Johannes Meyer
Born: 1884-05-28 in Skodsborg, Denmark
Died: 1972-11-04
Known For: Acting
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
1967
- The Red Mantle as Bilvis
1964
- Death Comes at High Noon as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
- Tine as Hr. Bølling
1963
- Hvis lille pige er du? as Zimmermann
- Støvsugerbanden as Augustin
1961
- Ullabella as Overpræsident
- Landsbylægen as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
1960
- Flemming and Kvik as Rektor Halling
1958
- That Won't Keep a Sailor Down as Waiter
- Krudt og klunker as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
- Styrmand Karlsen as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
1955
- Tre finder en kro as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
- The Blinded as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
- Det var paa Rundetaarn ... (Actor's Assistant)
1954
- Kongeligt besøg
- Sukceskomponisten as Organist Sørensen
- Hendes store aften as Vicevært Julius Jensen
1953
- Vi som går køkkenvejen as Redaktøren
- Den gamle mølle paa Mols as Klemmesen
- Min søn Peter
- Det gælder livet
- Hejrenæs as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
1952
- 2 Minutes Late as Vicevært Johansen
- Det store løb as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
- Ta' Pelle med as Gårdejer Lauritz
- Us Petty Sinners as Gulbæk, antikvar
- Avismanden as Kesse
- Vejrhanen as Theodor Nielsen
- Husmandstøsen as Søren Torpegaard
1951
- Som sendt fra himlen as Kommandanten
- Zwischen Herz und Gewissen ... (Director)
- Fra den gamle købmandsgaard as Godsejer Bjerre
- Meet Me on Cassiopeia as Zeus
- Fodboldpræsten as Prokurist Nielsen
- Dorte as Prokuristen
- The Face of Truth as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
- Frihed forpligter as Sørens morfar
1950
- Mosekongen as Claus Munk
- Café Paradis
- The Red Horses as Købmand Hans Offor
- Historien om Hjortholm
1949
- For freedom and justice as Niels Nielsen
1948
1947
- Mani
- Jenny and the Soldier as Frederik Christensen
- Røverne fra Rold as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
1945
1944
- Mit Liv er Musik as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
- Eight Chords
- Teatertosset as Fuglesang
- Besættelse as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
- Det kære København
1943
- Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
- En pige uden lige
- My Dear Wives as Herbert Reimer
- Hans Onsdags-Veninde as Magdas far
1942
- Lykken kommer as Frederik Hagen
- Derailed as Organisten 'Bessefar'
1941
- Tag til Rønneby kro as Kroejer Bartholdi
- Tag det som en mand as Theodor Woller, godsejer
- Come Home With Me as Valdemar Nielsen
- Frk. Kirkemus as Obersten
1940
- I de gode gamle Dage as Fyrst Ivar Rose
- Jeg har elsket og levet as Tutein
- Sommerglæder
1939
- Nordhavets mænd
- En lille Tilfældighed
- Children of Divorce as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
1938
- Alarm as Fabrikant Schmidt
- Under byens tage as Kunstprofessor Abel
1937
- Incognito as Direktør A. Schram
- Plat eller krone as Herkules' far
- Danmark for Folket as Hr. Justesen
1936
1935
- De bør forelske Dem
- Rasmines bryllup as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
1934
- Nøddebo Præstegaard
- Flugten fra millionerne as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
- Skaf en sensation as Redaktør Johannes Halling
- Lynet as Generaldirektør
1933
- Saa til Søs as Direktør Johan Nordborg
- De blaa drenge
- Die kleine Schwindlerin ... (Director)
1932
- Zwei himmelblaue Augen ... (Director)
1931
- Ash Wednesday ... (Director)
1929
- Hochverrat ... (Director)
1925
- Master of the House as Viktor Frandsen
1924
- One Lover Too Many ... (Director)
1923
- Smiles and Tears ... (Director)
1922
- Love One Another as Rylowitsch
1920
- Leaves from Satan's Book as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
1917
- The Secret of the Night Express as Wilton, prokurist
- While the Christmas Bells Rings
1914
- Count Dahlbog's Secret
- Aquitted as Officer
1913
- The Gambler's Wife as Werner
1912
1910
- A Wedding During the French Revolution as Erneste des Tressailles