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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-11-09
Place of birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Cast
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
1977
6.06
Old Maids
1966
10.00
Girls at Sea
1977
5.80
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972
6.80
Ta' lidt solskin
1969
5.20
Don Olsen kommer til byen
1964
6.50
Nyhavns glade gutter
1967
5.50
Een pige og 39 sømænd
1965
6.00
Five men and Rosa
1964
5.00
Our Home Is Our Castle
1971
6.60
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953
7.00
Familien Olsen
1940
5.00
Fætrene på Torndal
1973
4.40
Holidays in jail
1978
5.80
The Son from Vingaarden
1975
4.00
Jeppe på Bjerget
1981
6.20
Venus fra Vestø
1962
5.60
Kristiane af Marstal
1956
5.90
Dyden går amok
1966
5.00
Stormvarsel
1968
4.20
Jensen længe leve!
1965
7.50
Panserbasse
1936
6.40
Flaadens blaa matroser
1937
5.00
Incognito
1937
7.00
The Mannequins
1929
5.00
Erik Soya's 17
1965
4.80
Come to My Bedside
1975
4.60
Nøddebo præstegård
1974
5.40
The Song of the Red Ruby
1970
4.80
Snushanerne
1936
5.50
I kongens klæ'r
1954
6.60
Under byens tage
1938
7.30
Ladies Man
1969
6.50
Ud i den kolde sne
1934
6.50
Hvad med os?
1963
6.30
Crazy Paradise
1962
4.10
Me and My Kid Brother
1967
4.80
Et eventyr om tre
1954
6.00
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
6.50
The Moelleby affair
1976
8.00
In the Sign of the Gemini
1975
5.20
Barken Margrethe
1934
7.00
Bussen
1963
5.60
Københavnere
1933
6.00
The Man from Swan Farm
1972
6.50
The Olsen Gang
1968
7.00
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973
6.90
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
7.00
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
6.80
Strike First Freddy
1965
5.80
Vi har det jo dejligt
1963
5.20
Den kloge mand
1956
6.80
Vandalism
1977
5.50
Flagermusen
1966
6.50
Jumpin' at the Bedside
1976
5.30
Mifune
1999
7.00
Mord for åbent tæppe
1964
5.00
Bedroom Mazurka
1970
4.90
Bedside Highway
1972
4.70
Bedside Romance
1973
4.50
The Loose Tile
1966
5.50
Bedside Dentist
1971
5.10
Bedside Sailors
1976
4.80
Kidnapped
1935
6.50
Tretten Aar
1932
5.50
Fem raske piger
1933
5.50
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
7.00
He, She and Hamlet
1932
7.00
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
5.50
Boy of Two Worlds
1959
5.30
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
1953
7.00
Min søn Peter
1953
6.00
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967
5.50
En nat i Venedig
1969
0.00
Kristinus Bergman
1948
7.00
Utro
1966
5.50
Vores lille by
1954
7.00
To skøre ho'der
1961
7.30
Week-end
1935
5.00
Stop Tyven!
1945
0.00
Danmark for Folket
1937
5.00
Champagnegaloppen
1960
0.00
