Thor Modéen

Born: 1898-01-22

Thor Modéen (22 January 1898 – 28 May 1950) was a Swedish actor and comedian who was active in both movies and on stage.


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Private Number 91-Karlsson

as Major "Jokern"
Released: 1946-09-02

The Squadron leader throws big a party where one of his colleagues is going to demonstrate a new...

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Tonight or Never

as John Sjölin
Released: 1941-06-04

A famous crime novelist checks in at a hotel in the mountains under false identity.

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Stjärnbilder

as (archive footage)
Released: 1995-09-10

A tribute to Swedish film, which was made to celebrate the 100th anniversary of film in 1995 and...

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Put Our Märta First or As Luck Will Have It

as Fredriksson
Released: 1945-09-29

An out-of-work musician is desperate for work and when his best friend sees an add requesting a...

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91:an Karlssons permis

as Major Lejon, Jokern
Released: 1947-12-22

Private number 91 gets into more hijinks in this hilarious sequel.

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Kungen kommer

as Alexander Dryselius
Released: 1936-03-23

A travelling theater-company performs Offenbach's "The Beautiful Helene" when an officer in the...

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Smålänningar

as Napoleon Olsson
Released: 1935-10-28

Gustav lives in Värnamo. He constructs a new boat engine, but needs time to complete it. The...

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The Priest Who Knocked Out

as Karlsson
Released: 1943-03-06

The boxing promoter Charlie returns from America to Sweden and needs to find a professional...

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Oss baroner emellan

as Vilgot Sällberg
Released: 1939-12-26

Baron Leijoncloo comes back to Sweden after many years in Argentina. On his way to his good...

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Kärlek efter noter

as uncredited
Released: 1935-09-02

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

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Guest House Paradise

as Julle Bergström
Released: 1937-02-08

Paradiset is a boarding house in the archipelago of Stockholm, run by the strict Elvira...

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Janne Modig

as Adelclou, löjtnant
Released: 1923-08-20

Janne Modig lives in Småbacka and loves to pull pranks with his friend Nisse.

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Klart till drabbning

as Tosse Karlsson
Released: 1937-05-31

Two marines go AWOL and save a girl from drowning, they then sneak her aboard the ship.

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Wanted

as uncredited
Released: 1939-02-13

A woman sitting in a Stockholm cafe hears to her surprise on the radio that she is wanted by the...

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Åke klarar biffen

as uncredited
Released: 1952-03-24

Åke is small and fits everywhere. A film mostly consisting of scenes from older films.

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...som en tjuv om natten

as Klock-Johan
Released: 1940-03-18

Nisse Ekberg is in San Francisco but wants to get back to Sweden. Not being a completely honest...

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Dear Relatives

as Filip Randel
Released: 1933-11-06

The story about a Stockholm wholesaler and his three daughters.

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Magistrarna på sommarlov

as Karl-Otto Löfbeck
Released: 1941-11-22

Inga Danell's summer vacation is near. But unfortunately both Inga and her brother Acke have bad...

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Harald Handfaste

as Björnram
Released: 1946-12-26

Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He...

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Love Goes Up and Down

as Sture Nylén
Released: 1946-08-30

Sixten reluctantly go to a ski resort in Åre to write a script to a movie.

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Lilla helgonet

as Major Gibus
Released: 1944-08-01

Celestin is the singing teacher in a monastery and Denis is one of her students. They both dream...

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Hjältar i gult och blått

as Tosse Emanuelsson
Released: 1940-02-16

The tailor Tosse is ordered to return to his old regiment to practice what he learned many years...

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Tåget går klockan 9

as uncredited
Released: 1941-11-15

Stockholm Central station. The loudspeaker announces that the train 7.03 is delayed and arrives...

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Minns ni?

as (archive footage)
Released: 1993-10-24

A quick overview of Swedish film history, featuring a breathtaking cavalry of scenes from about...

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'Swing It' Teacher

as Karl-Otto Löfbeck
Released: 1940-12-21

Old fashioned teachers are taught swing dancing by a student.

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Släkten är värst

as Frans-Fredrik
Released: 1936-07-27

A bachelor in Stockholm must invent a family to be able to get financial support from his aunt...

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Kronans glada gossar

as uncredited
Released: 1952-01-14

Pelle Frisk is serving in the Swedish armed forces.

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Stackars Ferdinand

as Ferdinand Dellander
Released: 1941-12-27

Wholesaler Ferdinand wants his son to marry his firm partner's daughter, but the problem is they...

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Two Kings

as Mollberg
Released: 1925-11-09

The young adventurer Signature Hjelm meets one day a runaway carriage, and succeeds by a...

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Anderssonskans Kalle

as Police Constable Jonsson
Released: 1934-01-01

Anderssonskans Kalle is the typical 'Söderkis'. It's a boy growing up on Söder in Stockholm and...

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Fianceé for Hire

as Överste
Released: 1950-08-28

A secretary transforms their defunct legal agency into a service where you can get anything,...

