Jarl Lage Kulle was a Swedish stage and screen actor director and singer He graduated from the Royal Dramatic Theatres acting school in 1949 was subsequently employed at the theatre and was a member of the ensemble till 1995 In total Kulle played in 76 plays at the Royal dramatic Theatre in Stockholm In 1959 he appeared as Henry Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady at Oscarsteatern Stockholm Thirteen years earlier in 1946 Jarl Kulle made his film debut in a minor role Ten years later he was offered major parts as first lover and prince charming Internationally hes probably most known for his performances in Ingmar Bergmans Smiles of a Summer Night and Fanny and Alexander