Arthur Jensen

Acting · 0.7 popularity

Age

128

Movies

Born: November 9, 1897 – November 28, 1981
From: Copenhagen, Denmark

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.

Works

90 films

Utro

19665.3

The Song of the Red Ruby

19705.6

Old Maids

19669.5

Fætrene på Torndal

19734.8

Vandalism

19775.8

The Girl and the Press Photographer

19636.7

Bedroom Mazurka

19704.8

I kongens klæ'r

19546.6

Mifune

19997.0

Mord for åbent tæppe

19646.5

Bedside Highway

19724.9

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

19807.8

Barken Margrethe

19347.3

Five men and Rosa

19645.7

Jumpin' at the Bedside

19765.3

Min søn Peter

19537.3

The Olsen Gang

19687.0

Don Olsen kommer til byen

19646.8

Girls at Sea

19775.6

Kristinus Bergman

19487.3

The Man from Swan Farm

19727.1

The Moelleby affair

19768.7

Pretty-Arne and Rosa

19675.9

Ta' lidt solskin

19695.8

Me and My Kid Brother

19675.4

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

19777.1

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

19796.8

Den kloge mand

19567.4

Bedside Dentist

19715.0

It Happened in Copenhagen

19337.0

A Day at the Beach

19704.8

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

19726.8

Bag Københavns Kulisser

193510.0

Incognito

19377.7

Strike First Freddy

19656.0

Jensen længe leve!

19657.7

København, Kalundborg og -?

19346.3

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

19736.8

Snushanerne

19366.0

The Tove Andersen Criminal Case

19538.0

Venus fra Vestø

19626.2

To skøre ho'der

19618.0

Bedside Romance

19734.5

Dyden går amok

19664.8

Hvad med os?

19637.0

Erik Soya's 17

19655.0

Nyhavns glade gutter

19675.5

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

19775.2

Een blandt mange

19619.0

Our Home Is Our Castle

19716.8

Boy of Two Worlds

19595.8

Bussen

19636.1

Familien Olsen

19406.3

Kristiane af Marstal

19566.4

Fem raske piger

19336.3

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde

19766.0

Holidays in jail

19785.8

Panserbasse

19366.5

Crazy Paradise

19624.2

En nat i Venedig

1969

Kidnapped

19357.0

Ud i den kolde sne

19347.3

Flagermusen

19666.7

Tretten Aar

19326.7

Jeppe på Bjerget

19816.4

Nøddebo præstegård

19746.0

He, She and Hamlet

19326.7

Stormvarsel

19685.4

Stop Tyven!

19457.0

The Mannequins

19297.0

Vi har det jo dejligt

19636.0

Danmark for Folket

19376.5

Et eventyr om tre

19547.0

Een pige og 39 sømænd

19656.3

Flaadens blaa matroser

19375.7

Week-end

19357.0

The Loose Tile

19666.0

The Son from Vingaarden

19754.8

Den gamle mølle paa Mols

19538.0

Ladies Man

19697.0

Champagnegaloppen

1960

Giftes - nej tak!

19367.7

Vores lille by

19547.0

Under byens tage

19387.5

Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio

19776.3

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius

19786.2

Come to My Bedside

19754.8

In the Sign of the Lion

19766.9

In the Sign of the Gemini

19755.3

Bedside Sailors

19765.0