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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 9, 1897
Died
November 28, 1981
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also Known As
- Артур Йенсен
Arthur Jensen
0.4 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
6.9
Rud's friend
Mifune
1999
6.2
Jacobæus Lakaj
Jeppe på Bjerget
1981
7.9
Kanonkongen Don Kraus
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
1980
6.8
Parking Attendant
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
9.2
Rudolf Schwann
Matador
1978
5.4
Klausen
Holidays in jail
1978
6.1
Detective Assistant Mortensen
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
1978
5.5
Vandalism
1977
4.6
Borgmester Stærmose
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
1977
7.0
Niels Peter Nielsen
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
Credits
Mifune
as Rud's friend
1999
6.9
Jeppe på Bjerget
as Jacobæus Lakaj
1981
6.2
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
as Kanonkongen Don Kraus
1980
7.9
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
as Parking Attendant
1979
6.8
Matador
as Rudolf Schwann
1978
9.2
Holidays in jail
as Klausen
1978
5.4
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
as Detective Assistant Mortensen
1978
6.1
Vandalism
1977
5.5
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
as Borgmester Stærmose
1977
4.6
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
as Niels Peter Nielsen
1977
7.0
Girls at Sea
as Examination Invigilator
1977
5.3
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
as Togmand
1977
6.2
The Moelleby affair
as Nikolajsen, barber
1976
8.0
Bedside Sailors
1976
4.8
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
6.8
Jumpin' at the Bedside
as Hr. Madsen
1976
4.9
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
as Vagtmand
1976
6.0
In the Sign of the Gemini
as Leopold
1975
5.2
Come to My Bedside
as Manager
1975
4.6
The Son from Vingaarden
as Jeppe
1975
4.4
Nøddebo præstegård
as Mads Hjulmand
1974
5.4
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Nattevagt
1973
6.9
Fætrene på Torndal
as Mikkel
1973
4.4
Bedside Romance
as Æhrlig-Jensen
1973
4.2
The Man from Swan Farm
as Mikkel
1972
6.5
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
1972
6.7
Bedside Highway
as Piversen
1972
4.3
Livsens ondskab
as Menneske-Mortensen
1972
0.0
Bedside Dentist
as Johansen
1971
4.5
Our Home Is Our Castle
as Arnold Hannibal Meyer
1971
6.6
Bedroom Mazurka
as Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
1970
4.7
The House at Christianshavn
as Meyer
1970
8.0
The Song of the Red Ruby
as Zebedæussen
1970
4.8
Ta' lidt solskin
as Ludvig
1969
5.2
Ladies Man
as Jens
1969
6.5
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En nat i Venedig
as Delacqua
1969
0.0
Stormvarsel
as Bette Magnus
1968
4.2
The Olsen Gang
as Arbejder ved banen
1968
7.0
Me and My Kid Brother
as Amtmanden
1967
4.8
Nyhavns glade gutter
as Peter Jensen
1967
5.5
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967
5.5
The Loose Tile
as Janitor at school
1966
5.5
Utro
1966
4.0
Flagermusen
1966
6.5
Old Maids
as Petersen
1966
10.0
Dyden går amok
as Ivar, fisker
1966
4.4
Strike First Freddy
1965
5.8
Een pige og 39 sømænd
as Hovmesteren
1965
6.0
Jensen længe leve!
as Røde Einar
1965
7.5
Erik Soya's 17
as Konduktøren
1965
4.4
Don Olsen kommer til byen
as Redaktør Holm
1964
6.5
Five men and Rosa
as Helmer Gamtofte
1964
5.0
Mord for åbent tæppe
as Læge Jens Anthonsen
1964
5.0
Bussen
1963
5.6
Hvad med os?
as Vred mand på gaden
1963
6.3
Vi har det jo dejligt
1963
5.2
The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963
6.1
Venus fra Vestø
as Pive Ras
1962
5.6
Crazy Paradise
1962
3.8
To skøre ho'der
as Redaktør
1961
7.3
Champagnegaloppen
1960
0.0
Boy of Two Worlds
as Stationmaster
1959
5.2
Den kloge mand
1956
6.8
Kristiane af Marstal
as Harald
1956
5.9
Vores lille by
as Henry - klokker
1954
7.0
I kongens klæ'r
as Jens Hik
1954
6.6
Et eventyr om tre
as Nicolai
1954
6.0
Min søn Peter
1953
6.0
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
as Karlsen
1953
7.0
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
as Sprit Ole
1953
7.0
Kristinus Bergman
as Snedker
1948
7.0
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Stop Tyven!
1945
0.0
Familien Olsen
as Hr. Borck
1940
5.0
Under byens tage
as Gram
1938
7.3
Flaadens blaa matroser
as Christian Langtoft
1937
5.0
Incognito
as Butler Eriksen
1937
7.0
Danmark for Folket
as Olsen
1937
5.0
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
7.0
Panserbasse
as Lasse
1936
6.4
Snushanerne
as Lasse, Filmsforfatter
1936
5.5
Week-end
as Styrmand
1935
5.0
Kidnapped
as Larsen
1935
6.5
Barken Margrethe
as Lille Mikkel
1934
7.0
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
5.5
Ud i den kolde sne
as Tjener Johan
1934
6.5
Københavnere
1933
6.0
Fem raske piger
1933
5.5
He, She and Hamlet
1932
7.0
Tretten Aar
as Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
1932
5.5
The Mannequins
as Downstairs neighbor
1929
5.0