Tom Tellefsen (30 October 1931 – 17 January 2012) was a Norwegian actor. He was born in

Asker Asker (), also called Asker proper (''Askerbygda'' or ''gamle Asker'' in Norwegian), is a district and former Municipalities of Norway, municipality in Akershus, Norway, located approximately 20km southwest of Oslo. From 2020 it is part of the ...

. He was married to actress Rut Tellefsen from 1955 to 1962. He made his film debut in 1949, in

Arne Skouen Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristiania (now Oslo), Norway. His parents were Peder Nikolai Skouen (1883-1978) and Jenn ...

's '' Gategutter'', and also played in ''

Circus Fandango ''Circus Fandango'' () is a 1954 Norwegian drama film directed by Arne Skouen Arne Skouen (18 October 1913 – 24 May 2003) was a Norwegian journalist, author, film director and film producer. Biography Arne Skouen was born in Kristian ...

'' from 1954 and '' Blodveien'' from 1955. His stage debut was at

Det Norske Teatret Det Norske Teatret ()Moe, Jens. 2011. ''My America: The Culture of Giving''. Bloomington, IN: iUniverse, p. 133. is a theatre in Oslo. The theatre was founded in 1912, after an initiative from Hulda Garborg and Edvard Drabløs. It opened in 19 ...

in 1959, and he worked at this theatre until his retirement in 2001. Among his later films are '' Smuglere'' from 1968, '' Balladen om mestertyven Ole Høiland'' from 1970, '' Bør Børson Jr.'' and '' Kimen'' from 1974 and '' Hard asfalt'' from 1986. He also contributed to

television Television (TV) is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. Additionally, the term can refer to a physical television set rather than the medium of transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertising, ...

and

radio Radio is the technology of communicating using radio waves. Radio waves are electromagnetic waves of frequency between 3 hertz (Hz) and 300 gigahertz (GHz). They are generated by an electronic device called a transmitter connec ...

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