Johannes Meyer
Actor, Director
May 28, 1884 — November 4, 1972 (88 years)
Handsome smart tall blonde Danish performer Johannes Meyer born in 1884. After graduating grom Gymnasium, Mayer applied twice to the Royal Theatre School and was twice rejected. He made his stage debut at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen in 1905 and went on to perform at nearly every theatre in Copenhagen. He appeared in more than 100 movies, making his first film playing the role of Erneste des Tressailles in Viggo Larsen's 'Revolutionsbryllup' at the Nordist Film Co in 1909, His most memorable role as Viktor Frandsen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Master of the House' at the Palladium Film Co in 1925. He was mostly seen in character or supporting roles in many talkies from 1933 until his last film appearance playing the role of Bilvis in Gabriel Axel's 'Hagbard and Signe' in 1967. He was also active on radio and in T.V. dramas and was stage director of the Fonixteatret and Norrebros Theatre before he was hired by the Royal Theatre in 1941. Died in Denmark in 1972 age 88.
Known For
Filmography
| 1967 | The Red Mantle · as Bilvis |
| 1964 | Tine · as Hr. Bølling |
| 1964 | Death Comes at High Noon · as Dr. Joachim Lindberg |
| 1963 | Hvis lille pige er du? · as Zimmermann |
| 1963 | Støvsugerbanden · as Augustin |
| 1962 | |
| 1961 | Landsbylægen · as Læge A.h. Bonnesen |
| 1961 | Ullabella · as Overpræsident |
| 1960 | Flemming og Kvik · as Rektor Halling |
| 1959 | |
| 1958 | Styrmand Karlsen · as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer |
| 1958 | That Won't Keep a Sailor Down · as Waiter |
| 1958 | Krudt og klunker · as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder |
| 1955 | Tre finder en kro · as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen |
| 1955 | Blændværk · as Redaktøren På Sallinghavn Amtsavis |
| 1955 | Fy og Bi på eventyr · as Fortæller (grønkøbings Glade Gavtyve 1925) |
| 1954 | Sukceskomponisten · as Organist Sørensen |
| 1954 | Hendes store aften · as Vicevært Julius Jensen |
| 1954 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | |
| 1953 | Hejrenæs · as Herskabstjener Blackhøj |
| 1953 | Den gamle mølle paa Mols · as Klemmesen |
| 1953 | Vi som går køkkenvejen · as Redaktøren |
| 1952 | The Big Run · as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer) |
| 1952 | Ta' Pelle med · as Gårdejer Lauritz |
| 1952 | Husmandstøsen · as Søren Torpegaard |
| 1952 | Two Minutes Late · as Vicevært Johansen |
| 1952 | Vejrhanen · as Theodor Nielsen |
| 1952 | Vi arme syndere · as Gulbæk, Antikvar |
| 1952 | Avismanden · as Kesse |
| 1951 | Dorte · as Prokuristen |
| 1951 | Fra den gamle Købmandsgaard · as Godsejer Bjerre |
| 1951 | Som sendt fra himlen · as Kommandanten |
| 1951 | Mød mig paa Cassiopeia · as Zeus |
| 1951 | Fodboldpræsten · as Prokurist Nielsen |
| 1951 | The Face of Truth · as Arkitektens Onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff |
| 1950 | Mosekongen · as Claus Munk |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | |
| 1950 | The Red Horses · as Købmand Hans Offor |
| 1949 | For frihed og ret · as Niels Nielsen |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | |
| 1948 | The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman · as Jonas Olsen |
| 1947 | Røverne fra Rold · as Søren Hvass - Storbonde |
| 1947 | Jenny and the Soldier · as Frederik Christensen |
| 1947 | |
| 1945 | |
| 1944 | Det bødes der for · as Dr.med. Skov |
| 1944 | |
| 1944 | Possession · as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler |
| 1944 | Teatertosset · as Fuglesang |
| 1944 | |
| 1943 | |
| 1943 | Mine kære koner · as Herbert Reimer |
| 1943 | Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd · as Ferdinand Piper, Teaterdirektør |
| 1943 | Hans Onsdagsveninde · as Magdas Far |
| 1942 | Lykken kommer · as Frederik Hagen |
| 1942 | Derailed · as Organisten 'bessefar' |
| 1941 | Frk. Kirkemus · as Obersten |
| 1941 | Tag til Rønneby Kro · as Kroejer Bartholdi |
| 1941 | Come Home with Me · as Valdemar Nielsen |
| 1941 | Tag det som en mand · as Theodor Woller, Godsejer |
| 1940 | Jeg har elsket og levet · as Tutein |
| 1940 | |
| 1940 | In the Good Old Days · as Fyrst Ivar Rose |
| 1939 | |
| 1939 | Children of Divorce · as Professor Dreyer, Kunstmaler |
| 1939 | |
| 1938 | Under byens tage · as Kunstprofessor Abel |
| 1938 | Alarm · as Fabrikant Schmidt |
| 1937 | Plat eller krone · as Herkules' Far |
| 1937 | Incognito · as Direktør A. Schram |
| 1936 | |
| 1935 | |
| 1935 | Rasmines bryllup · as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen |
| 1934 | Millions in Flight · as Præsident For Papegøjesamfundet |
| 1934 | |
| 1934 | Lynet · as Generaldirektør |
| 1934 | Skaf en Sensation · as Redaktør Johannes Halling |
| 1933 | Saa til søs · as Direktør Johan Nordborg |
| 1933 | |
| 1929 | |
| 1925 | Master of the House · as Viktor Frandsen |
| 1922 | Die Gezeichneten · as Rylowitsch |
| 1920 | Leaves From Satan's Book · as Don Fernandez (second Sequence) |
| 1913 | Den hemmelige traktat · as Mongolian Spy |
| 1929 |