning Hamilton
Released: November 29, 1944
Type: Movie
In the middle of the 1800s Swedish prince Gustaf meets the actress Anna Maria Wastenius and falls in love with her, but it is an impossible love story due to the rules of society.
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Elvira Madigan
Title: Elvira Madigan
Character: ryttmästare von Scharfen
Released: February 19, 1943
Type: Movie
The tragic love story between a line dancer and an army officer.
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Lyckliga Vestköping
Title: Lyckliga Vestköping
Character: Legal Secretary
Released: August 20, 1937
Type: Movie
When the mine is closing down in the small community of Vestköping the town bank is also in danger. Sudden news of the return of one of the town's inhabitants who had emigrated to the USA and is said to be very wealthy improves spirits of everyone.
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Bröllopsresan
Title: Bröllopsresan
Released: April 23, 1936
Type: Movie
Director Björkman travels to Copenhagen with his daughter Astrid, who is together with a certain Count Erik Lejonsköld. They will take their father-in-law's car and go on a honeymoon to the Riviera. But "Count" gets a telegram from London calling him to a business meeting. Dad Björkman and the daughter decide to go to the Riviera while the suitor must come later. The real Count Erik Lejonsköld comes home to his office in Stockholm and is congratulated on the wedding by his staff. But he did not get married at all, it was a scammer instead of Henry. Erik searches the newspaper notice his wedding announced in Copenhagen and sees a chance to expose the imposter.
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Farmors revolution
Title: Farmors revolution
Released: September 13, 1933
Type: Movie
General Consul Kristina Holm has a good relationship with her three grandchildren because they really like her, but also for the annual "traditional" financial contribution they receive.
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The Secret of Hotel Paradise
Title: The Secret of Hotel Paradise
Released: October 20, 1931
Type: Movie
The innkeeper Schultze and his wife are broke and don't know how to pay their rent when a shipwrecked sailor shows up with a chest full of money. In despair the Schultze couple murders the sailor.
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Farornas paradis
Title: Farornas paradis
Released: October 3, 1931
Type: Movie
A hotel in Surabaya, Java has some features of a brothel. Anita plays in a women's orchestra is exposed to the bandleaders invites. The owner of the hotel wants Anita to attract customers. They two become rivals over Anita.
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His Majesty must wait
Title: His Majesty must wait
Released: March 16, 1931
Type: Movie
New Year's Eve in Stockholm. Carl Johan Stjärna is a poor aristocrat who has to borrow money from his manservant Frans to a be able to enjoy a proper celebration.
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Knights of the Crown
Title: Knights of the Crown
Released: December 1, 1930
Type: Movie
Conscript Fridolf and his sergeant, Göransson, both try to win the love of sweet Mary. According to an older relative's last will, she will inherit a fortune if she marries the unfortunate Dick Carter. A con man comes to the little town, claiming to be the legitimate Carter.
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The fleet's little fiancee
Title: The fleet's little fiancee
Released: October 27, 1930
Type: Movie
The Swedish Navy is coming to Stockholm and Lieutenant Gunnar and Sailor Kalle are on leave in the archipelago.
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For Her Sake
Title: For Her Sake
Character: Theater agent
Released: August 11, 1930
Type: Movie
The young married couple Sigvard and Isabella Löfgren are constantly being sought by different companies where they are trading on the bill. Sigvard is a traveling salesman and Isabella works as a secretary at a theatre agency seeking artists for a revue.
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Sin
Title: Sin
Character: Guest
Released: September 16, 1928
Type: Movie
A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passion and conflict occurs.
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Parisiennes
Title: Parisiennes
Character: Actor in the play "Pistols for Two"
Released: January 23, 1928
Type: Movie
A house in Paris happens to have two families living there with the same last name. In one apartment lives opera singer Gambetta Duval with his two daughters, Jeanne and Nita. In the second apartment lives old lady Duval with her grandchild Philippa and an her lodger, the physician Leon Monnier. Jeanne is secretly in love with Dr. Monnier who is secretly in love with Nita, who is secretly having an affair with the great playwright Armand de Marny.
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A Perfect Gentleman
Title: A Perfect Gentleman
Character: Lord
Released: December 27, 1927
Type: Movie
Social comedy-drama. Aristocrat's boredom in marriage of convenience and sacrif ice of self on behalf of wife's lover.