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Augustas lilla felsteg

as Petter Söderqvist
Released: 1933-01-29

Augusta (Dagmar Ebbesen) and her man receives a letter from the countryside one day therein her...

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Livet på Forsbyholm

as August von Hake
Released: 1948-01-19

At Forsbyholm's boarding school, the problem-maker Rutger Von Hake reads. In order for the...

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Mot nya tider

as Lindkvist
Released: 1939-11-06

A Swedish drama from 1939 about the social and political developments in Sweden from 1885 until...

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Pettersson & Bendels nya affärer

as Karl-Johan Pettersson
Released: 1945-02-26

After some time abroad, Bendel returns to Sweden and seeks up his old friend and business...

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Livet på en pinne

as Aldor Johnsson
Released: 1942-09-28

Aldor Johnsson is an old but unsuccessful criminal.

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Fröken Julia jubilerar

as Mårten Lagergren
Released: 1938-08-13

Julia works as a cashier at a piano factory in Stockholm. She and a couple friend go on a ski...

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Bomans pojke

as uncredited
Released: 1933-03-13

Gösta is unemployed and joins a gang of smugglers.

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33.333

as uncredited
Released: 1936-03-02

A young worker has decided he must get to buy a lottery ticket with the number 33.333. He manage...

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Daddy Wanted

as Staff Manager Captain Bäcklund
Released: 1947-06-01

Holger Hallman, CEO of a weapons factory try to prevent his son Tom from dating a manucurist,...

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Livat på luckan

as uncredited
Released: 1951-10-29

Johansson has managed to stay away from the military service for several years. But now his time...

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It Pays to Advertise!

as Miller
Released: 1936-08-19

Mr. Miller is the CEO of a big soap company whose son Henry like to spend his father's money but...

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Så tuktas en äkta man

as Kalle Fager, möbelsnickare
Released: 1941-04-10

Göran Brehmer lives in Stockholm and can't resist flirting with women.

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Pettersson - Sverige

as uncredited
Released: 1934-11-19

A safe is blown up and an old soccer hero, now a policeman, get the task of solving the case.

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Landstormens lilla Lotta

as Kalle Högkvist
Released: 1939-10-02

It's time for conscription training outside the small town Lillköping. The bank clerk becomes an...

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The Nuthouse

as Vårby
Released: 1951-09-21

In Stockholm in the year 2248 an excavation leads to the discovery of 45,000 meters of film from...

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The Ghost Reporter

as uncredited
Released: 1941-08-09

Augustus Blomkvist sells his sausage factory and buys the newspaper Stockholms-Posten where he...

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O, What a Night!

as Grosshandlare Berggren
Released: 1937-08-30

Wholesaler Berggren's daughter Elin travels to Örebro to spend her honeymoon with her husband...

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Rattens musketörer

as Pontus Berg, taxichaufför
Released: 1945-10-29

Three cab drivers win a big sum of money and try to adjust to their new lifestyles.

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Simon i Backabo

as Gustaf Strömberg
Released: 1934-10-22

Simon lives a quiet life on his farm until one day he discovers he is the heir of a great fortune.

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In the Arms of Roslagen

as Julius Orkan
Released: 1945-08-20

Based on Evert Taube songs about the sailor and womanizer Fritiof Andersson. Midsummer in the...

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Snurriga familjen

as Direktör Blom
Released: 1940-08-18

Manager Blom and his family stop at a mountain hotel. Once there, all family members are...

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Once Upon a Time

as uncredited
Released: 1945-12-15

A peddler visiting a small cottage in the winter. He tells some strange tales for the family...

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Uppsagd

as uncredited
Released: 1934-03-19

Björn Kraft is an office clerk and one day his boss installs a new accounting machine that can...

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Love and Cash Shortages

as Manager Gyllén
Released: 1932-08-01

Office clerk Margit suspects that the senior accountant is embezzling money from the company....

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The Tales of Ensign Stål

as uncredited
Released: 1926-11-01

Based on the poems by finnish poet Johan Ludvig Runeberg, the movie centers on the Finnish War...

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With You in My Arms

as Vårby
Released: 1940-11-09

Millionaire Krister Dahl loses his memory when he is hit in the head by a golf ball. He meets...

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Hans majestäts rival

as Johansson
Released: 1943-11-02

"His Majesty's Rival" - A young man, Lars Hjelm, returns home after being in Italy on a...

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Thor Modéen - ett personligt porträtt av Ulf Larsson

as (archive footage)
Released: 2000-06-20

Thor Modéen (1898-1950) was one of our great Swedish film actors and comedians. Cicerone Ulf...

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Herr Collins äventyr

as uncredited
Released: 1943-08-27

Filip Collin, the elegant small town patron, has suffered from money market concerns due to...

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Sextuplets

as Thor P. Davidsson
Released: 1942-06-08

A local newspaper editor in northern Sweden starts to spread a rumor that sextuplets has been...

