John Melin

AKA:
0.3135

1895-05-18

Karlskoga, Örebro län, Sweden

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {86}

poliskonstapel Bäckström aka Bonnbagarn

1945-10-19 2

Sextetten Karlsson

The story about Karlsson's six boys, who makes mischief in the fictional town of Östköping. ...
Genre :Comedy

Bomben

1943-08-28 5

Hon trodde det var han

The famous author Mark Storm's publisher is unhappy with his books and asks him to write books in a more popular genre, crime for example. When Mark Storm comes to his apartment, he finds a burglar, K ...
Genre :Comedy, Crime

Hamlet

1936-07-31 0

Alla tiders Karlsson

Åke is employed as a singer in a revue tour and his uncle Karlsson becomes the tour bus driver. ...
Genre :Comedy

Concert flute player at the ball

1946-02-25 6.418

Crisis

A poor Swedish piano teacher and her foster daughter’s lives are upended when the child’s biological mother arrives in their small town to reclaim her. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Butler (uncredited)

1955-12-26 7.4

Smiles of a Summer Night

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly attracted to his new s ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Pettersson, godsägare

1947-11-03 6.3

A Guest Is Coming

It's Christmas. The owner of an old mansion decides to tell his family he's going to sell it. The following morning he's found murdered. ...
Genre :Drama, Mystery

1947-10-18 3

Här kommer vi ...

The actor Robert Berg is just about to get his dream role on the big stage in Stockholm when he gets called to the military service. ...
Genre :Music, Romance, Comedy

1949-02-28 0

Hur tokigt som helst

"How crazy!" A man and a woman watch episodes from Nils Poppe movies outside a cinema Maxim in Stockholm. Poppe represents, among other things, a poor composer who vainly tries to get a tune adopted b ...
Genre :Comedy

1951-12-17 6.519

One Summer of Happiness

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the j ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

1952-09-15 4.3

Hård klang

A small Swedish village has transformed to an industrial center with exports to Germany. A German opened a quarry some 50 years ago, after realizing the value of granite. Now WW1 begins. ...
Genre :Drama

Åberg

1959-10-16 5.9

Rider in Blue

When private eye John Hillman is on assignment in London his wife Kajsa visits the Army's riding school at Strömsholm, Sweden. She gets involved in the strange murder of the Blue Rider. Unknown to eve ...
Genre :Mystery, Thriller

Cantor

1960-12-26 5.4

When Darkness Falls

Young Elisabeth comes to Västlinge to meet her old relative, the vicar and and his young daughter. She is going to spend the Christmas there in peace and quiet but on Christmas Eve, the grocer is brut ...
Genre :Crime

Bus driver

1958-02-01 5.9

The Lady in Black

The married detective couple John and Kajsa Hillman goes on a vacation to Holmfors mill where a friend of Kajsa's lives with her husband. When a young woman is found murdered it is clear that this is ...
Genre :Thriller, Mystery

Fat man

1943-12-26 4

Kajan går till sjöss

Kajan, a young boy, spends the summer with his friends working on a barge, earning extra money in the ports with their song and dance number. A young countess runs away from home and joins Kajan and h ...
Genre :Family, Adventure, Comedy, Music

Westman

1958-12-19 6.6

Mannequin in Red

A model is murdered at a famous fashion house and the Hillmans start to investigate. Kajsa Hillman is employed as a model and discovers that several people had motives to kill her. ...
Genre :Mystery, Crime, Thriller

1958-09-18 5.7

The Phantom Carriage

The third film adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf's novel of the same name. The drinker David Holm gets killed right on the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve will face the death coachman, which happens t ...
Genre :Drama

Guest at the hotel

1941-03-22 5.5

Landstormens lilla argbigga

Spoiled upper class girl must join a home defense unit to learn military drill and fall in love with a lieutenant. ...
Genre :Comedy

Hospital patient

1951-12-17 6.519

One Summer of Happiness

The young high school graduate Göran and the 17-year-old Kerstin get to know each other on the estate of Göran's uncle Persson and fall in love. But their relationship is watched suspiciously by the j ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Post office customer

1955-09-19 3.3

Åsa-Nisse ordnar allt

Åsa-Nisse has a bad back and when he visits the doctor he gets an experimental medicine for horses by mistake. Suddenly Åsa-Nisse has super strengths and becomes an unbeatable athlete. ...
Genre :Comedy

Vicar

1959-09-04 2.5

Åsa-Nisse jubilerar

The local newspaper celebrates 50 years and are now looking for a citizen who has lived as long in the neighborhood. Our hero Åsa-Nisse seems to fit the profile. ...
Genre :Comedy

Guest at the royal ball

1936-03-23 4.3

Kungen kommer

A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the audience notices the similarity in appearance between the leading actor Leonard Pettersson and the king ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Major Klacke

