10.0
10.0
Old Maids
1966
as Petersen
Arthur Jensen
Acting
Born:November 9, 1897
Died:November 28, 1981(aged 84)
Birthplace:Copenhagen, Denmark
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CommunityBiography
Arthur Jensen was originally trained as a tailor and later educated at the Royal Theatre's student school 1920-23 and had an extensive theatre career. He experienced his heyday on television after passing the age of 70. He never achieved the same heights in film as he did in television, with roles such as caretaker Meyer in Huset på Christianshavn (1970-77) and clerk Schwan from Damernes Magasin in Matador (1978-81). With the exception of when he reprised the character of caretaker Meyer in Erik Balling's film version of the TV series, Ballade på Christianshavn (1971). It was his best film performance. He portrayed the two TV series characters shamelessly on his distinctive type: the comically aunty as caretaker Meyer and the sly and vain as clerk Schwan. What could have ended up as a gay caricature becomes human portraits in the garb of folk comedy, not least thanks to Arthur Jensen's humor, which at once shows solidarity and irony with the characters. It took a long time for Arthur Jensen to discovery who he was as an actor. After four silent film supporting roles at Fy&Bi, he formed a comedic duo with Ib Schønberg in several of Alice O'Fredericks' and Lau Lauritzen's energetic prank farces in the 1930s, but the fun is sporadic, and the inventions are often self-satisfied and infantile. His recurring role as a whiny spanking boy for the healthy guys in these films, including director Lauritzen himself, are particularly unfunny and almost unpleasant.
Filmography (83 movies)
8.0
8.0
The Moelleby affair
1976
as Nikolajsen, barber
7.9
7.9
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
1980
as Kanonkongen Don Kraus
7.5
7.5
Jensen længe leve!
1965
as Røde Einar
7.3
7.3
Under byens tage
1938
as Gram
7.3
7.3
To skøre ho'der
1961
as Redaktør
7.0
7.0
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
1953
as Sprit Ole
7.0
7.0
Incognito
1937
as Butler Eriksen
7.0
7.0
Kristinus Bergman
1948
as Snedker
7.0
7.0
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
as Niels Peter Nielsen
7.0
7.0
The Olsen Gang
1968
as Worker at Train Station
7.0
7.0
He, She and Hamlet
1932
7.0
7.0
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
7.0
7.0
Vores lille by
1954
as Henry - klokker
7.0
7.0
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953
as Karlsen
7.0
7.0
Barken Margrethe
1934
as Lille Mikkel
6.9
6.9
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973
as Night Watchman
6.8
6.8
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
as Parking Attendant
6.8
6.8
Den kloge mand
1956
6.7
6.7
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972
as König - Victor Emanuel Jensen
6.6
6.6
I kongens klæ'r
1954
as Jens Hik
6.6
6.6
Our Home Is Our Castle
1971
as Arnold Hannibal Meyer
6.5
6.5
Don Olsen kommer til byen
1964
as Redaktør Holm
6.5
6.5
Kidnapped
1935
as Larsen
6.5
6.5
Flagermusen
1966
6.5
6.5
The Man from Swan Farm
1972
as Mikkel
6.5
6.5
Ladies Man
1969
as Jens
6.5
6.5
Ud i den kolde sne
1934
as Tjener Johan
6.5
6.5
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
6.4
6.4
Panserbasse
1936
as Lasse
6.3
6.3
Hvad med os?
1963
as Vred mand på gaden
6.3
6.3
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
1977
as Togmand
6.2
6.2
Jeppe på Bjerget
1981
as Jacobæus Lakaj
6.1
6.1
The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963
6.0
6.0
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1976
as Vagtmand
6.0
6.0
Een pige og 39 sømænd
1965
as Hovmesteren
6.0
6.0
Et eventyr om tre
1954
as Nicolai
6.0
6.0
Københavnere
1933
6.0
6.0
Min søn Peter
1953
5.9
5.9
Kristiane af Marstal
1956
as Harald
5.9
5.9
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
1978
as Detective Assistant Mortensen
5.8
5.8
Strike First Freddy
1965
5.6
5.6
Bussen
1963
5.6
5.6
Venus fra Vestø
1962
as Pive Ras
5.5
5.5
The Loose Tile
1966
as Janitor at school
5.5
5.5
Nyhavns glade gutter
1967
as Peter Jensen
5.5
5.5
Tretten Aar
1932
as Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
5.5
5.5
Fem raske piger
1933
5.5
5.5
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967
5.5
5.5
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
5.5
5.5
Snushanerne
1936
as Lasse, Filmsforfatter
5.5
5.5
Vandalism
1977
5.4
5.4
Holidays in jail
1978
as Klausen
5.4
5.4
Nøddebo præstegård
1974
as Mads Hjulmand
5.2
5.2
Vi har det jo dejligt
1963
5.2
5.2
Ta' lidt solskin
1969
as Ludvig
5.2
5.2
Boy of Two Worlds
1959
as Stationmaster
5.0
5.0
Flaadens blaa matroser
1937
as Christian Langtoft
5.0
5.0
Mord for åbent tæppe
1964
as Læge Jens Anthonsen
5.0
5.0
Familien Olsen
1940
as Hr. Borck
5.0
5.0
Five men and Rosa
1964
as Helmer Gamtofte
5.0
5.0
Danmark for Folket
1937
as Olsen
5.0
5.0
Week-end
1935
as Styrmand
5.0
5.0
The Mannequins
1929
as Downstairs neighbor
4.9
4.9
Jumpin' at the Bedside
1976
as Hr. Madsen
4.8
4.8
In the Sign of the Gemini
1975
as Leopold
4.8
4.8
Bedside Sailors
1976
4.8
4.8
Me and My Kid Brother
1967
as Amtmanden
4.7
4.7
Bedroom Mazurka
1970
as Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
4.6
4.6
Come to My Bedside
1975
as Manager
4.6
4.6
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
1977
as Borgmester Stærmose
4.5
4.5
Bedside Dentist
1971
as Johansen
4.4
4.4
Erik Soya's 17
1965
as Konduktøren
4.4
4.4
Dyden går amok
1966
as Ivar, fisker
4.4
4.4
The Son from Vingaarden
1975
as Jeppe
4.4
4.4
Fætrene på Torndal
1973
as Mikkel
4.3
4.3
Bedside Highway
1972
as Piversen
4.2
4.2
Stormvarsel
1968
as Bette Magnus
4.2
4.2
Bedside Romance
1973
as Æhrlig-Jensen
4.0
4.0
Utro
1966
Champagnegaloppen
1960
Stop Tyven!
1945
En nat i Venedig
1969
as Delacqua
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