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Kungliga Johansson

as uncredited
Released: 1934-09-23

Famous chef Carl-Ulrik Johansson (Erik 'Bullen' Berglund) comes home to Sweden after twenty...

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En äventyrare

as uncredited
Released: 1942-09-11

A free fantasy about the Swedish poet and adventurer Lars Wivallius.

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Hotell Kåkbrinken

as Bernhard Sjöqvist
Released: 1946-12-26

Laban Lundström is the porter at Hotell Kåkbrinken. The hotel is threatened by wholesaler...

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The Golden Boys of Happiness

as uncredited
Released: 1932-12-26

A story about is stock deals and land speculations in Stockholm. The happiness depends on a...

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Han, hon och pengarna

as Wholesaler Lindberg
Released: 1936-10-19

Young Göran Hilding gamble and loses money he does not have. He'll have to pledge his 50 shares...

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Ödets man

as Sivert
Released: 1924-12-08

A man loses his memory after a suicide attempt and falls for his nurse. He recovers physically...

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Kiss Her!

as Manager Gravander
Released: 1940-05-17

Lisa Larsson, dancer at a theater, witnesses a traffic accident and banker Brenner's private...

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Sten Stensson Stéen från Eslöv på nya äventyr

as uncredited
Released: 1932-09-19

A traveling theatre company comes to Lund and one of the smallest hotels in town. A female...

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Stiliga Augusta

as Doctor Sommer
Released: 1946-11-04

The maid quits at the Sommer family household and because no one in the family can cook they...

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Springpojkar är vi allihopa

as Konrad Andersson
Released: 1941-01-04

Gugge and Nuffe work at the competing meat wholesalers AB Delikatesser and AB Skånedelikatesser....

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A Little Flirt

as Swanson
Released: 1934-01-29

Orphan Didi is raised by her aunts and in love with her ward, the surgeon Dr. Gunnar Green. He...

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Fattiga riddare

as Pontus Boman
Released: 1944-12-26

Marianne is not satisfied with her job at a farm and dreams of moving to the big city. When she...

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...och alla dessa kvinnor

as Lärkengren
Released: 1944-11-13

Axel is courting women in large quantities. He increasingly conscious and excessively uses his...

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Kronblom

as Landsfiskalen
Released: 1947-08-18

A couple of thieves are terrorizing the village of Vinkelboda, and Kronblom becomes a suspect...

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Hin och smålänningen

as uncredited
Released: 1927-11-14

Gunnar works at a rail road in the woods and blasts a large boulder. Out of the ashes comes...

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Rena rama sanningen

as Police commissioner
Released: 1939-05-22

Bertil Dahl deals with bonds at a bank. He dislikes that his colleagues are lying to customers...

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Lillebror och jag

as Hurtig, förvandlingskonstnär
Released: 1940-03-11

Manager Björkman is going bankrupt and has to take desperate measures to try to sort his life...

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Spökbaronen

as uncredited
Released: 1927-10-17

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

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Två man om en änka

as uncredited
Released: 1933-12-26

Ludwig Karlsson works for the cavalry captain Paul Rosencrona at the horse guard in Stockholm.

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65, 66, and Me

as Karl-Alfred Pettersson
Released: 1936-11-23

Wholesaler Pettersson ends up in the military after being mixed up with a soldier on the run,...

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Andersson, Pettersson och Lundström

as uncredited
Released: 1923-09-01

Andersson, Pettersson and Lundström goes out for a long walk with Stockholm as a goal. On the...

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Nattvaktens hustru

as uncredited
Released: 1947-10-20

Ingegerd Lindberg is coming to Stockholm from the countryside. The first person she meets at the...

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Lille Napoleon

as Staff sergeant
Released: 1943-05-31

Office worker Napoleon Larsson is an unnoticed existence. One day when he arrives late for work,...

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Det går som en dans...

as Publisher
Released: 1943-09-15

Short comedy about an author named Viktor Mattson (Nils Poppe) whose publisher tells him that...

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Jolanta - den gäckande suggan

as uncredited
Released: 1945-11-12

The Skåne farmer Jeppsson has a tax debt and gets into trouble when he refuses to pay.

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Thor Modéen: Strålande tider, härliga tider!

as various (archive footage)
Released: 1992-11-22

Portrait documentary of the Swedish comedic actor Thor Modéen full of clips from his greatest roles.

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Svensson ordnar allt!

as uncredited
Released: 1938-01-31

Butcher Charles Svensson (Thor Modéen) bets on the horses and wins the jackpot. He finds high...

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Kustens glada kavaljerer

as uncredited
Released: 1938-11-05

The comic misadventures of two young boys and an anti-militaristic grocer who are recruited...

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Odygdens belöning

as Manager Åke Wallensjö
Released: 1937-07-29

Bicycle factory director Wallensjö regularly fires his bookkeeper Gunnar, who has taken a liking...

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Ett skepp kommer lastat

as uncredited
Released: 1932-03-05

A collection of comedy sketches with Helle Winther as presenter.

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