Lothar Lindtner

Lindtner was born in Bergen and played a large number of roles at the National Theatre in Oslo.

He is considered one of the greatest actors Bergen has produced in recent times, with roles such as Bosch in Jan Herwitz, Vingrisen in Nordahl Grieg's Our Power and Our Glory, a variety of roles in several of Shakespeare's plays, Njegus in The Merry Widow, Leopold in The White Horse Inn, Per in Erasmus Montanus, and Loman in Death of a Salesman.

Lindtner began his career as an 8-year-old where he got the role as the smallest Claus in Journey to the Christmas Star in 1925.

His most memorable television role is the imposing parish priest in the Fleksnes Fataliteter episode "Tryggere kan ingen være" from 1982.

He was honored with the King's Medal of Merit in Gold in 1968 and was appointed a Knight of St. Olav in 1982.