Oliver Sofus Pettersen Dahl (December 20, 1877 – November 30, 1952) was a Norwegian theater and film actor.
Dahl was born in Horg Municipality, Norway, the son of Peder Dahl and Johanna Iversdatter Elgaaen. He was the half-brother of the novelist and playwright Johan Bojer. Dahl married the actress Inga Sparre Dahl, with whom he established a touring ensemble after Ludovica Levy's National Tour (Nationalturneen) closed in 1912. In 1918 they started performing at the new theater in Stavanger, and Dahl was also involved in the start-up of the Trondheim Theater in 1911. Dahl led the new Søilen Theater from 1930 to 1932.
Works Teaterminner. Fra Nasjonalturneens dager (Theater Memories. From the Days of the National Tour; 1959), edited by his son Torbjørn Sparre Dahl.
Filmography 1926: Simen Mustrøens besynderlige opplevelser as Per Pikajord 1932: Den store barnedåpen 1933: Jeppe på bjerget as a farmer 1936: Morderen uten ansikt as Brenne, a detective 1936: Vi vil oss et land... as Amund Fisker 1938: Bør Børson Jr. as Bertil, a smallholder 1939: De vergeløse as Olsen 1939: Gjest Baardsen as a constable 1939: En enda natt as Krogh 1941: Kjærlighet og vennskap as Erik Lind 1943: Sangen til livet as the prison director 1949: Svendsen går videre
Radio 1941: Fridtjof Nansen – en helt fra vår egen tid, radio play for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation, as a professor
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