1959-03-08 6

Swinging at the Castle

Love triangle between Svante, his fiancee Inga and Sophie, a girl from a rich family. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ship's crew

1934-02-05 3.8

Atlantäventyret

Theatre director Freddy Alsterberg has failed with his latest operetta. He decides to work his way over the Atlantic. His niece Tusse also stows away on the ship disguised as a boy. ...
Genre :Comedy

Servant

1954-11-01 4.5

Karin Månsdotter

Karin does not belong to the nobility but nevertheless marries the mentally ill king Erik XIV and becomes queen of Sweden. The king's skilled counsellor Göran Persson wants a royal policy supporting t ...
Genre :History, Drama

1956-09-10 5.9

The Staffan Stolle Story

Staffan Stolle becomes the sole heir to a rich and noble family when he is just a little boy. Early on he is engaged to be married to a girl he finds he does not love. Instead he flees the country onl ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy, Music, Mystery

1946-09-02 7.292

Private Number 91-Karlsson

The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new type of explosive substance. ...
Genre :Comedy

1957-08-11 0

91:an Karlsson slår knockout

Privates 91 and 87 are ordered to carry a tube of explosive chemicals to a military depot, while prize fighter Ingemar Johansson tries to teach them how to throw a punch. ...
Genre :Comedy

1959-08-30 0

91:an Karlsson muckar (tror han)

In the last film of the original 91 film series two letters - one written in spite and another in love - end up in the wrong hands, while 91 and 87 as usual try to avoid ending up in military arrest. ...
Genre :

gäst på Mariannes födelsedagsfest

1942-02-16 0

Tre glada tokar

The wealthy Rudolf Trane helps the unsuccessful vacuum-cleaner salesman Rhuter to find a girl called Marianne. Trane, Rhuter and Trane's manservant John pretend to be waiters when Marianne's family is ...
Genre :Comedy

1941-08-12 0

Hemtrevnad i kasern

Eva Cullberg (Annalisa Ericson) wants to sing in a cabaret the local military company are arranging. But her mother (Tollie Zellman) and father (Carl-Gunnar Wingård) won't let her, so she pretends to ...
Genre :Music, Comedy

Vicar

1959-01-26 4.3

Miss Chic

Buster Carell, a talent agent is threatened by bankruptcy when his only real talent, a singing lumberjack, runs off with the company funds. Watching a TV quiz show, Carell discovers a prodigal singer, ...
Genre :Comedy

restauranggäst

1944-11-27 0

Fia Jansson från Söder

Luft-Kalle and Kol-Jocke get into adventures in southern Stockholm around midsummer. ...
Genre :Comedy

1958-06-22 0

The Great Amateur

Modern fairy tale about the small town of Fårtuna where the chief of police is also an amateur theater director. The local shop assistant Linda aspires to become an actress and gets discovered by a ta ...
Genre :Comedy

barberaren

1943-02-19 0

Elvira Madigan

The tragic love story between a line dancer and an army officer. ...
Genre :Romance

Man

1954-07-19 4.5

Storm over Tjurö

Karl Oskar Bohm looks back at his life, his estranged daughter Augusta and his wife Sofia. ...
Genre :Drama

1949-11-27 4

Swing it, Boccaccio

The theater director Sten Rampe, Svend Blom and Ulrik Blad are on their way to Sten's summer house and suddenly get a flat tire. The fate brings them together with seven young women whose car has fall ...
Genre :Comedy

vaktmästare på soarén

1947-02-22 0

Song of Stockholm

Knatten and Janne, just released from the prison of Långholmen, meet a romantic Stockholm in the 40s. Knatten tries to earn money while Janne is looking for the music. ...
Genre :Music, Drama, Romance

Balloon salesman

1956-06-11 4.8

Seventh Heaven

"Seventh Heaven" - Famous radio personality Willy Lorens has a big success with the radio series "Seventh Heaven." The amount of fan mail and attention eventually becomes too much for Willy, who suffe ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

1956-08-06 2

Suss gott

The jack of all trades Pekka is having financial trouble and is being hunted by a debt collector. ...
Genre :Comedy

1950-09-04 0

Inventive Johansson

Handyman "Inventive Johansson" from the popular swedish comics is now live in his own movie and can handle an oil can and a screwdriver as inventive as brushes and eggs. ...
Genre :Comedy

1961-12-26 0

That's Life

Carl-Gustaf and Arne are employed to do a commercial photography for director Oskarsson, but they fall into a bathtub and get fired. Anita Linbloms breakthrough film. ...
Genre :Comedy

1950-03-13 0

Motorkavaljerer

An inventive store assistant becomes a major motorcycle racing star. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy, Adventure

