August Mowinckel-Nilsen

August Mowinckel-Nilsen (also known as Gogo Mowinckel-Nilsen, May 15, 1883 – November 6, 1957) was a Norwegian stage and film actor.

Family August Mowinckel-Nilsen was born in Bergen, the son of the shipbroker Helen Caspar Nilsen (1856–1920) and Augusta Mowinckel (1863–1947).

Career Mowicnkel-Nilsen made his stage debut as a young priest in 1907 in Henrik Ibsen's The Pretenders at the National Theater in Bergen, where he continued to perform. He was also engaged with the New Theater in Oslo and the Trøndelag Theater.

Mowinckel-Nilsen made his film debut in 1927 in the silent film Madame besøker Oslo. He later appeared in the sound films Op med hodet! (1933) and Sankt Hans fest (1947).

Filmography 1927: Madame besøker Oslo as Freddie Juul 1933: Op med hodet! as the theater director 1942: Jeg drepte! as the hotel director 1947: Sankt Hans fest as Løvdahl, a professor