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