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Norwegian movie and stage actor, singer, and stand-up comedian. Opsahl began his career as a comedian in 1942, and played numerous roles both on stage and in more than forty movies. He was then chosen to be the head of Olsenbanden, Egon Olsen. He played Egon Olsen in the first movie in 1969, and in all other 13 movies, until the last one in 1999. He is also well known for his role as the old man "Henry" in the Norwegian sitcom Mot i brøstet, airing from 1993-1997. Opsahl married Mary Karoline Skaug (8 July 1922 - 2008) in 1945, but they were divorced soon after. He then married singer Liv Wilse (27 May 1931 - 17 August 1994), with whom he had a daughter, Line Janiche, before they divorced in 1953. In 1954 he remarried his first wife, and they remained married until his death. Opsahl died on 29 April 2007, at 23:30, in Oslo, Norway, at the age of 85. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less