Leif Enger (actor)

Leif Omdahl Enger (September 5, 1900 – November 11, 1977) was a Norwegian actor.^[1]

Leif Enger
Born	(1900-09-05)September 5, 1900 Christiania (now Oslo)
Died	November 11, 1977(1977-11-11) (aged 77) Oslo
Nationality	Norwegian
Occupation	Actor

Enger was born in Christiania (now Oslo).^[2] He appeared in a series of roles for the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation's radio theater. He was also a popular film actor, appearing in over 20 films. Among the best-known films he appeared in are Operasjon Løvsprett, Hunger (Norwegian: Sult), and Englandsfarere. Enger died in Oslo and is buried in Oslo's West Cemetery.^[3]

Partial filmography

• 1923: Strandhugg paa Kavringen as Skurken
• 1934: Op med hodet! as Skuespiller
• 1933: Jeppe på bjerget as Musicus
• 1941: The Sausage-Maker Who Disappeared (Norwegian: Den forsvundne pølsemaker) as engineer Barratt
• 1941: Gullfjellet as Larsen
• 1946: Englandsfarere as Jacob Vollen
• 1946: Vi vil leve
• 1946: Fun and Fancy Free (Norwegian: Bongo) as Willie the Giant (Norwegian: Kjempen Willy)
• 1948: Trollfossen as the chauffeur
• 1951: Storfolk og småfolk as Tjenere
• 1951: Alice in Wonderland (Norwegian: Alice i Eventyrland) as the walrus
• 1952: Veslefrikk med fela as the bailiff
• 1953: Peter Pan as George Darling and the Indian Chief
• 1957: Peter van Heeren
• 1958: På tokt med terna
• 1958: Bustenskjold
• 1960: Millionær for en aften
• 1961: Oss atomforskere i mellom
• 1962: Operasjon Løvsprett as the general
• 1964: Klokker i måneskinn as the art dealer in "The Journalist’s Tale"
• 1964: Nydelige nelliker as Harry
• 1966: Hunger (Norwegian: Sult) as Colonel Schinkel (uncredited)
• 1968: De ukjentes marked as Laseth, a homeless man
• 1968: Olsen-Banden operasjon Egon as the suspicious man
• 1970: Ballad of the Masterthief Ole Hoiland (Norwegian: Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland) as a man in the company (final film role)