Morten Grunwald
Birthday
1934/12/09
Day of death
2018/11/14 (83 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Odense, Denmark
Also know as
Walter Morten Grunwald
Biography
Born in Odense, Denmark on December 9th, 1934, Morten Grunwald is "World famous in Denmark" for several popular film roles. Most famous, however, will always be his Benny in all of the "Olsen Banden" films, where he starred alongside Ove Sprogøe and Poul Bundgaard. He attended Odense Theatrical School in 1958 and graduated from The Royal Theater of Denmark's Theatrical School in 1962. Since 1971, he has been the director of several theatres in Copenhagen: Bristol Teatret (1971-1980), Betty Nansen Teatret (1980-1992), Østre Gasværk (1992-1998).
Acting
(1968) The Olsen Gang
as Benny Frandsen
(1971) The Olsen Gang in Jutland
as Benny Frandsen
(1975) The Olsen Gang on the Track
as Benny Frandsen
(1976) The Olsen Gang Sees Red
as Benny Frandsen
(1968) Days in My Father's House
as Jens, Kirstens bror
(1967) Martha
as Knud Hansen
(1969) The Olsen Gang in a Fix
as Benny Frandsen
(1998) The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
as Benny Frandsen
(1974) The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
as Benny Frandsen
(1978) The Olsen Gang Goes to War
as Benny Frandsen
(1977) The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
as Benny Frandsen
(1979) The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
as Benny Frandsen
(1966) Relax Freddy
as Frede Hansen
(1965) Strike First Freddy
as Frede Hansen
(1968) Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
as Læge
(1972) The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Benny Frandsen
(1973) The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Benny Frandsen
(1981) The Olsen Gang Long Gone
as Benny Frandsen
(1981) The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
as Benny Frandsen
(2007) White Night
as Jacob Nymann
(2007) The Black Madonna
as Kurt
(1965) Landmandsliv
as Frits Triddlefitz - Marias tilbeder
(1969) The Egborg Girl
as Fuldmægtig hos Mikkelsen
(1965) Een pige og 39 sømænd
as Peter Eberhardt
(1964) Five men and Rosa
as 'Smukke-Arne' Arne Herluf Jensen
(1967) Life with Daddy
as Herbert Nielsen
(1967) Pretty-Arne and Rosa
as Arne Herluf Jensen
(1987) Hip Hip Hurrah!
as Michael Ancher
(1963) En af dagene
as Mogens
(1986) The Wolf at the Door
as Durand-Ruel
(1968) Det var en lørdag aften
as Hans
(1966) Dyden går amok
as Niels, fisker
(2006) Gambler
as Himself (The film consultant)
(1971) Pelsen
as Lange Aage
(1968) I den grønne skov
as ---
(1966) Nu stiger den
as Pehtersen - hans assistent
(1964) Death Comes at High Noon
as Bertel Lindberg
(1963) Hvad med os?
as Iwan
(1967) Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
as ---
(1965) En ven i bolignøden
as Harry Olsen
(1961) Jetpiloter
as ---
(1969) Along Came a Soldier
as ---
(1976) Kassen stemmer
as ---
(1961) Løgn og løvebrøl
as ---
(1986) Murder in the Dark
as Redaktør Otzen
(1975) Only the Truth
as Ejnarsen
(1976) Hjerter er trumf
as ---
(2007) When a Man Comes Home
as Direktøren
(1988) Murder in Paradise
as Redaktør Otzen
(2014) Silent Heart
as Poul
(1977) Asger Jorn
as Speaker
(1986) Ballerup Boulevard
as Ralf, Pinkys far
(1970) Amour
as Brandmajoren
(1976) Den dobbelte mand
as ---
(1971) I morgen, min elskede
as ---
(2010) The Experiment
as Hr. Omann
(2015) Historien om Olsen Banden
as ---
(2018) Vitello
as Gud (voice)
(1964) Selvmordsskolen
as Søn
(2018) The Olsen Gang: Forever!
as Benny Frandsen
(1966) I Stykker
as Jan
(1996) Den store kul-tur
as Kultur borgmester
(1998) I Wonder Who's Kissing You Now
as Peter
(1976) Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
as Benny Frandsen
(1971) En mand
as ---
(1986) Jul på slottet
as Kongen
(1970) The House at Christianshavn
as Mand med papegøje
(1970) The House at Christianshavn
as Konsulent Helmskov
(1970) The House at Christianshavn
as Jesper
(1978) Matador
as Ernst Nyborg