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Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Skodsborg, Denmark
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Movie Involvements: 38
TV Involvements: 0
Most Famous Work
Biography
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.
Most Famous Work
For frihed og ret
(1949) Niels NielsenLeaves from Satan's Book
(1920) Don Fernandez (second sequence)Ullabella
(1961) OverpræsidentDanmark for Folket
(1937) Hr. JustesenDet store løb
(1952) Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)Besættelse
(1944) Jens Steen, ManufakturhandlerCome Home With Me
(1941) Valdemar NielsenThe Red Horses
(1950) Købmand Hans OfforActing
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
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1967 | Bilvis | |
1964 | Hr. Bølling | |
Dr. Joachim Lindberg | ||
1963 | Zimmermann | |
Augustin | ||
1962 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
1961 | Læge A.H. Bonnesen | |
Overpræsident | ||
1960 | Rektor Halling | |
1959 | N/A | |
1958 | Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer | |
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder | ||
1955 | Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen | |
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis | ||
1954 | Organist Sørensen | |
Vicevært Julius Jensen | ||
N/A | ||
1953 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Herskabstjener Blackhøj | ||
Klemmesen | ||
Redaktøren | ||
1952 | Søren Torpegaard | |
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer) | ||
Gårdejer Lauritz | ||
Vicevært Johansen | ||
Theodor Nielsen | ||
Gulbæk, antikvar | ||
Kesse | ||
1951 | Prokuristen | |
Godsejer Bjerre | ||
Kommandanten | ||
N/A | ||
Zeus | ||
Prokurist Nielsen | ||
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff | ||
1950 | Claus Munk | |
N/A | ||
N/A | ||
Købmand Hans Offor | ||
1949 | Niels Nielsen | |
1948 | N/A | |
N/A | ||
Jonas Olsen | ||
1947 | Søren Hvass - Storbonde | |
Jennys far | ||
N/A | ||
1945 | N/A | |
1944 | Walter S. Nielson, impresario | |
N/A | ||
Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler | ||
Fuglesang | ||
N/A | ||
1943 | N/A | |
Herbert Reimer | ||
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør | ||
Magdas far | ||
1942 | Frederik Hagen | |
Organisten 'Bessefar' | ||
1941 | Kroejer Bartholdi | |
Obersten | ||
Valdemar Nielsen | ||
Theodor Woller, godsejer | ||
1940 | Tutein | |
N/A | ||
Fyrst Ivar Rose | ||
1939 | N/A | |
Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler | ||
N/A | ||
1938 | Kunstprofessor Abel | |
Fabrikant Schmidt | ||
1937 | Herkules' far | |
Direktør A. Schram | ||
Hr. Justesen | ||
1936 | N/A | |
1935 | N/A | |
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen | ||
1934 | Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet | |
Hans Blicher | ||
N/A | ||
Generaldirektør | ||
Redaktør Johannes Halling | ||
1933 | Direktør Johan Nordborg | |
N/A | ||
1925 | Viktor Frandsen | |
1922 | Rylowitsch | |
1920 | Don Fernandez (second sequence) | |
1917 | N/A | |
Wilton, prokurist | ||
1914 | N/A | |
Officer | ||
1913 | Werner | |
Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Crew
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
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1955 | Actor's Assistant | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
---|---|---|
1951 | Director | |
1933 | Director | |
1932 | Director | |
1931 | Director | |
1929 | Director | |
1924 | Director | |
1923 | Director | |
Year | Role | Movie/Tv |