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Karl Emil Georg Gerhard (born Karl Emil Georg Johnson; 14 April 1891 – 22 April 1964) was a Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor. In 1938 he changed his surname to Gerhard and used the pseudonym Karl-Gerhard. [1][2]

Karl Gerhard
Karl Gerhard in 1930.
Born	Karl Emil Georg Johnson (1891-04-14)14 April 1891 Stockholm, Sweden
Died	24 April 1964(1964-04-24) (aged 73) Saltsjöbaden, Sweden
Occupation	Theater director, revue writer and actor
Spouse(s)	Mary Johnson ​ ​ (m. 1913; div. 1920)​ Valborg Geyron ​ ​ (m. 1922; div. 1930)​ Brita Werner ​ ​ (m. 1930; div. 1936)​
Children	Maj-Catrine (1914–1964) Per Gerhard (1924–2011) Fatima Svendsen (1944–)

Biography

Karl Emil Georg Johnson was born in Hedvig Eleonora parish in Stockholm, Sweden. He was the son of Frans Emil Jonsson (1861–1917) and Jenny Augusta Jonsdotter (1863–1906). In 1916, he appeared as an actor under the direction of Hjalmar Selander at the Nya Teatern in Gothenburg. In 1919, he debuted as a couplet singer at the cabaret Fenixpalatset in Stockholm as successor to Ernst Rolf (1891–1932). For many years, he was an actor in various traveling theater companies.

Through most of his career, he wrote songs and couplets as well as a large number of sketches, dialogues and monologues for performance on the stages of Stockholm and Gothenburg. Many of Karl Gerhard's plays and songs were politically to the left, and during the 1930s and World War II, they contained clear anti-fascist statements. He composed and sang a number of couplet text that sharply criticized the Swedish government's apathy towards Nazi Germany, among these Den ökända hästen från Troja (The Infamous Horse of Troy). [3] [4]

He was married three times: to actresses Mary Johnson (1913 to 1920), Valborg Geyron (1922 to 1930) and Brita Werner (1930 to 1936). He was the father of actor Per Gerhard (1924–2011).[5][6]

Selected filmography

• Mästerkatten i stövlar (1918)
• Say It with Music (1929)
• Prov utan värde (1930)
• Lucky Devils (1932)
• Äktenskapsleken (1935) (also script)
• We Three Debutantes (1953)
• The Jazz Boy (1958)

References

External links

• Karl Gerhard at IMDb
• Karl Gerhard at the Swedish Film Database

На других языках

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[de] Karl Gerhard

Karl Gerhard (Aussprache: [.mw-parser-output .IPA a{text-decoration:none}ˌkɑːɹl ˈ ʝæːɹhaɖ], * 14. April 1891 in Stockholm; † 22. April 1964 in Saltsjöbaden) eigentlich: Karl Johnson, war ein schwedischer Revue- und Filmschauspieler, Theaterregisseur und -leiter sowie Liederschreiber.

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- [en] Karl Gerhard

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[ru] Герхард, Карл

Карл Герхард (швед. Karl Gerhard; 1891—1964) — популярный шведский актёр кабаре, автор значительной части собственного репертуара.

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