Karl Eilert Wiik

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Role

Actor

Date of birth

03/11/1917

Date of death

05/25/1964

Place of birth

Aalesund, Norway

Karl Eilert Wiik

Biography

Norwegian stage actor and manager, stage debut at Studioteatret in 1945, a theater inspired by the ideas of the Russian theorist and director Stanislavsky. Later he became an actor and touring manager at Riksteatret.( The National Norwegian Travelling Theater ) He appeared in plays like: "The Long Christmas Dinner" (1945) and "Our Town" (1946) both by Thornton Wilder, "All My Sons" (1948) by Arthur Miller, "The Threepenny Opera" (1953) by Brecht, and as krogstad in "A Doll's House" (1956) by Ibsen. In films he played only bit parts in four Norwegian films between 1946/58. He was married to stage actress Gerd Rivedal Wiik (1921-2005).

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