Claes Gill

Burly Norwegian character actor, mostly on the stage, film parts rare, but superb. Originally he was a gifted poet, he published two collections of poems in 1939 and 1942, both well reviewed. From 1945 he was engaged as manager and director at a Stanislavsky inspired theater called Studioteatret, at the following year he also had his stage debut at the same theater. Later he was engaged as an actor and director all over Scandinavia; in Stavanger he became both actor and Manager at Rogaland Teater for four years.(1952-56) There he played a great Jeppe in the comedy: "Jeppe paa Berget" by Holberg. In Denmark he stayed for two years at Odense Teater, (1962-64) among his parts there was as a formidable "King Lear" by Shakespeare. He also played Jeppe in a Danish television production in 1963. In films he had a realistic way of acting, emotional and strong at the same time, especially in the films of Arne Skouen.