Carsten Byhring
Carsten Byhring (born December 8, 1918 in Christiania, died April 6, 1990) was a Norwegian actor on stage, in television and in film. His career started in high school, when he performed a small pantomimer with comedic content. The cabaret scene he debuted in 1941, by Søilen Theatre in Oslo. In the period 1947-1959 he was employed at the cabaret scene Chat Noir, but made many guest appearances at the Central Theatre, The Norwegian Theatre, the Norwegian Opera and Oslo Nye Teater.
Byhring appeared often in dramatic roles but was best known for his comedic talent, and he focused in particular monologue genre. He has released several classic character performances, his interpretation of Doolittle in George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion is among his most famous. He had many film roles, but especially he is remembered as Kjell in the first 13 "Olsenbanden" films. He also produced and directed two films for children - Bear Patrol (1956) and On cruises with Terna (1958). Byhring was the older brother of Svein Byhring. In his last interview - which was made by See and Hear the spring of 1990 - said a parent with cancer Carsten Byhring that he had been a large consumer of cigarettes since he was 14. Yet he was unable to put away South State-cigarettes. "But I have at least begun to smoke filter cigarettes," he said humorously to See and Hear the interview. Shortly thereafter, Carsten Byhring away - he died of cancer 6 April 1990, aged 72.
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Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.572 |
Birthday | 1918-12-08 |
Place of Birth | Oslo, Norway |
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1969
The Olsen Gang
7.5/19
Egon Olsen is the leader of the Olsen Gang. While he was in the slammer, he planned how he would steal the fantastic golden figure Keizeroppzatsen.
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The Olsen Gang
1972
The Olsen Gang Takes the Gold
6.7/12
Egon returns from prison with the key to a big heist, a hidden Nazi-treasure. The Olsen Gang finds the location of the treasure, but problems arise wh...
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The Olsen Gang Takes the Gold
1970
The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry
6.5/28
A foreign criminal gang makes a large-scale bank coup. The suspicion falls on the Olsen Gang. They escape, take up the hunt for the real criminals and...
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The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry
1973
The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Goes Wild
7/14
Egon and the gang is about to commit their biggest heist – stealing 6 millions from an undercover operation at a freight company. The money is stored...
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The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Goes Wild
1974
The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
6.9/9
The Olsen Gang becomes millionaires. Unfortunately for the gang, their arch-enemies, the King and the Jack, are planning to steal the money for themse...
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The Olsen Gang meets The King and the Jackal
1981
The Olsen Gang Never Gives Up!
6.5/6
The Olsen Gang realizes that cash is obsolete with the current inflation rate, and plans a coup for property and bonds. They make a fake company and t...
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The Olsen Gang Never Gives Up!
1975
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
6.8/8
The Olsen Gang has to pay for their summer vacation in Spain, and Egon is hired to open a safe with black market money in Switzerland. He is conned, b...
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1979
The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Towards New Heights
6.9/10
An unfaithful servant in the Norwegian Petroleum Directorate tries to sell top secret information to German industry leaders. Egon has a plan to earn...
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The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry Towards New Heights
1976
The Olsen Gang For Full Music
6.7/13
Egon Olsen is commissioned to help a baron with an insurance fraud. As the dividend can finance Basse's wedding, even Valborg accepts the plans.
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The Olsen Gang For Full Music
1977
The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry On The Trail
6/10
The Olsen Gang is robbed in Spain and loses the millions they earned from their last heist. Egon has a plan to get the money back by robbing the Natio...
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The Olsen Gang and Dynamite-Harry On The Trail
1982
The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup
6.4/9
The Olsen Gang is involved in a weapon trade for half a billion. It's their final coup, and Valborg is finally allowed to participate.
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The Olsen Gang's Very Last Coup
1984
But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead!
6/7
The Olsen Gang has traveled south after the success of their last coup, but there's still someone who hasn't given up catching them.
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But The Olsen Gang Was Not Dead!
1978
The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank
6.605/19
With the help of a corrupt diplomat the Olsen Gang plans to rob the World Bank, with help from the re-schooled Dynamite-Harry, now a computer expert.
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The Olsen Gang and Data-Harry Blows Up The World Bank
1957
Smuglere i smoking
0/0
First Norwegian film in color.
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Smuglere i smoking
1952
Andrine and Kjell
6.4/17
Andrine and Kjell are both 17, and attends a private high school. Many things disturb their way to the spring exams, and fall in love. The come from d...
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Andrine and Kjell
1970
Skulle det dukke opp flere lik, er det bare å ringe...
5.8/6
Cleaning lady Lilly Hansen finds her employer, managing director Martinsen, with a knife in his back. The police is summoned and Chief Inspector Bakke...
