Beppe Wolgers
Biography
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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.
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Full filmography
- Pippi Longstocking (1969) as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- Julkalendern (1960) as Långtradarchauffören
- Pippi Longstocking (1969) as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- Pippi Goes on Board (1969) as Kapten Efraim Långstrump
- Pippi in the South Seas (1970) as Kapten Långstrump
- Skäggen (1963)
- Beppes godnattstund (1968) as Himself / Busan (voice)
- Dunderklumpen! (1974) as Beppe
- Story of a Woman (1970) as Fahlen
- Minns ni? (1993) as (archive footage)
- Swedish Portraits (1964) as Shop owner
- Hugo and Josephine (1967) as Gudmarson
- Barna från Blåsjöfjället (1980) as Vattudals-Joel
- Between Us (1969) as Åge
- De sista entusiasterna (1969) as Sadistas Dumrath
- Fantasimissimo (1967)
- Medan andra pyntar (1965)