KG
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
Swedish actor and singer
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
14 April 1891(Stockholm, Stockholm Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden)
Death:
22 April 1964(Saltsjöbaden, Nacka Municipality, Stockholm County, Sweden)
Family:
Spouse(s):
Mary Johnson
The details
Biography
Introduction
Karl Emil Georg Gerhard, until 1938 Karl Emil Georg Johnson (14 April 1891 - 22 April 1964) was a Swedish theater director, revue writer and actor. In 1938 he changed his surname to Gerhard and used the pseudonym Karl-Gerhard. Many of Karl Gerhard’s plays and songs are politically to the left, and during the 1930s and World War II, they contained clear anti-fascist statements. According to NKVD General Pavel Sudoplatov, Gerhard was also a Soviet agent.
Selected filmography
- Mästerkatten i stövlar (1918)
- Säg det i toner (1929)
- Prov utan värde (1930)
- Lyckans gullgossar (1932)
- Äktenskapsleken (1935) (also script)
- We Three Debutantes (1953)
- Jazzgossen (1958)