Bert-Åke Varg

Bert-Åke Varg (né Lundström, 27 April 1932 – 31 December 2022) was a Swedish actor and singer.

Life and career Varg was born in Hörnefors and received his theatrical training at the Calle Flygare Theatre School in Stockholm. In 1956 he had his breakthrough as a recording artist with Kökspolkan (1956). He showed versatility from the start, learning tap dancing in 16 days after being called in to replace Nils Poppe in the Swedish version of the musical Me and My Girl in the late 1950s.

Varg performed in numerous revues. He also dubbed a large number of roles ; his voice is well known in Sweden from the Swedish versions of Fabeltjeskrant, The Jungle Book, SuperTed, and the Tintin and Asterix animated productions. In Tintin productions he sometimes voiced the butler, Nestor, sometimes the detectives Dupont and Dupond (Thomson and Thompson in English versions). In the 1970s, as the owl Helge, he had a lead role alongside Birgitta Andersson in the children's TV series Från A till Ö.

Selected filmography 1953 – Alla tiders 91 Karlsson 1954 – Östermans testamente 1965 – Serverat, Ers Majestät (TV) 1966 – Träfracken 1967 – Asterix och hans tappra galler (voice) 1967 – Gumman som blev liten som en tesked (Christmas TV series based on Mrs. Pepperpot) 1967 – Lorden från gränden (TV version) 1967 – Nummer i kön (TV) 1968 – Åsa-Nisse och den stora kalabaliken 1968 – Asterix och Kleopatra (voice) 1969 – Eva - den utstötta 1969 – Åsa-Nisse i rekordform 1969 – Mumintrollet (TV series) 1970 – Aristocats (voice) 1970 – Som hon bäddar får han ligga 1971 – Exponerad 1972 – Firmafesten 1972 – Ett resande teatersällskap (TV series) 1973 – Bröllopet 1973 – Stenansiktet 1974 – Dunderklumpen! (voice: talking house) 1974 – Från A till Ö (TV series) 1976 – Asterix 12 stordåd (voice) 1976 - Agaton Sax and the Byköpings Village Festival 1978 – Grabbarna i 57:an eller Musikaliska gänget (TV series) 1980 – Och skeppets namn var Gigantic (TV) 1980 – Spela Allan 1980 – Sverige åt svenskarna 1981 – Olsson per sekund eller Det finns ingen anledning till oro 1982 – SuperTed (TV series) (voice) 1982 – Snövit och de sju dvärgarna (voice, redubbed version) 1983 – Musse Piggs julsaga (voice, original dubbed version) 1984 – Julstrul med Staffan och Bengt (Christmas TV series) 1986 – Asterix och britterna (voice) 1986 – Hövdingen (TV series) 1986 – Sandybell (voice) 1987 – Fint som snus (TV) 1988 – Guld! (TV series) 1988 – Pippi Långstrump – starkast i världen (voice) 1989 – Asterix – bautastenssmällen (voice) 1988 – Liv i luckan med julkalendern (Christmas TV series) 1991 – Infödingen 1992–2002 – Rederiet (TV series) 1992 – Tom & Jerry gör stan osäker (voice) 1994 – Svanprinsessan (voice) 2004 – Kärlekens språk 2011 – Trassel (voice)