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Beppe Wolgers

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Daniel Radcliffe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Born:
Nov 10, 1928 In Stockholm - Sweden
Movie/TV Credits:
12
First Appeared:
In the series Skäggen 1963-03-09
Latest Project:
Movie Minns ni? 1993-10-24
Known For
Poster of Pippi in the South Seas
Poster of Pippi Goes on Board
Poster of Between Us
Filmography
Movie Minns ni? (archive footage) 1993-10-24
Movie Barna från Blåsjöfjället Vattudals-Joel 1980-11-15
Movie Thunderclump Self 1974-09-26
Movie Pippi in the South Seas Kapten Långstrump 1970-01-24
Movie Story of a Woman Fahlen 1970-02-13
Movie De sista entusiasterna Sadistas Dumrath 1969-01-04
Movie Pippi Longstocking Kapten Efraim Långstrump 1969-05-09
Movie Pippi Goes on Board Kapten Efraim Långstrump 1969-10-31
Movie Between Us Åge 1969-05-16
Movie Hugo and Josephine Gudmarson 1967-12-16
Movie Swedish Portraits Shop owner 1964-09-07
Series Skäggen 1963-03-09