{{Short description|Norwegian singer, actor and theatre director}} {{Use dmy dates |date=September 2023}}{{Infobox person/Wikidata|fetchwikidata=ALL|death_date=6 August 1968}}
'''Tore Foss''' (21 February 1901 – 6 August 1968) was a Norwegian singer, actor and theatre director. He made his stage début at Chat Noir in 1927. He played at Balkongen from 1927 to 1928, and later worked for the National Theatre, Det Nye Teater, Centralteatret and Folketeatret. He participated in several films.<ref name=nbl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Tore Foss |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon|first=Svend Erik Løken |last=Larsen |editor=Helle, Knut|publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget|location=Oslo|url=http://www.snl.no/.nbl_biografi/Tore_Foss/utdypning|language=Norwegian|accessdate=28 October 2010}}</ref><ref name=snl>{{cite encyclopedia |title=Tore Ejnarssøn Foss |encyclopedia=Store norske leksikon |publisher=Kunnskapsforlaget |location=Oslo |url=http://www.snl.no/Tore_Ejnarssøn_Foss |language=Norwegian | accessdate=28 October 2010 }}</ref> Before his acting career, Foss had military training and became a reserve officer in the Norwegian Army.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |last=Petersen |first=Alf |authorlink= |editor= |encyclopedia=Den norske hærs vernepliktige officerer: 1864-1933 |title=Foss, Tore Ejnarssøn |url=http://www.nb.no/nbsok/nb/8290475385ecf7122d24441d8430463e?index=3 |accessdate= |edition= |year=1936 |publisher=A. M. Hanche |volume= |location=Oslo |id= |isbn= |doi= |page=186 |quote= |language=Norwegian }}</ref> He married the actress Gunvor Hall in 1934.
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