John Harryson
Also Known As: John Harrysson, John Edvard Harryson
Biography: John Edvard Harryson (17 April 1926 – 28 November 2008) was a Swedish actor. He was the father of famous Swedish actor and television host Peter Harryson. Born in Katrineholm, Harrysson was a renowned actor in Sweden. For a younger generation John Harrysson was known as the Swedish voice of Scrooge McDuck, Eeyore in Winnie the Pooh, Doctor Snuggles, and the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood (1973). From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Katrineholm, Södermanlands län, Sweden
Birthday: April 17, 1926
Deathday: November 28, 2008
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Gender: Male
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Anderssonskans Kalle
Overview: Anderssonskan's Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and he is very fond of practical jokes. His mother sees him as a good natured boy but his victims, mostly the local policeman and two old crones in the same house, see him as the devil himself.
Genres: Comedy Family
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1972-12-01
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The Jönsson Gang Turns Up Again
Overview: As always, Sickan has come up with a new plan. This time he wants to rob the IKEA furniture store. During their nightly break-in Sickan discovers that the store is used as a secret smuggling central for sending American computers to the Soviet Union. The computers are picked up by Soviet submarines sneaking into the Swedish archipelago. Naturally, it is their arch enemy Wall-Enberg who is behind all of this.
Genres: Crime Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1986-10-24
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Hassel - Slavhandlarna
Overview: A criminal gang use illegal immigrants as labor on the black market.
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Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1989-03-10
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Karlar är karlar om sanningen ska fram
Overview: Carlo Goldoni's comedy 'I rusteghi' as adapted for Swedish television portrays the intrigues of the upper class in Venice in 1760.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1976-11-22
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Summer with Monika
Overview: Monika from Stockholm falls in love with Harry, a young man on holiday. When she becomes pregnant they are forced into a marriage, which begins to fall apart soon after they take up residence in a cramped little flat.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1953-02-09
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The Moon God
Overview: A serial killer who slaughters campers is on the loose in Sweden. The lead detectives make a breakthrough when the killer, a cloaked figure wielding a sword and a strange mask, sends the police a video recording.
Genres: TV Movie Crime Thriller Horror
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1988-09-23
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Darling of Mine
Overview: The Swedish/American actor Jack Harris visits the old country for the first time in his life. One of the journalist, Ingrid Billberg, is particularly interested in getting an interview with him. She finds out secret information about his next movie, and to stop her from revealing it, Jack Harris gets her alone with him on an isolated island in the archipelago. Romance blossoms... Plot by Mattias Thuresson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-07-22
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Miss and Mrs Sweden
Overview: To increase sales of the magazine Veckohatten, the management decides to invest heavily in the beauty contest Miss Sweden. A communist cell is planning to sabotage the competition, because it is sexist.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-12-21
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Fanny Hill
Overview: The classic tale of a young woman's erotic awakening is transplanted to swinging '60s Stockholm...
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1968-11-11
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A Handful of Love
Overview: Set against the backdrop of the 1909 general strike, Hjördis is employed as a housemaid in a wealthy Stockholm family.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-02-22
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Sverige åt svenskarna
Overview: This farce cocerns Sweden's King Gustav (Per Oscarsson who plays all the lead roles). The royal monarchs of three major European countries are patiently or not-so-patiently hovering on the sidelines while watching the future King Gustav closely. No single king appears to possess the brains he was born with, so history seems to be made by default, as it were. Gustav does blunder around, but not enough to miss being crowned king. As a result, France, England, and Germany invade Sweden hoping to take by force what they could not gain by incompetence.
Genres: Comedy History
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1980-07-31
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Resa i natten
Overview: Gösta is a lorry driver and has been married to Birgitta for eight years. Their marriage is only held together by their daughter. Gösta picks up girls along the roads and during a drive to Malmö he stumbles on the singing actress Irene. Gösta is captivated by her romantic presence and her joy of life. Besides picking up women, Gösta is sometimes affected by sudden seizures. His wife is unaware of this.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-01-30
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You're Lying!
Overview: About an alcohol-damaged young man, his life in and out of prison, his friend the art teacher and his difficulties reintegrating into society.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1969-10-26
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Swedish Wildcats
Overview: The sadistic Madam Margareta is a talking side of beef that serves as the hostess and ring leader for a live sex tease show and whorehouse. Madam's shows always feature her bodacious nieces Susanna and Karen, who perform in everything from striptease to S&M acts. Karen meets and eventually runs away with a rich guy. Susanna falls in love with a deceptive airport cargo handler. After several more kinky shows and various soft core sex scenes, Karen is gone and Susanna and her man find out the truth behind each others lies.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1972-01-20
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Nattens konung
Overview: An old fisherman is feeling lonely and begins to long for death.
Genres: Drama TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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Älskling på vift
Overview: What happens if a regular housewife picks up in a local beauty contest - and wins? How will it be when the husband forbids her to go to the finals in Mallorca - but she is going anyway?
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1964-09-21
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Begär
Overview: Carsten Berg returns home after 15 years abroad. He gets into a fight with his father, who dies of a heart attack. Carsten must take over his fathers business. He is informed that he is suffering from an incurable disease.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1946-09-02
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Streber
Overview: A man dreams of climbing society and begins to manipulate his business companions to get a sale to benefit him. - My companions are probably good and mean well, but they do not understand business. And yes, they have principles. I have that too. But mine are better.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1978-04-26
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Gustav III
Overview: Based on play by famous swedish author/playwright August Strindberg adapted for swedish TV in 70's. It's about the real life assassination on swedish king Gustav III who was killed by a lieutenant Jacob Johan Anckarström who acted on behalf of a group conspirators.
Genres: Drama History TV Movie
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1974-04-08
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Restaurant Intim
Overview: A new realism depiction of life and work in an old restaurant. A social portrayal of exhausted staff and dubious guests.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1950-03-03
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Woman Doctors
Overview: Lydia Kowalenko is fired from the pharmaceutical company where she has worked for many years because she refused to help cover up the use of a dangerous chemical. Her daughter Katja, however, has no scruples and risks an operation which is more beneficial to her own medical research than to the convalescence of a young patient. Then Katja's only son dies after a car accident. Was he too the victim of a career-minded doctor?
Genres: Drama
Original Language: de
Release Date: 1984-01-19
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Dante: Beware of the Shark!
Overview: When Dante's parents go on vacation, Dante and his buddy Tvärsan get the chance to play detectives.
Genres: Comedy Crime Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1978-08-26
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We Three Debutantes
Overview: Three young poets are about to make their debuts.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1953-09-07
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Eva
Overview: Marine Bo Fredriksson is travelling home on a leave. He reminisce about an accident he caused as a 12-year old which killed a young girl, an event that has made him feel revulsion for death. Back home he meets Eva, a girl he fancies and they move together to Stockholm to start a life together.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1948-12-26
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Flottans Muntergökar
Overview: Bob and Bernard serve as lieutenants on a cruiser. They intend to enjoy themselves.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1955-01-01
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Höjdhoppar'n
Overview: 35-year old Erik Engman, aka Pinnen, is the local fool. He picks up garbage and eats at the old people's home. One day he is asked to try the high-jump at the sport's field. He becomes fascinated and starts to train every day. Being fool-hardy, it doesn't take long before he is one of the best in the country and is asked to compete at the Stockholm Stadion.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1981-02-13
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Widower Jarl
Overview: When the old widower Andreas Jarl starts planning to marry his neighbour Gustava Hägg it starts a scandal in their small village.
Genres: TV Movie Comedy
Original Language: sv
Release Date: 1971-09-12
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