Actor
Beppe Wolgers
November 10, 1928 · Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
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.
Often works with
Birgitta Andersson
5 titles together
Dunderklumpen!, Julkalendern, Swedish Portraits
Inger Nilsson
4 titles together
Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Seas
Maria Persson
4 titles together
Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Seas
Pär Sundberg
4 titles together
Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Seas
Göthe Grefbo
4 titles together
Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Goes on Board
Fredrik Ohlsson
4 titles together
Pippi Longstocking, Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Seas
Full filmography · 16
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
1993
Barna från Blåsjöfjället
as Vattudals-Joel
1980
Dunderklumpen!
as Beppe
19746.5
Story of a Woman
as Fahlen
1970
Pippi in the South Seas
as Kapten Långstrump
19706.9
Pippi Goes on Board
as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
19696.6
Between Us
as Åge
1969
Pippi Longstocking
as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
19696.8
De sista entusiasterna
as Sadistas Dumrath and Writer
1969
Hugo and Josephine
as Gudmarson
1967
Fantasimissimo
cast and Writer and Director
1967
Swedish Portraits
as Shop owner
1964