Johannes Meyer
Acting • Born 1884-05-28 – Died 1972-11-04
Biography
Handsome smart tall blonde Danish performer Johannes Meyer born in 1884. After graduating grom Gymnasium, Mayer applied twice to the Royal Theatre School and was twice rejected. He made his stage debut at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen in 1905 and went on to perform at nearly every theatre in Copenhagen. He appeared in more than 100 movies, making his first film playing the role of Erneste des Tressailles in Viggo Larsen's 'Revolutionsbryllup' at the Nordist Film Co in 1909, His most memorable role as Viktor Frandsen in Carl Theodor Dreyer's 'Master of the House' at the Palladium Film Co in 1925. He was mostly seen in character or supporting roles in many talkies from 1933 until his last film appearance playing the role of Bilvis in Gabriel Axel's 'Hagbard and Signe' in 1967. He was also active on radio and in T.V. dramas and was stage director of the Fonixteatret and Norrebros Theatre before he was hired by the Royal Theatre in 1941. Died in Denmark in 1972 age 88.
Filmography
94 credits
Leaves from Satan's Book
Movie • 1920
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Fodboldpræsten
Movie • 1951
Prokurist Nielsen
Mosekongen
Movie • 1950
Claus Munk
The Gambler's Wife
Movie • 1913
Werner
Styrmand Karlsen
Movie • 1958
Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
2 Minutes Late
Movie • 1952
Vicevært Johansen
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Movie • 1951
Zeus
Café Paradis
Movie • 1950
Tag til Rønneby kro
Movie • 1941
Kroejer Bartholdi
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Movie • 1953
Klemmesen
Dorte
Movie • 1951
Prokuristen
Avismanden
Movie • 1952
Kesse
Rasmines bryllup
Movie • 1935
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Flemming and Kvik
Movie • 1960
Rektor Halling
Husmandstøsen
Movie • 1952
Søren Torpegaard
Master of the House
Movie • 1925
Viktor Frandsen
Landsbylægen
Movie • 1961
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Saa til Søs
Movie • 1933
Direktør Johan Nordborg
Under byens tage
Movie • 1938
Kunstprofessor Abel
Krudt og klunker
Movie • 1958
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Støvsugerbanden
Movie • 1963
Augustin
Tre finder en kro
Movie • 1955
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
Vejrhanen
Movie • 1952
Theodor Nielsen
Count Dahlbog's Secret
Movie • 1914
Som sendt fra himlen
Movie • 1951
Kommandanten
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
Movie • 1962
Derailed
Movie • 1942
Organisten 'Bessefar'
Incognito
Movie • 1937
Direktør A. Schram
Hendes store aften
Movie • 1954
Vicevært Julius Jensen
The Red Horses
Movie • 1950
Købmand Hans Offor
Frk. Kirkemus
Movie • 1941
Obersten
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Movie • 1953
Redaktøren
Tine
Movie • 1964
Hr. Bølling
Teatertosset
Movie • 1944
Fuglesang
My Dear Wives
Movie • 1943
Herbert Reimer
While the Christmas Bells Rings
Movie • 1917
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Movie • 1951
Godsejer Bjerre
Death Comes at High Noon
Movie • 1964
Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Lynet
Movie • 1934
Generaldirektør
Alarm
Movie • 1938
Fabrikant Schmidt
The Face of Truth
Movie • 1951
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Det stod i avisen
Movie • 1962
Det store løb
Movie • 1952
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Hejrenæs
Movie • 1953
Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Historien om Hjortholm
Movie • 1950
The Blinded
Movie • 1955
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Besættelse
Movie • 1944
Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
De blaa drenge
Movie • 1933
Lykken kommer
Movie • 1942
Frederik Hagen
Eight Chords
Movie • 1944
Jenny and the Soldier
Movie • 1947
Frederik Christensen
Sommerglæder
Movie • 1940
Sukceskomponisten
Movie • 1954
Organist Sørensen
Hvis lille pige er du?
Movie • 1963
Zimmermann
Plat eller krone
Movie • 1937
Herkules' far
Skaf en sensation
Movie • 1934
Redaktør Johannes Halling
The Red Mantle
Movie • 1967
Bilvis
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Movie • 1959
De bør forelske Dem
Movie • 1935
Det kære København
Movie • 1944
Det gælder livet
Movie • 1953
En lille tilfældighed
Movie • 1939
En pige uden lige
Movie • 1943
For freedom and justice
Movie • 1949
Niels Nielsen
Giftes - nej tak!
Movie • 1936
I gaar og i morgen
Movie • 1945
Kongeligt besøg
Movie • 1954
Mani
Movie • 1947
While the Gate was Locked
Movie • 1948
Min søn Peter
Movie • 1953
Nordhavets mænd
Movie • 1939
Nøddebo Præstegaard
Movie • 1934
Us Petty Sinners
Movie • 1952
Gulbæk, antikvar
Flugten fra millionerne
Movie • 1934
Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Jeg har elsket og levet
Movie • 1940
Tutein
Children of Divorce
Movie • 1939
Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
Come Home With Me
Movie • 1941
Valdemar Nielsen
I de gode gamle dage
Movie • 1940
Fyrst Ivar Rose
Ullabella
Movie • 1961
Overpræsident
Ta' Pelle med
Movie • 1952
Gårdejer Lauritz
Røverne fra Rold
Movie • 1947
Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Mit liv er musik
Movie • 1944
Walter S. Nielson, impresario
Frihed forpligter
Movie • 1951
Sørens morfar
Tag det som en mand
Movie • 1941
Theodor Woller, godsejer
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Movie • 1943
Magdas far
Hvor er Far
Movie • 1948
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Movie • 1948
Jonas Olsen
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Movie • 1943
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Love One Another
Movie • 1922
Rylowitsch
Danmark for Folket
Movie • 1937
Hr. Justesen
The Secret of the Night Express
Movie • 1917
Wilton, prokurist
Aquitted
Movie • 1914
Officer
De uheldige Friere
Movie • 1912
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
Movie • 1958
Waiter