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Born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929,
into a family of academics in Lund in southern Sweden, the
trained theater actor appeared in more than 120 movies in a
dozen different countries, as well as numerous plays and radio
dramas.
His best-known roles included the knight Antonius Block, who
plays chess with Death in the brooding 1957 fantasy "The Seventh
Seal", the film that helped established his mentor, friend and
compatriot Ingmar Bergman as an international director.
Von Sydow's big Hollywood breakthrough came with the role of
Father Merrin in the 1973 horror classic "The Exorcist". He was
working until well into his 80s, appearing in "Star Wars: The
Force Awakens" which came out in 2015.
(Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Writing by Mike Collett-White;
Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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