{{short description|Norwegian actor}} {{Infobox person | image = | caption = | name = Alfred Solaas | birth_date = {{Birth date|1912|04|15|mf=y}} | birth_place = Christiania (now Oslo), Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1968|11|23|1912|04|15|mf=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | resting_place = | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1934–1968 | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Alfred Solaas''' (April 15, 1912 – November 23, 1968) was a Norwegian actor, film director, and theater director.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Skavlan |first1=Einar |last2=Dessen Gjesdahl |first2=Paul |title=Norsk teater, 1930–1953 |date=1960 |publisher=Aschehoug |location=Oslo |page=295}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Goodman |first1=Randolph |title=From Script to Stage: Eight Modern Plays |date=1971 |publisher=Rinehart Press |location=San Francisco |page=516}}</ref> He was engaged for many years at the Oslo New Theater.<ref name="SNL">{{cite encyclopedia |title=Alfred Solaas |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=https://snl.no/Alfred_Solaas |access-date=April 6, 2021 |year=2020 |language=no}}</ref>
==Career== Solaas debuted in 1934 at the Carl Johan Theater. After that, he was engaged with the Central Theater from 1935 to 1939 and with the Oslo New Theater from 1940 to 1960, followed by freelance work. At the Central Theater his appearances included roles in ''The Threepenny Opera'' (Norwegian title: ''Tolvskillingsoperaen'') in 1938 and in Finn Bo's revue ''Takk for sist'' (Nice to See You Again), and he received praise for his role as Arv in Ludvig Holberg's ''Jean de France''. He made his debut as a director in 1946 and staged Shakespeare plays such as ''Hamlet'', ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'', and ''As You Like It''. He also staged Henrik Ibsen's ''Peer Gynt'' and musicals such as ''My Fair Lady''. He launched the Summer Theater in Frogner Park in 1953 and led it until his death in 1968.<ref name="SNL"/>
Solaas also had several supporting roles in Norwegian films. He made his film debut here in 1937 with a small supporting role in Gyda Christensen and Tancred Ibsen's crime comedy ''To levende og en død''. In addition, he appeared in films such as ''Trysil-Knut'' (1942), ''Om kjærlighet synger de'' (1946), ''Hans Nielsen Hauge'' (1961), ''Tonny'' (1962), and ''De ukjentes marked'' (1968). He also had some appearances on NRK's Television Theater.
In 1949, he directed the 39-minute short film ''Aldri mer!''
==Filmography== ===Film actor=== * 1937: ''To levende og en død'' as a guest at the hostel * 1939: ''Familien på Borgan'' as Erik Nelson * 1939: ''Hu Dagmar'' as Olaf, a servant at the Råvangen farm * 1942: ''Det æ'kke te å tru'' as the master of ceremonies * 1942: ''Trysil-Knut'' as the bailiff's servant * 1946: ''Om kjærligheten synger de'' as Potten * 1948: ''Den hemmelighetsfulle leiligheten'' as a gentleman * 1953: ''Skøytekongen'' * 1961: ''Hans Nielsen Hauge'' as Urdahl the parish priest in Tune * 1962: ''Tonny'' * 1963: ''Freske fraspark'' * 1968: ''De ukjentes marked''
===Film director=== * 1949: ''Aldri mer!'' (short film)
===Television actor=== * 1963: ''Læraren'' * 1966: ''Nederlaget'' as Brigeau
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb name|0812587|name=Alfred Solaas}} * [https://www.filmfront.no/aktor/36854/alfred-solaas Alfred Solaas] at Filmfront
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