John Botvid

{{short description|Swedish actor}} {{Infobox person | image = Johnbotvid.jpg | image_size = 220px | name = John Botvid | birth_date = {{Birth date|1889|9|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Gothenburg, Sweden | death_date = {{Death date and age|1964|2|20|1889|9|12|df=y}} | death_place = Stockholm, Sweden | other_names = | occupation = Actor<br>Comedian | years_active = 1917–1955 }}

'''John Botvid''' (12 September 1889 – 20 February 1964) was a Swedish actor and comedian.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=PERSON&itemid=5788|title = John Botvid|website= Svensk Filmdatabas|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Biography== '''John Botvid Börjesson''' was born at Gothenburg, Sweden. Botvid debuted as a film actor in 1917. He was frequently featured on the movie screen during the 1930s, 40s and 50s. He appeared in over a hundred films between 1917 and 1955. He often worked with fellow comedians Thor Modéen and Nils Poppe.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=PERSON&itemid=58436|title = Thor Modéen|website= Svensk Filmdatabas|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=60290|title = Nils Poppe|website= Svensk Filmdatabas |access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

In 1945, he married actress Marianne Gyllenhammar (1891–1979). His children were film actors Rolf Botvid (born 1915) and Gerd Botvid (born 1918).<ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098761/|title = John Botvid (1889–1964)|website= IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url =https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0098762/|title = Rolf Botvid (1915–1998) |website= IMDb.com, Inc.|access-date=May 1, 2020}}</ref>

==Selected filmography== * ''Revelj'' (1917) * ''Löjtnant Galenpanna'' (1917) * ''Nattliga toner'' (1918) * ''Hon eller ingen'' (1934) * ''The Family Secret'' (1936) * ''Hotel Paradise'' (1937) * ''Witches' Night'' (1937) * ''Just a Bugler'' (1938) * ''Landstormens lilla Lotta'' (1939) * ''Swing it, magistern!'' (1940) * ''A Real Man'' (1940) * ''Kiss Her!'' (1940) * ''Med dej i mina armar'' (1940) * ''Heroes in Yellow and Blue'' (1940) * ''The Crazy Family'' (1940) * ''Bright Prospects'' (1941) * ''Fransson the Terrible'' (1941) * ''Magistrarna på sommarlov'' (1941) * ''The Train Leaves at Nine'' (1941) *''Lucky Young Lady'' (1941) * ''The Ghost Reporter'' (1941) * ''Tre glada tokar'' (1942) * ''We House Slaves'' (1942) * ''Little Napoleon'' (1943) * ''I Killed'' (1943) * ''In Darkest Smaland'' (1943) * ''The Green Lift'' (1944) * ''Dolly Takes a Chance'' (1944) * ''Lilla helgonet'' (1945) * ''Maria of Kvarngarden'' (1945) * ''Blåjackor'' (1945) * ''The Österman Brothers' Virago'' (1945) * ''Ballongen'' (1946) * ''Evening at the Djurgarden'' (1946) * ''Between Brothers'' (1946) * ''Wedding Night'' (1947) * ''Love Goes Up and Down'' (1948) * ''Life at Forsbyholm Manor'' (1948) * ''Greven från gränden'' (1949) * ''Playing Truant'' (1949) * ''Teacher's First Born'' (1950) * ''Andersson's Kalle'' (1950) * ''My Name Is Puck'' (1951) * ''Sköna Helena'' (1951) * ''Bom the Flyer'' (1952) * ''The Green Lift'' (1952) * ''One Fiancée at a Time'' (1952) * ''Classmates'' (1952) * ''Åsa-Nisse on Holiday'' (1953) * ''Dance on Roses'' (1954) * ''Darling of Mine'' (1955) * ''The Magnificent Lie'' (1955)

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==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=0098761|name=John Botvid}}

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