Arthur Jensen
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-11-09
Day of Death
1981-11-28 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Arthur Jensen
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
Acting
(1999)
Mifune
as Rud's friend
(1981)
Jeppe på Bjerget
as Jacobæus Lakaj
(1980)
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
as Kanonkongen Don Kraus
(1979)
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
as Parking Attendant
(1978)
Holidays in jail
as Klausen
(1978)
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
as Detective Assistant Mortensen
(1977)
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
as Niels Peter Nielsen
(1977)
Girls at Sea
as Examination Invigilator
(1977)
(1977)
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
as Borgmester Stærmose
(1977)
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
as Togmand
(1976)
Jumpin' at the Bedside
as Hr. Madsen
(1976)
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
as Vagtmand
(1976)
The Moelleby affair
as Nikolajsen, barber
(1976)
(1976)
(1975)
The Son from Vingaarden
as Jeppe
(1975)
Come to My Bedside
as Manager
(1975)
In the Sign of the Gemini
as Leopold
(1974)
Nøddebo præstegård
as Mads Hjulmand
(1973)
Bedside Romance
as Æhrlig-Jensen
(1973)
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Night Watchman
(1973)
Fætrene på Torndal
as Mikkel
(1972)
Bedside Highway
as Piversen
(1972)
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as König - Victor Emanuel Jensen
(1972)
The Man from Swan Farm
as Mikkel
(1971)
Bedside Dentist
as Johansen
(1971)
Our Home Is Our Castle
as Arnold Hannibal Meyer
(1970)
Bedroom Mazurka
as Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
(1970)
The Song of the Red Ruby
as Zebedæussen
(1969)
Ta' lidt solskin
as Ludvig
(1969)
Ladies Man
as Jens
(1969)
En nat i Venedig
as Delacqua
(1968)
The Olsen Gang
as Worker at Train Station
(1968)
Stormvarsel
as Bette Magnus
(1967)
Nyhavns glade gutter
as Peter Jensen
(1967)
(1967)
Me and My Kid Brother
as Amtmanden
(1966)
(1966)
Dyden går amok
as Ivar, fisker
(1966)
(1966)
The Loose Tile
as Janitor at school
(1966)
Old Maids
as Petersen
(1965)
Erik Soya's 17
as Konduktøren
(1965)
(1965)
Een pige og 39 sømænd
as Hovmesteren
(1965)
Jensen længe leve!
as Røde Einar
(1964)
Don Olsen kommer til byen
as Redaktør Holm
(1964)
Five men and Rosa
as Helmer Gamtofte
(1964)
Mord for åbent tæppe
as Læge Jens Anthonsen
(1963)
(1963)
(1963)
Hvad med os?
as Vred mand på gaden
(1963)
(1962)
(1962)
Venus fra Vestø
as Pive Ras
(1961)
To skøre ho'der
as Redaktør
(1960)
(1959)
Boy of Two Worlds
as Stationmaster
(1956)
(1956)
Kristiane af Marstal
as Harald
(1954)
Et eventyr om tre
as Nicolai
(1954)
I kongens klæ'r
as Jens Hik
(1954)
Vores lille by
as Henry - klokker
(1953)
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
as Sprit Ole
(1953)
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
as Karlsen
(1953)
(1948)
Kristinus Bergman
as Snedker
(1945)
(1940)
Familien Olsen
as Hr. Borck
(1938)
Under byens tage
as Gram
(1937)
Flaadens blaa matroser
as Christian Langtoft
(1937)
Incognito
as Butler Eriksen
(1937)
Danmark for Folket
as Olsen
(1936)
Panserbasse
as Lasse
(1936)
(1936)
Snushanerne
as Lasse, Filmsforfatter
(1935)
Kidnapped
as Larsen
(1935)
Week-end
as Styrmand
(1934)
Barken Margrethe
as Lille Mikkel
(1934)
Ud i den kolde sne
as Tjener Johan
(1934)
(1933)
(1933)
(1932)
Tretten Aar
as Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
(1932)
(1929)
The Mannequins
as Downstairs neighbor