Arthur Jensen
Acting • Born 1897-11-09 – Died 1981-11-28
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.
Filmography
91 credits
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
Movie • 1977
Togmand
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
Movie • 1977
Borgmester Stærmose
Old Maids
Movie • 1966
Petersen
Girls at Sea
Movie • 1977
Examination Invigilator
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Movie • 1972
Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
Ta' lidt solskin
Movie • 1969
Ludvig
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Movie • 1964
Redaktør Holm
Nyhavns glade gutter
Movie • 1967
Peter Jensen
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Movie • 1965
Hovmesteren
Five men and Rosa
Movie • 1964
Helmer Gamtofte
Our Home Is Our Castle
Movie • 1971
Arnold Hannibal Meyer
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Movie • 1953
Karlsen
Familien Olsen
Movie • 1940
Hr. Borck
Holidays in jail
Movie • 1978
Klausen
Fætrene på Torndal
Movie • 1973
Mikkel
The Son from Vingaarden
Movie • 1975
Jeppe
Jeppe på Bjerget
Movie • 1981
Jacobæus Lakaj
Venus fra Vestø
Movie • 1962
Pive Ras
Kristiane af Marstal
Movie • 1956
Harald
Dyden går amok
Movie • 1966
Ivar, fisker
Stormvarsel
Movie • 1968
Bette Magnus
Jensen længe leve!
Movie • 1965
Røde Einar
Panserbasse
Movie • 1936
Lasse
Flaadens blaa matroser
Movie • 1937
Christian Langtoft
Incognito
Movie • 1937
Butler Eriksen
The Mannequins
Movie • 1929
Downstairs neighbor
Erik Soya's 17
Movie • 1965
Konduktøren
Come to My Bedside
Movie • 1975
Manager
Nøddebo præstegård
Movie • 1974
Mads Hjulmand
The Song of the Red Ruby
Movie • 1970
Zebedæussen
Ladies Man
Movie • 1969
Jens
I kongens klæ'r
Movie • 1954
Jens Hik
Snushanerne
Movie • 1936
Lasse, Filmsforfatter
Ud i den kolde sne
Movie • 1934
Tjener Johan
Under byens tage
Movie • 1938
Gram
Hvad med os?
Movie • 1963
Vred mand på gaden
Crazy Paradise
Movie • 1962
Me and My Kid Brother
Movie • 1967
Amtmanden
Et eventyr om tre
Movie • 1954
Nicolai
In the Sign of the Lion
Movie • 1976
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
Movie • 1978
Detective Assistant Mortensen
The Moelleby affair
Movie • 1976
Nikolajsen, barber
Barken Margrethe
Movie • 1934
Lille Mikkel
In the Sign of the Gemini
Movie • 1975
Leopold
Bussen
Movie • 1963
Københavnere
Movie • 1933
The Olsen Gang
Movie • 1968
Arbejder ved banen
The Man from Swan Farm
Movie • 1972
Mikkel
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Movie • 1973
Nattevagt
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Movie • 1979
Parking Attendant
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Movie • 1977
Niels Peter Nielsen
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Movie • 1963
Strike First Freddy
Movie • 1965
Vi har det jo dejligt
Movie • 1963
Vandalism
Movie • 1977
Den kloge mand
Movie • 1956
Flagermusen
Movie • 1966
Jumpin' at the Bedside
Movie • 1976
Hr. Madsen
Bedroom Mazurka
Movie • 1970
Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
Movie • 1980
Kanonkongen Don Kraus
Mifune
Movie • 1999
Rud's friend
Bedside Highway
Movie • 1972
Piversen
Mord for åbent tæppe
Movie • 1964
Læge Jens Anthonsen
Bedside Romance
Movie • 1973
Æhrlig-Jensen
The Loose Tile
Movie • 1966
Janitor at school
Bedside Dentist
Movie • 1971
Johansen
Bedside Sailors
Movie • 1976
Kidnapped
Movie • 1935
Larsen
Tretten Aar
Movie • 1932
Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
Fem raske piger
Movie • 1933
He, She and Hamlet
Movie • 1932
Giftes - nej tak!
Movie • 1936
København, Kalundborg og -?
Movie • 1934
Boy of Two Worlds
Movie • 1959
Stationmaster
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Movie • 1953
Sprit Ole
Min søn Peter
Movie • 1953
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
Movie • 1967
En nat i Venedig
Movie • 1969
Delacqua
Kristinus Bergman
Movie • 1948
Snedker
Utro
Movie • 1966
Vores lille by
Movie • 1954
Henry - klokker
To skøre ho'der
Movie • 1961
Redaktør
Week-end
Movie • 1935
Styrmand
Stop Tyven!
Movie • 1945
Danmark for Folket
Movie • 1937
Olsen
Champagnegaloppen
Movie • 1960
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Movie • 1976
Vagtmand
Een blandt mange
Movie • 1961
The House at Christianshavn
TV • 1970
Meyer
Livsens ondskab
TV • 1972
Menneske-Mortensen
Matador
TV • 1978
Rudolf Schwann