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