1950-12-26 3

Regementets ros

To save intoxicated friend Boman from getting caught, two conscripts lock him up in the local jail and release a prisoner, Ivan Jansson, so that he can pretend to be Boman for a few hours. But when th ...
Genre :Comedy

1956-01-30 0

Litet bo

Hasse has received a scholarship from the insurance company where he works together with his friend Lennart. They both travel to Vienna so that Hasse can take a few days off, while Lennart attends lec ...
Genre :Comedy

Verger

1957-11-25 5

A Girl of Solbakken

From Bjørnson's novels about romance in 19th century Norway. Thorbjörn Granliden is raised severely by his parents who notice that he is drawn to the sinister farmhand Aslak. After a fight with Thorbj ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

The Beauty Doctor (uncredited)

1960-10-17 7.175

The Devil's Eye

The devil has a stye in his eye, caused by the purity of a vicar's daughter. To get rid of it, he sends Don Juan up from hell to seduce the 20 year old Britt-Marie and to rob her of her virginity and ...
Genre :Comedy, Fantasy, Drama

Hotell manager

1950-12-23 5

When Bengt and Anders Changed Wives

Two neighbours, each with a small plot of land, hate each other. Both are dissatisfied with his wife. ...
Genre :Comedy

kund i frisersalongen

1949-02-28 4.8

Farlig vår

A young prostitute, Gullan Svan, is murdered one night. The police suspects that the murderer is a student, since she had a lot of students as customers. The murderer stole a picture of Gullan after h ...
Genre :Crime

Butcher's Delivery Man (uncredited)

1945-08-13 5

Sussie

A self centered author are having a word feud in a news paper column with a journalist called Sussie. The author has just divorced and now need a new house keeper. Sussie sees her chance to go underco ...
Genre :Comedy

1947-12-26 0

The People from Simlangs Valley

Class struggle and love trouble in the woods between Halland and Småland. ...
Genre :Drama

1932-11-04 0

Två hjärtan och en skuta

Young Gustaf Svensson has been warned by his father that he should stop chasing girls. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1939-10-09 0

Folket på Högbogården

Mean farmer Ola Berg reigns at Högbogården and endures a loveless relationship with his wife Karin. ...
Genre :Drama

1927-10-17 0

Spökbaronen

Baron Conrad Wirvelpihl get hit in the head and lose his memory. ...
Genre :Drama

1926-10-10 0

Mordbrännerskan

Ragnhild is a girl who enjoys dancing. Her school teacher forbids her to go to the dance hall. She rebels against the ban by setting the hall on fire. The outbreak of fire becomes extremely violent. ...
Genre :Drama

Burglar

1954-03-22 1

Dirch Passer vælter byen

The scam artist Jens Nielsen is in prison. In exchange for a cigarette, he is told by fellow prisoner, Sture Kaxe, that he has a precious jewel worth SEK 100,000 hidden away. ...
Genre :Comedy

1935-09-02 0

Kärlek efter noter

The Karlsson family has a grocery store, but the son Bertil wants to set up an operetta on stage. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

1954-08-16 0

Flicka med melodi

The sisters Britta and Ellinor live with their grandfather, music professor Libergius, teacher and leader of the city's orchestra association. In the city there is also a youthful jazz band - to the p ...
Genre :Drama

1952-10-03 0

Drömsemester

The Danish school teacher Mogens Jensen is on his holiday through Sweden in a rickety T-Ford. ...
Genre :Comedy

1934-02-21 0

Äventyr på hotell

At the Carlssons hotel in Stockholm we find unemployed actor Gunnar Berg, whose father owns Sundsvalls Steel mill and wants the son to enter the company. But the son prefers to sit and wait for roles ...
Genre :Drama

1927-11-14 0

Hin och smålänningen

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes Satan himself - with cloven hoofs and a big mean grin. ...
Genre :Drama

1937-09-11 0

Än leva de gamla gudar

Napolean Pettersson is a placid, contented small town storekeeper transplanted into a fashionable big-city home by his overly-ambitious family. He attempts to adjust himself to his new life, but every ...
Genre :Comedy

1956-10-15 0

Girl in Tails

The beautiful student Katja shocks the conservative and rigid city of Wadköping by appearing in tail-coat on the big prom. ...
Genre :Comedy

1945-08-27 0

Jagad

A smalltime businessman gets himself into finance problems. His bank requires tangible proof of ability to pay. The businessman makes a drastic decision. ...
Genre :Drama

1933-12-02 0

Inled mig i frestelse

Lund is home to Qvillander and Schorn. There is also a gentleman who lives entirely in the world of books, Professor Möbius. The latter is dominated by his aunt, Miss Lundén, who manages the finances ...
Genre :Drama

