Norwegian male stage actors

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Halvor Bernt Stein Grieg Halvorsen (19 October 1909 – 11 November 2013) was a Norwegian theatre actor.
Stein was born in Kristiania as the son of composer Johan Halvorsen (1864–1935) and Annie Grieg (1873–1957). He was married to Odd Frogg's widow Elizabeth Inga Else Margrethe Thaulow (1903–1968) from 1940 until 1971, then after her death to Vibeke Laura Mowinckel Falk. Stein Grieg Halvorsen was employed at Nationaltheatret from 1928 to 1935, Den Nationale Scene from 1935 to 1936, and again Nationaltheatret from 1936 to 1939 and from 1945 to his retirement in 1997.His son, Stein Johan Grieg Halvorsen, is half of the comedy duo Erlend & SteinJo, who rose to fame in the 1990s.
Halvorsen died of natural causes on 11 November 2013, three weeks after his 104th birthday.

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Jørn Ording (21 February 1916 – 11 March 2001) was a Norwegian actor, theatre instructor and screenwriter.
He was born in Kristiania as a son of Jørgen Fredrik Ording (1880–1930). He was also a nephew of Fredrik and Johannes Ording, a first cousin of Arne Ording, a second cousin of Aake Anker Ording and a first cousin once removed of Hans Ording.He made his stage debut in 1938 at Den Nationale Scene, and was hired at the National Theatre in 1939. From 1944 to 1945, during the German occupation of Norway, he was in exile in Sweden, working at Fri Norsk Scene. He returned to the National Theatre after the war and worked there until his retirement.He also appeared in films, including Rikard Nordraak (1945), Englandsfarere (1946), The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948), Ukjent mann (1951), and Kasserer Jensen (1954). He wrote the screenplay for films such as Støv på hjernen (1959).

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Jon Lennart Mjøen (22 October 1912 – 3 January 1997) was a Norwegian actor, film director and screenwriter. He appeared in twelve films between 1936 and 1968. His film Stevnemøte med glemte år was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival.
Mjøen was primarily a stage actor and debuted at the Søilen Theater in 1933. He was employed at the New Theater from 1936 to 1937, then at the Trøndelag Theater until 1938, then the Centralteatret until 1959 (except some of the war years) and at the Oslo Nye Teater until 1967. He worked for some time after this freelance, although he made his last film, De ukjentes marked, in 1968.

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Willie Hans Karsten Hoel (16 June 1920 – 15 June 1986) was a Norwegian actor and comedian.
He is best known for on-stage performances and for numerous roles, mainly comedic, in Norwegian movies, including the Olsenbanden movies.

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Henki Kolstad (3 February 1915 – 14 July 2008) was a Norwegian actor and pop-cultural national treasure. With his debut at the Oslo national theater, he was known for his appearances in Olsenbanden, the children's series Jul i Skomakergata, Herr Klinke in Den Spanske Flue, and Vi gifter oss. Notable mentions include the Amanda and the Order of St. Olav awards.Kolstad and his wife Else were together for 76 years. They had one son and two daughters.Henki was also known for voicing several local Disney characters such as the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood, Grumpy in the 1982 dub of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Maurice in Beauty and the Beast and the Sultan of Agrabah in Aladdin.
Henki's younger brother, Lasse Kolstad, was also a well-known actor. His older brother Knut Kolstad was a politician.

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Leif Juster (born Leif Normann Nilsen) (14 February 1910 – 25 November 1995) was a Norwegian comedian, singer and actor, arguably the most popular of his generation in Norway. Juster started out as a variety show performer, and for a period he ran the theater Edderkoppen. Characterised by his unusually tall, lanky figure and squeeky voice, his signature act was the monologue "Mot normalt". He also acted in several successful comedies on the big screen, notably Den forsvundne pølsemaker (1941), Det æ'kke te å tru (1942), En herre med bart (1942) and Fjols til fjells (1957).
He was the uncle of another of Norway's most beloved comedians, the late Rolf Just Nilsen.