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1962
Sønner av Norge kjøper bil
4/2
In suburbia Solbråten has some residents received bildilla. The otherwise wayward husbands forget their obligations for both work and home. There is a...
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Sønner av Norge kjøper bil
1992
Latterbrøl med Arve Opsahl
0/0
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Latterbrøl med Arve Opsahl
1966
Congratulations Andersens!
5.5/2
Father and mother Andersen and their four children live in a closed down farmside storehouse in the outskirts of Oslo. They enjoy life here, but the m...
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Congratulations Andersens!
1962
Operasjon Løvsprett
5.5/3
A group of very different men are summoned for their refresher training at Haglemoen military camp. One more strange than the other, we get to meet jo...
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Operasjon Løvsprett
1972
Closed Ward
5.2/4
This black-and-white Norwegian film is a great rarity: a film with comic elements set in a mental ward which does not overstep the bounds of common se...
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Closed Ward
1964
Pappa tar gull
5/2
Directed and written by Arne Skouen, «Pappa tar gull» (also known as "Daddy's Success") is a 1964 Comedy film . Sølvi Wang and Henki Kolstad are starr...
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Pappa tar gull
1955
Hjem går vi ikke
0/0
A six year old boy runs away from home with the family's big dog, a St. Berhard, who the grown ups wants to put down.
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Hjem går vi ikke
1956
The Bear Patrol
0/0
High summer, and eight scouts are on a hike when they discover a hidden motorbike. The bike is hidden by two post office robbers. They leave the find,...
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The Bear Patrol
1958
On a Cruise With Tern
0/0
Boy scouts get hold of a sailboat that they travel down the coast with. They get on the trail of some smugglers, whom they catch after several dramati...
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On a Cruise With Tern
1975
Tut og kjør
0/0
Timian and Rudolf owns a car repair shop, where a 1930 Ford is the main thing, when someone steals their savings.
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Tut og kjør
1963
Freske fraspark
5/2
Per has won the 50 kilometer in Holmenkollen, but which village is he from, Alvdal or Tynset?
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Freske fraspark
1967
Musicians
4.3/3
A caretaker at a music academy is solving most problems for the young musicians, however not only the most appropriate way. But down inside he really...
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Musicians
1974
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
7.1/50
The Olsen Gang has finally made it. They are in Mallorca, having fulfilled their dream. Almost, that is. They don't have any money, so Egon has to ope...
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The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1956
Slik blir det lettere
0/0
In part 1, a married couple take care of their new baby. In part 2, Leif Juster on stage presents a series of cooking and housekeeping tips. The fourt...
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Slik blir det lettere
1999
Fengslet av Olsenbanden
0/0
A documentary film about the highly successful Norwegian movie franchise «Olsenbanden», featuring old clips and interviews with the actors and directo...
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Fengslet av Olsenbanden
1949
Svendsen går videre
0/0
A man who is trying to shop for some tobacco meets difficulties in the bureaucracy, when it comes to taxes and tolls, and he seems to meet himself in...
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Svendsen går videre
1964
Nydelige nelliker
4.5/2
Classic Norwegian Comedy from the 1960's. The Capital City of Norway is changing for the alleged better after WWII, yet not everyone wants anything t...
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Nydelige nelliker
1968
Smugglers
0/0
For many, the happy twenties were not very happy, with high unemployment, poverty and a bitter disillusioned youth. But at the same time there was pro...
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Smugglers
1968
Sus og dus på by'n
5/1
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Sus og dus på by'n
1977
Kosmetikkrevolusjonen
4.5/2
The film opens in a small theatre, where the management of the company Clinox A/S watches their latest advertising push for the red condom Ding Dong ....
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Kosmetikkrevolusjonen
1959
The Chasers
7.2/13
A love triangle of two men who desire the same woman. We follow them through three days of grouse hunting, a chase that ends violently. Or does it?
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The Chasers
1969
Scorched Earth
5.5/5
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Scorched Earth
1974
Bobby's War
4.8/5
Robert Lund (Roy Bjornstad) is a weary man, and his days as a starring saxophone player seem to be near their end. The Nazis have occupied Norway for...
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Bobby's War
1966
Før frostnettene
0/0
Knut Holmen turns 40, and celebrates by searching for his youth.
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Før frostnettene
1974
Ungen
7/1
The young factory girl Milja comes in disaster on board fishing with Julius, who fails her for the beautiful and unreliable Petrina. The people from t...
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Ungen
1972
Mord i det hvite hus
0/0
Based on a play by Jules Feiffer
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Mord i det hvite hus
1964
Alle tiders kupp
4.5/2
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Alle tiders kupp
1963
Kolleksjonen
0/0
The act takes place among fashion designers and owners of a small exclusive dress salon.
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Kolleksjonen
1964
Møte med "Pæra"
6/1
Schoolmates 20 years later.
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