# Ragnar Widestedt
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{{Short description|Swedish actor and director}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ragnar Widestedt
| image = File:Widestedt, Ragnar i Hela världen 4 1918.jpg
| image_size =
| caption = Widestedt in a 1918 magazine
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|05|03|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [Njurunda](/source/Njurunda), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1954|02|04|1887|05|03|df=yes}}
| death_place = [Stockholm](/source/Stockholm), [Sweden](/source/Sweden)
| other_names =
| occupation = Actor, director, singer, composer
| years_active = 1916–1951 (film)
}}
'''Ragnar Widestedt''' (3 May 1887 – 4 February 1954) was a Swedish [stage](/source/stage_actor) and [film actor](/source/film_actor), singer, composer and occasional [film director](/source/film_director).[Soila p.35][Freiburg p.106]
==Selected filmography==
thumb|240px|Widestedt (left) in a 1919 film
* ''[House Slaves](/source/House_Slaves_(1923_film))'' (1923)
* ''[Skipper's Love](/source/Skipper's_Love)'' (1931)
* ''[A Night of Love by the Öresund](/source/A_Night_of_Love_by_the_%C3%96resund)'' (1931)
* ''[Tired Theodore](/source/Tired_Theodore_(1931_film))'' (1931)
* ''[Lucky Devils](/source/Lucky_Devils_(1932_film))'' (1932)
* ''[Secret Svensson](/source/Secret_Svensson)'' (1933)
* ''[House Slaves](/source/House_Slaves_(1933_film))'' (1933)
* ''[Kanske en gentleman](/source/Kanske_en_gentleman_(1935_film))'' (1935)
* ''[The Marriage Game](/source/The_Marriage_Game)'' (1935)
* ''[Adventure in Pyjamas](/source/Adventure_in_Pyjamas)'' (1935)
* ''[The Ghost of Bragehus](/source/The_Ghost_of_Bragehus)'' (1936)
* ''[The Andersson Family](/source/The_Andersson_Family)'' (1937)
* ''[Adolf Strongarm](/source/Adolf_Strongarm)'' (1937)
* ''[Career](/source/Career_(1938_film))'' (1938)
* ''[A Cruise in the Albertina](/source/A_Cruise_in_the_Albertina)'' (1938)
* ''[Comrades in Uniform](/source/Comrades_in_Uniform)'' (1938)
* ''[Emilie Högquist](/source/Emilie_H%C3%B6gquist_(film))'' (1939)
* ''[Mot nya tider](/source/Mot_nya_tider)'' (1939)
* ''[The Three of Us](/source/The_Three_of_Us_(1940_film))'' (1940)
* ''[Heroes in Yellow and Blue](/source/Heroes_in_Yellow_and_Blue)'' (1940)
* ''[The Crazy Family](/source/The_Crazy_Family_(1940_film))'' (1940)
* ''[Lärarinna på vift](/source/L%C3%A4rarinna_p%C3%A5_vift)'' (1941)
* ''[How to Tame a Real Man](/source/How_to_Tame_a_Real_Man)'' (1941)
* ''[Only a Woman](/source/Only_a_Woman_(1941_film))'' (1941)
*''[Lucky Young Lady](/source/Lucky_Young_Lady)'' (1941)
* ''[The Train Leaves at Nine](/source/The_Train_Leaves_at_Nine)'' (1941)
* ''[Life Goes On](/source/Life_Goes_On_(1941_film))'' (1941)
* ''[Tomorrow's Melody](/source/Tomorrow's_Melody)'' (1942)
* ''[It Is My Music](/source/It_Is_My_Music)'' (1942)
* ''[Dangerous Ways](/source/Dangerous_Ways)'' (1942)
* ''[She Thought It Was Him](/source/She_Thought_It_Was_Him)'' (1943)
* ''[Gentleman with a Briefcase](/source/Gentleman_with_a_Briefcase)'' (1943)
* ''[Mister Collins' Adventure](/source/Mister_Collins'_Adventure)'' (1943)
* ''[A Girl for Me](/source/A_Girl_for_Me)'' (1943)
* ''[My People Are Not Yours](/source/My_People_Are_Not_Yours)'' (1944)
* ''[Between Brothers](/source/Between_Brothers_(film))'' (1946)
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
== Bibliography ==
* Freiburg, Jeanne Ellen. ''Regulatory Bodies: Gendered Visions of the State in German and Swedish Cinema''. University of Minnesota, 1994.
* Soila, Tytti. ''The Cinema of Scandinavia''. Wallflower Press, 2005.
== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|0927104}}
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Category:1887 births
Category:1954 deaths
Category:Swedish film directors
Category:Swedish male film actors
Category:Swedish male silent film actors
Category:Swedish male stage actors
Category:20th-century Swedish male actors
Category:20th-century Swedish male singers
Category:Swedish male composers
Category:People from Njurunda
Category:Musicians from Västernorrland County
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