Johannes Meyer
Born
May 28, 1884
Died
November 4, 1972 (88 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Skodsborg, Denmark
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.
Known For
The Red Mantle
Bilvis
1967
Tine
Hr. Bølling
1964
Death Comes at High Noon
Dr. Joachim Lindberg
1964
Hvis lille pige er du?
Zimmermann
1963
Støvsugerbanden
Augustin
1963
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1962
Det stod i avisen
1962
Landsbylægen
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
1961
Ullabella
Overpræsident
1961
Flemming and Kvik
Rektor Halling
1960
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
1959
Styrmand Karlsen
Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
1958
Krudt og klunker
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
1958
Tre finder en kro
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
1955
The Blinded
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
1955
Sukceskomponisten
Organist Sørensen
1954
Hendes store aften
Vicevært Julius Jensen
1954
Kongeligt besøg
1954
Det gælder livet
1953
Min søn Peter
1953
Hejrenæs
Herskabstjener Blackhøj
1953
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Klemmesen
1953
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Redaktøren
1953
Husmandstøsen
Søren Torpegaard
1952
Det store løb
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
1952
Ta' Pelle med
Gårdejer Lauritz
1952
2 Minutes Late
Vicevært Johansen
1952
Vejrhanen
Theodor Nielsen
1952
Us Petty Sinners
Gulbæk, antikvar
1952
Avismanden
Kesse
1952
Dorte
Prokuristen
1951
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Godsejer Bjerre
1951
Som sendt fra himlen
Kommandanten
1951
Frihed forpligter
Sørens morfar
1951
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Zeus
1951
Fodboldpræsten
Prokurist Nielsen
1951
The Face of Truth
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
1951
Mosekongen
Claus Munk
1950
Café Paradis
1950
Historien om Hjortholm
1950
The Red Horses
Købmand Hans Offor
1950
For freedom and justice
Niels Nielsen
1949
Hvor er Far
1948
While the Gate was Locked
1948
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Jonas Olsen
1948
Røverne fra Rold
Søren Hvass - Storbonde
1947
Jenny and the Soldier
Frederik Christensen
1947
Mani
1947
I gaar og i morgen
1945
Mit liv er musik
Walter S. Nielson, impresario
1944
Otte akkorder
1944
Besættelse
Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
1944
Teatertosset
Fuglesang
1944
Det kære København
1944
En pige uden lige
1943
My Dear Wives
Herbert Reimer
1943
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
1943
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Magdas far
1943
Lykken kommer
Frederik Hagen
1942
Derailed
Organisten 'Bessefar'
1942
Tag til Rønneby kro
Kroejer Bartholdi
1941
Frk. Kirkemus
Obersten
1941
Come Home With Me
Valdemar Nielsen
1941
Tag det som en mand
Theodor Woller, godsejer
1941
Jeg har elsket og levet
Tutein
1940
Sommerglæder
1940
I de gode gamle dage
Fyrst Ivar Rose
1940
Nordhavets mænd
1939
Children of Divorce
Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
1939
En lille tilfældighed
1939
Under byens tage
Kunstprofessor Abel
1938
Alarm
Fabrikant Schmidt
1938
Plat eller krone
Herkules' far
1937
Incognito
Direktør A. Schram
1937
Danmark for Folket
Hr. Justesen
1937
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
De bør forelske Dem
1935
Rasmines bryllup
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
1935
Flugten fra millionerne
Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
1934
Nøddebo Præstegaard
1934
Lynet
Generaldirektør
1934
Skaf en sensation
Redaktør Johannes Halling
1934
Saa til Søs
Direktør Johan Nordborg
1933
De blaa drenge
1933
Master of the House
Viktor Frandsen
1925
Love One Another
Rylowitsch
1922
Leaves from Satan's Book
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
1920
While the Christmas Bells Rings
1917
The Secret of the Night Express
Wilton, prokurist
1917
Count Dahlbog's Secret
1914
Aquitted
Officer
1914
The Gambler's Wife
Werner
1913
De uheldige Friere
1912