Known For
Acting
Born
May 28, 1884
Died
Nov 04, 1972
Place of Birth
Skodsborg, Denmark
Credits
103 titles
Johannes Meyer
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
Filmography
The Red Mantle
Bilvis
Tine
Hr. Bølling
Death Comes at High Noon
Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Hvis lille pige er du?
Zimmermann
Støvsugerbanden
Augustin
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
Det stod i avisen
Landsbylægen
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Ullabella
Overpræsident
Flemming and Kvik
Rektor Halling
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Styrmand Karlsen
Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
Waiter
Krudt og klunker
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Det var paa Rundetaarn
Actor's Assistant
Tre finder en kro
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
The Blinded
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Sukceskomponisten
Organist Sørensen
Hendes store aften
Vicevært Julius Jensen
Kongeligt besøg
Det gælder livet
Min søn Peter
Hejrenæs
Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Klemmesen
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Redaktøren
Det store løb
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Ta' Pelle med
Gårdejer Lauritz
Husmandstøsen
Søren Torpegaard
2 Minutes Late
Vicevært Johansen
Vejrhanen
Theodor Nielsen
Us Petty Sinners
Gulbæk, antikvar
Avismanden
Kesse
Dorte
Prokuristen
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Godsejer Bjerre
Som sendt fra himlen
Kommandanten
Frihed forpligter
Sørens morfar
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Zeus
Fodboldpræsten
Prokurist Nielsen
The Face of Truth
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Zwischen Herz und Gewissen
Director
Mosekongen
Claus Munk
Café Paradis
Historien om Hjortholm
The Red Horses
Købmand Hans Offor
For freedom and justice
Niels Nielsen
Hvor er Far
While the Gate was Locked
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Jonas Olsen
Røverne fra Rold
Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Jenny and the Soldier
Frederik Christensen