Georg Løkkeberg

Birthday: November 20, 1909 in Norway

Birth Name: Georg Emil Løkkeberg

Distinguished Norwegian character actor, well known for his sonorous voice. Much used in classical roles, and often heard in Radio as a reader of poems and novels.Stage debut in 1930,(Bergen) later he ...Show More

Distinguished Norwegian character actor, well known for his sonorous voice. Much used in classical roles, and often heard in Radio as a reader of poems and novels.Stage debut in 1930,(Bergen) later he played in both Norway and Sweden,with many leading parts in the plays of Ibsen and Shakespeare; Werle in "The Wild Duck", and title roles in "Hamlet" and "King Lear".For his role as Marquis de Sade in "Marat", (Peter Weiss) he got the Norwegian theater-critics award in 1967.Among his best film-parts were as Tornkvist in Skouen's " Herren og hans tjenere " (1959) as William in Müller's " De ukjentes marked " (1968) and as the priest in Skouen's " An-Magritt ". (1969)Løkkeberg was the father of director Pål Løkkeberg, (1934-1998) and the brother of the celebrated actress Tore Segelcke. (1901-1979) Hide