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7 unusual facts about Martin Beck


Charles Goulding

The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company traveled to New York City in the autumn of 1934, but Martin Beck, the manager of the eponymous theatre, insisted that the more famous Oldham play the tenor roles.

David Bamberg

After his European contract was through, Bamberg's father was approached by American vaudeville agent Martin Beck.

Dieter Pfaff

Sperling also appeared in two films about Swedish policeman Martin Beck, namely Flickan i jordkällaren and Den japanska shungamålningen.

Hanns Zischler

Known in Sweden for his role as Josef Hillman in the second season of the Martin Beck movies, though his voice is dubbed.

Hans Holmér

The Chief of the Secret Police in Terroristerna (1975; "The Terrorists") by Maj Sjöwall and Per Wahlöö, the final book in the Martin Beck mystery series, is modelled on Holmér; though the character remains nameless, references to his pronounced ears and the contempt in which he is held by many people on the political left(referring to the aftermath of the IB affair) give it away.

Malin Birgerson

Birgerson became popular as the police Alice Levander in Season 2 of the Beck-films.

Ralph Ineson

In the 2012-2013 BBC Radio 4 dramatizations of the ten Martin Beck police novels by team Sjöwall and Wahlöö, Ineson plays the part of policeman Gunvald Larsson.



see also

The Terrorists

The main plot of the book involves Martin Beck leading a team of policemen to prevent a presumed terrorist attack on a highly unpopular American senator who is paying an official visit to Sweden.