August Warberg

Johan August Warberg (5 May 1842 – 16 October 1915)[1] was a Swedish stage and film actor and theater director whose career spanned over fifty years.

August Warberg
Born
Johan August Warberg

(1842-05-05)5 May 1842
Died16 October 1915(1915-10-16) (aged 73)
Occupation(s)Actor, theater director
Years active1861–1915
SpouseAnna Sofia Charlotta Warberg (née Magnusson)

Warberg made his stage debut as an actor in 1861.[1] During his long career as a stage actor and theater director, he worked the Vasateatern, Mindre teatern, Djurgårdsteatern, Södra teatern and the Svenska Teatern.[2]

He married stage actress Anna Sofia Charlotta "Lotten" Warberg (née Magnusson) in 1865 and the couple had three children.[2] Before his death at age 73 in 1915, he also appeared in a number of silent films. All but one, 1916's Edmond Hansen-directed Ålderdom och dårskap, were directed by Victor Sjöström.[1]

Selected filmography

References

  1. The Swedish Film Institute. Archived 10 June 2016 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 16 May 2016.
  2. Hildebrand, Albin. Svenskt porträttgalleri ... vol. 21. H. W. Tullberg, 1897. p. 121.
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