Peter Harryson

Acting

Peter Harryson

Born 1948-04-02 · Norrköping, Östergötlands län, Sverige

John Peter Kaj Harryson (born 2 April 1948) is a Swedish actor, singer and entertainer. He is the son of actor John Harryson (1926–2008). From 1994 until 2001, Harryson played antagonist Pehr Silver in the soap opera Rederiet. He is also known from hosting the game show Så ska det låta. In the 1980s, he worked extensively with dubbing cartoons into Swedish. Three of his most famous roles are that of pilot Roy Focker in the Swedish dub of the film Macross: Do You Remember Love? , Shaggy Rogers in the Scooby-Doo-series, and Ernie in Svenska Sesam (The second Swedish version of Sesame Street).

Acting credits

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen poster
4.5

An independent sequel to the TV series. Here we follow the families Öhrn and Seger and take us through autumn and winter on our way to Christmas celebrations and to a New Year's Eve which inevitably means an end to the old and a beginning of something new… A film about love and death and everything in between.

Bröllop, begravning och dop - filmen

2021

Det vita lyser i mörkret poster
NR

Britta Hallberg lives an ordinary life - middle aged, married, respected working woman. When she loses her sight she suddenly has to accept a totally different situation in life - in the work force, in her private life, and in marriage. She has to choose, isolation and constant dependency or a new meaningful existence.

Det vita lyser i mörkret

1980

The Dog Hotel poster
7.0

On their way to find Paris, Sture the dog (Hasse Alfredsson) and his friend Picasso end up on a hotel in the middle of nowhere. Along with Miss Mops, Sture tries to sniff out who is causing all the strange events of the hotel.

The Dog Hotel

2000

One-Week Bachelors poster
4.8

Gary's wife goes away for a week and Gary expects a week of hard work at the office. After having left her at the airport, he misses the bus. But the car mechanic Lasse gives him a ride. Although they are unlike each other, they get to know each other. Gary makes a mess of everything and can't avoid Lasse.

One-Week Bachelors

1982

Nattens lekar poster
NR

Åke lives under oppressive conditions. The father, a painter, spends his salary on drinking with his buddies.

Nattens lekar

1978

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry poster
6.0

Sickan, Vanheden and Rocky try to rob the Berns nightclub one night, but Vanheden has made the mistake to invite his constantly drunk cousin, the old dynamiter Dynamite-Harry and he ruins the plan. Sickan is arrested, and has to spend 10 months in a small, locked room. When he is released, he has a new plan, but Rocky and Vanheden have decided to go straight. Together with Dynamite-Harry, Sickan plans to rob a cold store, managed by their arch-enemy, Wall-Enberg.

The Jönsson Gang & Dynamite Harry

1982

The Magic Circle poster
6.5

Loosely based on the Sala gang, a group of five people that committed murders and thefts in Sweden in the 1930s.

The Magic Circle

1970

I morgon var en dröm poster
7.0

Magdalena and her daughter Kristina run an old hotel together and are just about to shut down for the season except for three guests who refuse to leave.

I morgon var en dröm

1990

Who Pulled the Plug? poster
5.8

To secure an order for 1 000 cabin cruisers from an Arab prince, two companies have to compete by racing each other by canal from Stockholm to Gothenburg. A small family owned company on the brink of bankruptcy is pitted against a much larger competitor and both resort to dirty tricks in order to reach the goal line first.

Who Pulled the Plug?

1981

Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen poster
7.3

Regal is an eagle who is afraid to fly. A little bird offers to help him, but Regal does not believe he can. Will the eagle finally learn to fly?

Örjan – Den höjdrädde örnen

1999

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever poster
6.3

Sickan has a new plan. This time, the gang are going to steal a small computer micro chip which contains a top secret plan of what the government intends to do with Sweden in the future. But, Wall-Enberg is also planning to steal the chip. The payment will be 55 million Swedish crowns in gold and diamonds to whoever can deliver the chip to the foreign investors. Who will grab hold of the chip, the Jönsson gang or Wall-Enberg?

The Jönsson Gang Gets Gold Fever

1984

Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off poster
4.6

When their circus tickets get swiped, the Jönsson League boys hatch a plan to steal them back, but end up suspects in an even bigger crime!

Young Jönsson Gang Showing Off

1997

No artwork available
NR

Stall-Erik och snapphanarna is a Swedish film project that began filming in 1996 with a preliminary premiere in 2025. Director, producer and lead actor is Anders Olofsson. Olofsson is entirely responsible for the financing of the project and the casting.

Stall-Erik and the Snapphans

The Wedding poster
3.2

"The Marriage" - Eva and Kent are planning to get married. Their bridal stag parties causes some problems. The wedding reception will serve moonshine since the regular booze is capsized at sea.

The Wedding

1973

Hassel - Beskyddarna poster
5.9

The criminal police is investigating a criminal gang blackmailing restaurant owners.

Hassel - Beskyddarna

1986

A Dream Play poster
8.5

"A Dream Play" - Agnes, a daughter of the Vedic god Indra, descends to Earth to bear witness to problems of human beings. She meets about 40 symbolical characters.

A Dream Play

1980

Nature's Warrior poster
5.4

13 year old Kim feels at home in the wilderness. One night, nature's soul appears to him in the form of an Indian, and designates him nature's protector.

Nature's Warrior

1997

T. Sventon och fallet Isabella poster
6.8

The horse Isabella is the circus director Gustavsson's pride. But the master criminal Ville Vessla has an evil plan for Isabella.

T. Sventon och fallet Isabella

1991

Peter-No-Tail and the Big Treasure Hunt poster
6.3

Pelle and Maja have moved together. But Maja's mother dislikes her daughter's tailless company, and tries to get Maja to move home again.

Peter-No-Tail and the Big Treasure Hunt

2000

One Way Ticket poster
5.2

Johannes, an ex-con now working as a antiques dealer, is faced with a huge debt. He is put under pressure to pay and agrees to steal the Russian crown jewels on exhibition onboard a cruise ship.

One Way Ticket

1988

Räkan från Maxim poster
10.0

Dr. Petypon wakes up after a wild party with a young lady called Räkan, a dancer at the Moulin Rouge. He has messed it up badly. How can this be explained to his wife?

Räkan från Maxim

1980

Söndagspromenaden poster
9.0

A tale about the Coriander family at the turn of the century.

Söndagspromenaden

1971

Lysistrate poster
10.0

The women of Athens plotting to end the war with Sparta by refusing to have sex until there is peace.

Lysistrate

1981

Bröllopet poster
NR

A comedy about a wedding with impediments.

Bröllopet

1978