Finn Bernhoft

Finn Hugo Bernhoft (February 6, 1898 – April 27, 1981) was a Norwegian theater and film actor.[1][2]

Finn Bernhoft
Born(1898-02-06)February 6, 1898
Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway
DiedApril 27, 1981(1981-04-27) (aged 83)
OccupationActor

Bernhoft was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway.[3] He debuted in 1917 in Edvard Drabløs's touring theater,[2] and he started working with the Trondheim National Theater that same year. He later played at Chat Noir, the Carl Johan Theater, and the Central Theater, and from 1948 to 1958 he was engaged with the Trøndelag Theater. In addition to many roles in comedies, operettas, and musicals, he won acclaim as Morten Kiil in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People[4] and as the riding master in August Strindberg's The Father.

In film, Bernhoft had almost 30 supporting roles over a period of 40 years. He made his film debut in 1929 in the Norwegian silent film Laila. After that he appeared in Fantegutten (1932), Skjærgårdsflirt (1932), Bør Børson Jr. (1938), Gategutter (1949), Pappa tar gull (1964), and An-Magritt (1969), which was his last film role. He also appeared in some performances on NRK's Television Theater, including Går ut i kveld (1961) and Læraren (1963).

Bernhoft lived in Slependen.[2][5]

Filmography

Television
  • 1961: Går ut i kveld as the bartender in the coffee shop
  • 1963: Læraren

References
  1. Øisang, Ole (1962). Trøndelag teater gjennom 25 år. Trondheim: F. Bruns Bokhandel i komm. p. 89.
  2. "Finn Bernhoft er død". Asker og Bærums budstikke. May 8, 1981. p. 3.
  3. "Kommunal folketelling 1.12.1923 for Kristiania". Digitalarkivet. Arkivverket. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  4. "Glans over Trøndelag". Nidaros. No. 202. September 2, 1954. p. 8. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. "70 år". Asker og Bærums budstikke. February 5, 1968. p. 2.
  6. Klemperer, Victor (2020). Licht und Schatten: Kinotagebuch 1929–1945. Berlin: Aufbau.
  7. Glödstaf, Kari (2018). 1000 mykkäelokuvaa: Sirpaleita elokuvan kulta-ajalta. Turku: Kustantamo Helmivyö. p. 172.
  8. Klaus, Ulrich J. (2006). Deutsche Tonfilme: Jahrgang 1932. Berchtesgaden: Klaus-Archiv. p. 268.
  9. Syversen, Odd Magnar (1986). Sven Elvestad: en bibliografi. Oslo: Universitetsbiblioteket i Oslo. p. 192.
  10. "Broadway Welcomes New Foreign House". Daily News. New York, NY. January 8, 1938. p. 89. Retrieved June 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  11. Hasenberg, Peter (1993). Religion im Film: Lexikon mit Kurzkritiken und Stichworten zu 1200 Kinofilmen. Cologne: Katholisches Institüt für Medieninformation. p. 73.


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