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Johannes Meyer

Actor, Director
Born May 28, 1884Died 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
  • Master of the House
  • Leaves From Satan's Book
  • The Red Horses
  • Mosekongen
  • Styrmand Karlsen
  • The Big Run
  • Vejrhanen
  • Tag til Rønneby Kro
  • Rasmines bryllup
  • Flemming og Kvik
  • Mød mig paa Cassiopeia
  • Die Gezeichneten
  • Possession
  • Jenny and the Soldier
  • Hvis lille pige er du?
  • Cafe Paradise
  • Derailed
  • Ta' Pelle med
  • The Red Mantle
  • Landsbylægen
  • Nordhavets mænd
  • Hendes store aften
  • Hvor er far?
  • De blaa drenge

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
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
1953
Vi som går køkkenvejen · as Redaktøren
1953
Vi som går køkkenvejen · as Redaktør Sort
1952
The Big Run · as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
1952
Ta' Pelle med · as Gårdejer Lauritz
1952
Husmandstøsen · as Søren Torpegaard
1952
To minutter for sent · 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
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
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
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
1937
Danmark for folket · as Hr. Justesen
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
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

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