Erling Hanson

{{Short description|Norwegian actor (1888–1978)}}

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Erling Georg Stefan Hanson (May 1, 1888 – August 16, 1978) was a Norwegian stage and film actor.

Life

Erling Hanson was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway, the son of the physician Alfred Hanson (1844–1819) and Emmy Amalie Hanson (née Jørgensen, 1864–1944).{{cite web |title=Folketelling 1900 for 0301 Kristiania kjøpstad |url=https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01037045015315 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |access-date=April 21, 2023}}{{cite news |title=Erling Hanson definitivt ansat ved Stavanger teater |url=https://www.nb.no/items/66bc5627cb9a30cf7dd867280d5a8ff5?page=3 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Bergens tidende |issue=155 |date=July 8, 1924 |page=4}} He died in Oslo in 1978.{{cite web |title=Døde 1951 - 2014 |url=https://www.digitalarkivet.no/census/person/pf01037045015315 |website=Digitalarkivet |publisher=Arkivverket |access-date=April 21, 2023}}

Career

Hanson made his stage debut at the National Theater in Bergen in 1908 in Alf Harbitz's play Rakels hjem.{{cite news |title=Alf Harbitz |url=https://www.nb.no/items/25ecc67aeda23fabd1a4b8ef6ac04c66?page=1 |access-date=April 21, 2023 |work=Lindesnes |issue=124 |date=October 23, 1908 |page=2}}{{cite book |last1=Aarseth |first1=Asbjørn |title=Den Nationale scene 1901–31 |date=1969 |publisher=Gyldendal |location=Oslo |page=218}} He then performed in Ludovica Levy's touring theater. As a film actor, he appeared in one Danish silent film in 1920, seven silent films in Germany between 1920 and 1924, and five Norwegian films between 1941 and 1944. He headed the Rogaland Theater from 1924 to 1926.{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Larsen |first1=Svend Erik Løken |title=Rogaland Teater |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Rogaland_Teater |access-date=April 21, 2023 |year=2021 |language=no}}{{cite book |title=Norsk biografisk leksikon. 10 : Wilberg-Aavik |date=2005 |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |page=408}}

Filmography

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