Name
Johannes Meyer
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1884-05-28
Deathday
1972-11-04 (88 years old)
Place of Birth
Skodsborg, Denmark
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.
Known For
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A look at various lives, one of which is Jewish girl Hanne Liebe, as she grows up and expe...
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The cheerful, traveling musicians Flink and Villy meet sweet music in the form of two girl...
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A good natured soldier with a killer right hand falls in love with a beautiful girl who ha...
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Seeking revenge against the rival clan responsible for the killing of his father, Hagbard ...
6.9
When a man becomes tyrannical towards his family, the women of the house decide to teach h...
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First mate Knud Karlsen has just received sad news from his girlfriend. On board the ship ...
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A picture of the life of the Danish people from the late 1820s to the introduction of the ...
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The old doctor, Dr. Bonnesen, is a tired old man. He wants to sell his practice and has be...
- 1920 Leaves from Satan's Book as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
- 1951 Fodboldpræsten as Prokurist Nielsen
- 1950 Mosekongen as Claus Munk
- 1913 The Gambler's Wife as Werner
- 1958 Styrmand Karlsen as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
- 1952 2 Minutes Late as Vicevært Johansen
- 1951 Meet Me on Cassiopeia as Zeus
- 1950 Café Paradis
- 1941 Tag til Rønneby kro as Kroejer Bartholdi
- 1953 Den gamle mølle paa Mols as Klemmesen
- 1951 Dorte as Prokuristen
- 1952 Avismanden as Kesse
- 1935 Rasmines bryllup as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
- 1960 Flemming and Kvik as Rektor Halling
- 1952 Husmandstøsen as Søren Torpegaard
- 1925 Master of the House as Viktor Frandsen
- 1961 Landsbylægen as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
- 1933 Saa til Søs as Direktør Johan Nordborg
- 1938 Under byens tage as Kunstprofessor Abel
- 1958 Krudt og klunker as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
- 1963 Støvsugerbanden as Augustin
- 1955 Tre finder en kro as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
- 1952 Vejrhanen as Theodor Nielsen
- 1914 Count Dahlbog's Secret
- 1951 Som sendt fra himlen as Kommandanten
- 1962 The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
- 1942 Derailed as Organisten 'Bessefar'
- 1937 Incognito as Direktør A. Schram
- 1954 Hendes store aften as Vicevært Julius Jensen
- 1950 The Red Horses as Købmand Hans Offor
- 1941 Frk. Kirkemus as Obersten
- 1953 Vi som går køkkenvejen as Redaktøren
- 1964 Tine as Hr. Bølling
- 1944 Teatertosset as Fuglesang
- 1943 My Dear Wives as Herbert Reimer
- 1917 While the Christmas Bells Rings
- 1951 Fra den gamle købmandsgaard as Godsejer Bjerre
- 1964 Death Comes at High Noon as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
- 1934 Lynet as Generaldirektør
- 1938 Alarm as Fabrikant Schmidt
- 1951 The Face of Truth as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
- 1962 Det stod i avisen
- 1952 Det store løb as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
- 1953 Hejrenæs as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
- 1950 Historien om Hjortholm
- 1955 The Blinded as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
- 1944 Besættelse as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
- 1933 De blaa drenge
- 1942 Lykken kommer as Frederik Hagen
- 1944 Eight Chords
- 1947 Jenny and the Soldier as Frederik Christensen
- 1940 Sommerglæder
- 1954 Sukceskomponisten as Organist Sørensen
- 1963 Hvis lille pige er du? as Zimmermann
- 1937 Plat eller krone as Herkules' far
- 1934 Skaf en sensation as Redaktør Johannes Halling
- 1967 The Red Mantle as Bilvis
- 1959 A Hullaballoo at the Castle
- 1935 De bør forelske Dem
- 1944 Det kære København
- 1953 Det gælder livet
- 1939 En lille Tilfældighed
- 1943 En pige uden lige
- 1949 For freedom and justice as Niels Nielsen
- 1936 Giftes - nej tak!
- 1945 I gaar og i morgen
- 1954 Kongeligt besøg
- 1947 Mani
- 1948 While the Gate was Locked
- 1953 Min søn Peter
- 1939 Nordhavets mænd
- 1934 Nøddebo Præstegaard
- 1952 Us Petty Sinners as Gulbæk, antikvar
- 1934 Flugten fra millionerne as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
- 1940 Jeg har elsket og levet as Tutein
- 1939 Children of Divorce as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
- 1941 Come Home With Me as Valdemar Nielsen
- 1940 I de gode gamle Dage as Fyrst Ivar Rose
- 1961 Ullabella as Overpræsident
- 1952 Ta' Pelle med as Gårdejer Lauritz
- 1947 Røverne fra Rold as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
- 1944 Mit Liv er Musik as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
- 1951 Frihed forpligter as Sørens morfar
- 1941 Tag det som en mand as Theodor Woller, godsejer
- 1943 Hans Onsdags-Veninde as Magdas far
- 1948 Hvor er Far
- 1948 The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman as Jonas Olsen
- 1943 Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
- 1922 Love One Another as Rylowitsch
- 1937 Danmark for Folket as Hr. Justesen
- 1917 The Secret of the Night Express as Wilton, prokurist
- 1914 Aquitted as Officer
- 1912 De uheldige Friere
- 1958 That Won't Keep a Sailor Down as Waiter
- 1910 A Wedding During the French Revolution as Erneste des Tressailles
