
Arthur Jensen
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.
Personal Info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-11-09
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
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Cast
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
19776.1 / 10
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
19774.6 / 10
Old Maids
196610.0 / 10
Girls at Sea
19775.8 / 10
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
19726.8 / 10
Ta' lidt solskin
19695.2 / 10
Don Olsen kommer til byen
19646.5 / 10
Nyhavns glade gutter
19675.5 / 10
Een pige og 39 sømænd
19656.0 / 10
Five men and Rosa
19645.0 / 10
Our Home Is Our Castle
19716.6 / 10
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
19537.0 / 10
Familien Olsen
19405.0 / 10
Holidays in jail
19785.8 / 10
Fætrene på Torndal
19734.4 / 10
The Son from Vingaarden
19754.0 / 10
Jeppe på Bjerget
19816.2 / 10
Venus fra Vestø
19625.6 / 10
Kristiane af Marstal
19565.9 / 10
Dyden går amok
19665.0 / 10
Stormvarsel
19684.2 / 10
Jensen længe leve!
19657.5 / 10
Panserbasse
19366.4 / 10
Flaadens blaa matroser
19375.0 / 10
Incognito
19377.0 / 10
The Mannequins
19295.0 / 10
Erik Soya's 17
19654.8 / 10
Come to My Bedside
19754.6 / 10
Nøddebo præstegård
19745.4 / 10
The Song of the Red Ruby
19704.8 / 10
Ladies Man
19696.5 / 10
I kongens klæ'r
19546.6 / 10
Under byens tage
19387.3 / 10
Snushanerne
19365.5 / 10
Ud i den kolde sne
19346.5 / 10
Hvad med os?
19636.3 / 10
Crazy Paradise
19624.1 / 10
Et eventyr om tre
19546.0 / 10
Me and My Kid Brother
19674.8 / 10
In the Sign of the Lion
19766.5 / 10
The Moelleby affair
19768.0 / 10
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
19785.9 / 10
In the Sign of the Gemini
19755.2 / 10
Barken Margrethe
19347.0 / 10
Bussen
19635.6 / 10
Københavnere
19336.0 / 10
The Olsen Gang
19687.0 / 10
The Man from Swan Farm
19726.5 / 10
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
19736.9 / 10
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
19777.0 / 10
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
19796.8 / 10
The Girl and the Press Photographer
19636.1 / 10
Strike First Freddy
19655.8 / 10
Vi har det jo dejligt
19635.2 / 10
Den kloge mand
19566.8 / 10
Vandalism
19775.5 / 10
Flagermusen
19666.5 / 10
Jumpin' at the Bedside
19765.3 / 10
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
19808.4 / 10
Bedroom Mazurka
19704.9 / 10
Mifune
19997.0 / 10
Mord for åbent tæppe
19645.0 / 10
Bedside Highway
19724.7 / 10
Bedside Romance
19734.5 / 10
The Loose Tile
19665.5 / 10
Bedside Sailors
19764.8 / 10
Bedside Dentist
19715.1 / 10
Kidnapped
19356.5 / 10
Tretten Aar
19325.5 / 10
Fem raske piger
19335.5 / 10
He, She and Hamlet
19327.0 / 10
Giftes - nej tak!
19367.0 / 10
København, Kalundborg og -?
19345.5 / 10
Boy of Two Worlds
19595.3 / 10
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
19537.0 / 10
Min søn Peter
19536.0 / 10
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
19675.5 / 10
En nat i Venedig
19690.0 / 10
Kristinus Bergman
19487.0 / 10
Utro
19665.5 / 10
Vores lille by
19547.0 / 10
To skøre ho'der
19617.3 / 10
Week-end
19355.0 / 10
Stop Tyven!
19450.0 / 10
Danmark for Folket
19375.0 / 10
Champagnegaloppen
19600.0 / 10
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
19766.0 / 10