Finn Hugo Bernhoft (February 6, 1898 – April 27, 1981) was a Norwegian theater and film actor. Career
Bernhoft was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. He debuted in 1917 in Edvard Drabløs's touring theater, and he started working with the Trondheim National Theater that same year. He later played at Chat Noir, the Carl Johan Theater, and the Central Theater, and from 1948 to 1958 he was engaged with the Trøndelag Theater. In addition to many roles in comedies, operettas, and musicals, he won acclaim as Morten Kiil in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People and as the riding master in August Strindberg's The Father.
In film, Bernhoft had almost 30 supporting roles over a period of 40 years. He made his film debut in 1929 in the Norwegian silent film Laila. After that he appeared in Fantegutten (1932), Skjærgårdsflirt (1932), Bør Børson Jr. (1938), Gategutter (1949), Pappa tar gull (1964), and An-Magritt (1969), which was his last film role. He also appeared in some performances on NRK's Television Theater, including Går ut i kveld (1961) and Læraren (1963).
Bernhoft lived in Slependen.
Filmography
1929: Laila as C.O. Lind, a trader 1930: Eskimo as the helmsman 1931: Den store barnedåpen 1932: Fantegutten as Bottolf 1932: Prinsessen som ingen kunne målbinde as Fenriken 1932: Skjærgårdsflirt as Andersen, a wholesaler 1936: Morderen uten ansikt as Hansen, a manager 1936: Norge for folket 1937: Bra mennesker as the sheriff 1937: Laila as Lind, a trader 1938: Bør Børson Jr. as Jens, a smallholder 1938: Det drønner gjennom dalen as a forest worker 1939: De vergeløse as the sheriff 1941: Gullfjellet as Jon 1942: Det æ'kke te å tru as Pedersen 1942: Den farlige leken 1946: Om kjærligheten synger de 1948: Dit vindarna bär as a farmer 1948: Kampen om tungtvannet 1949: Gategutter as Reidar's father 1952: Vi vil skilles as the mover 1960: Det store varpet 1962: Tonny 1963: Freske fraspark 1964: Pappa tar gull as Muggen 1966: Broder Gabrielsen as Andersen 1969: An-Magritt as the sheriff
Television
1961: Går ut i kveld as the bartender in the coffee shop 1963: Læraren
References
External links
Finn Bernhoft at the Swedish Film Database Finn Bernhoft at the Danish Film Database Finn Bernhoft at Sceneweb Finn Bernhoft at Filmfront