1950-12-16 4

Kyssen på kryssen

Lasse Brenner is a serious filmmaker (spoof on Ingmar Bergman) who is forced to direct a lighthearted comedy. The filming takes place in different cities across Europe and North Africa so Brenner and ...
Genre :Comedy

1955-02-21 0

Far och flyg

The young Peder is a baggage loader at Bromma Airport and in love with the flight attendant Agneta. ...
Genre :Family

1931-01-01 0

Scattered Pages

Vera Nilsson is friendly with the poor neighbor boy Håkan, this is not seen kindly by Vera's father Nils. ...
Genre :Comedy

Skötsamma Grisen

1953-07-19 2

The Road to Klockrike

Bolle gets tired of working at the cigar factory and because of his desire for freedom he takes to the road. He and the other hobos have only one problem and that is the mounted policemen chasing vagr ...
Genre :Drama

Man smoking cigar

1952-12-17 5

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth

For the Sake of My Intemperate Youth (Swedish: För min heta ungdoms skull) is a 1952 Swedish drama film directed by Arne Mattsson. It was entered into the 1953 Cannes Film Festival. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

The Theatre Director

1954-04-19 0

Enchanted Journey

A traveling theatre company comes to a small town and performs to a packed house. But during the show the theatre director decides to run away with the money. ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Herr Portiern

1964-12-16 3

The Marriage Wrestler

Stockholm 1912. Site for the Olympic Games. Love entanglements and eroticism at hotel Eros. ...
Genre :Comedy

Artist at Mosebacke torg

1953-09-07 7

We Three Debutantes

Three young poets are about to make their debuts. ...
Genre :Drama

Rapp

1955-12-17 0

Hemsöborna

The widow Anna Eva Flod at Hemsö needs help on the farm and hire the new boy Carlsson, who quickly wins the heart of Anna Eva. ...
Genre :

Olsson

1932-08-01 0

Love and Cash Shortages

Office clerk Margit suspects that the senior accountant is embezzling money from the company. Now the auditors are on their way to check the bookkeeping. It seems that the senior accountant isn't the ...
Genre :Comedy

Church visitor

1919-10-20 5

The Fairy of Solbakken

Synnöve lives with her parents at the farm Solbakken on a sunny hill. Thorbjörn, who lives at Granliden in the shadow of a big mountain, often looks wistfully up to Solbakken. As teenagers they meet a ...
Genre :Drama, Romance

Boat passenger

1925-11-09 5

Two Kings

The young adventurer Signature Hjelm meets one day a runaway carriage, and succeeds by a resourceful and daring intervention to avert an accident. The rig belongs to Gustav III's favorite, Baron Armfe ...
Genre :Drama

Guest

1928-09-16 6

Sin

A married writer's luck turns when he gets a play produced at Théâtre de Paris. He meets the femme fatale who should play the lead in his play. Passion and conflict occurs. ...
Genre :Drama

Katrinus

1954-11-16 5.3

Salka Valka

A coming of age story about young Salka Valka who lives in the small fishing village of Íseyri. She is doing well for herself as a partner in a small fishing boat, but people believe she is financed b ...
Genre :Drama

Café owner

1933-12-26 0

Hemliga Svensson

The little town Västerköping needs a new police man - but the only applicant is the small and tiny Fridolf. He gets the job but has to work with the big and strong police inspector Göransson. The town ...
Genre :Romance, Comedy

1934-03-03 6.5

Karl Fredrik Reigns

A man goes from the tough life as a hired worker all the way into the Swedish government. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

1963-05-02 7.5

A Dream Play

"A dream play" - This made-for-television film constituted Bergman’s first production of Strindberg’s A Dream Play – a play he would revisit three times more. Gunnar Ollén’s Malmö crew was behind this ...
Genre :Drama, Fantasy, TV Movie

1933-08-22 0

Saturday Nights

Nappe and Johan are two friends who gets cheated by the trickster Johnny. ...
Genre :Comedy, Romance

Station Inspector (uncredited)

1947-08-18 0

Kronblom

A couple of thieves are terrorizing the village of Vinkelboda, and Kronblom becomes a suspect and must clear his name. Based on the popular Swedish comic strip Kronblom, about the laziest man in town ...
Genre :Comedy

Mr. Andersson (uncredited)

1949-08-29 0

Kronblom kommer till stan

Kronblom wins a little pig in a lottery and starts to build a sty for his new friend. ...
Genre :Comedy

Skådespelare

1948-11-15 0

Loffe som miljonär

The vagabond Loffe is drifting along the Swedish summer landscape. ...
Genre :Comedy

1951-09-02 5

Spöke på semester

"Ghost on Holiday" - Stockholm 1950 is experiencing a gold rush, after the discovery of gold during the building of the new underground. Assistant Borgkrona (Järrell) owns a plot in the gold area. The ...
Genre :Comedy