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Hin och smålänningen
Title: Hin och smålänningen
Released: November 14, 1927
Type: Movie
Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin.
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Youth
Title: Youth
Released: August 22, 1927
Type: Movie
Lisa, Pontus and Herman has formed a small artists’ collective in Stockholm. The successes are rare and occasionally this sets off an irritated mood.
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His English Wife
Title: His English Wife
Character: Artist
Released: January 17, 1927
Type: Movie
London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.
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His English Wife
Title: His English Wife
Released: January 17, 1927
Type: Movie
London socialite Cathleen Paget's adventures in love and misfortune a year after the death of her husband. Ivor Willington and Lionel Jesop play cards for who will be given the shot at flirting with Paget, as to claim her wealth. But when her brother Bruce has lost the family fortune in bad business, Cathleen is suggested to court Nordic giant Birger Holm. The two marry and the families financial problems seem to be at bay, although the life in the northern Sweden is wearing Cathleen down as she misses parties, friends and dancing at the Savoy Hotel.
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Hon, den enda
Title: Hon, den enda
Released: November 8, 1926
Type: Movie
Love entanglements among the upper class of Paris. The young upper-class Parisian Valentin van Zanten has a luxurious lunch-density dinner with the flirtatious Inez Maria, when the "friend" shows up and interferes with his own and successful pre-man manners.
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The Lady of the Camellias
Title: The Lady of the Camellias
Released: October 12, 1925
Type: Movie
Alexandre Dumas' tragic love story between Marguerite Gautier and Armand Duval.
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Hennes lilla majestät
Title: Hennes lilla majestät
Released: September 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Catherine defies her strict father and accompanies a traveling theater company. Her father picks up the daughter and as a punishment he sends her to a priest farm in the countryside.
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A Maid among Maids
Title: A Maid among Maids
Character: Faustino della Novarro
Released: March 31, 1924
Type: Movie
Alice is engaged with Sven. She is interested in having fun and dancing, preferably with Faustino della Novarro. Sven gets upset by her behavior. They break the engagement. Alice finds work as a maid on a farm.
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Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström
Title: Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström
Released: September 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström goes out for a long walk with Stockholm as a goal. On the way they buy a lottery ticket and wins a lot of money.
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Thomas Graals myndling
Title: Thomas Graals myndling
Released: October 9, 1922
Type: Movie
Paul is a student does not devote to much time for studies. He enjoys the pleasures of life. Babette is a girl who dreams about a life in luxury. Paul falls in love with Babette.
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Live Your Life Smiling
Title: Live Your Life Smiling
Released: February 21, 1921
Type: Movie
Sitcom for 1920s cinemas about the Winter family.
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The Gyurkovics Boys
Title: The Gyurkovics Boys
Character: Officer
Released: December 26, 1920
Type: Movie
Mr. and Mrs. Gyurkovics have a dozen children the oldest of which, the twins Géza and Bandi, just preparing for their matriculation examination. When graduation day has come Géza refuses to set up but taken by force by the principal's henchmen. When dad Gyurkovics later dies, takes over Bandi goods while Géza becoming an officer cadet in the nearby garrison city.
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Carolina Rediviva
Title: Carolina Rediviva
Character: Student
Released: December 13, 1920
Type: Movie
'Pojken' (The Boy) has been a student in Uppsala for many, many years. Many years ago he found a baby girl outside the fraternity house during a party. 'Pojken' made sure that the girl could grow up in the countryside and has ever since sent money to the foster mother. However, the girl, Carolina, has moved back to Uppsala. She now lives with her real mother who has married the nutty professor Hambreus. Carolina does not know anything about 'Pojken' or the money he has sent. But now he has decided to reveal the truth for her.
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The Delicious Seafood
Title: The Delicious Seafood
Character: Table neighbor at Strand's restaurant
Released: October 18, 1920
Type: Movie
After a visit to the opera, Mr. Vinner invites his wife to supper at home. She gets the urge to eat crayfish. Despite it being late at night, Mr. Vinner sets out to try to satisfy her whim.
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Bomben
Title: Bomben
Released: February 9, 1920
Type: Movie
Ture believes he has killed an elderly man after his birthday party.