Axel Strøbye
Born: 1928-02-22 in Frederiksberg, Danmark
Died: 2005-07-12
Known For: Acting
Biography
Strøbye was most famous for his comedy roles, as the confused uncle in Min søsters børn (My sisters Children) and the hustler Gyldenkål in Familien Gyldenkål (The Goldcabbage Family). But his biggest role and success was in Matador the TV series a lawyer Skjold Hansen, he started his acting career and education as an actor at Det Kongelige Teater (The Royal Danish theater), he also worked at Folketeatret (The peoples theater). Strøbye made his movie debut in Nåler 1951 and his last role was in 1998, as the aging inspector in the legendary Olsen Banden movies.
Filmography
2001
- Prop and Berta as Borgmester Frandsen (voice)
1998
- The Olsen Gang's Last Trick as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
1997
- Den hemmelige tunnel as Mortensens chef
1995
- Carl Th. Dreyer: My Metier as Interview Subject
1994
- Frække Frida og de frygtløse spioner as Fridas morfar Carl
- Carl Th. Dreyer und Gertrud
1993
- Hugo, the Jungle Creature as (voice)
1992
- Skibet i Skilteskoven as Viggo Velva
1991
- Høfeber as Overlæge
1990
- Camping as Kraftværkschef Viborg
1988
- Station 13 as Simonsen
- The Girl in a Swing as Jarl Borgen
1987
- Babette's Feast as Kusken
- Pelle the Conqueror as Kongstrup - Kungsgården Landlord
- The Fight For The Red Cow
- Final Act
1985
- The Chronic Innocence as Rektor
1983
- Topsy Turvy
- Otto Is a Rhino as Hr. Otto Løwe
- May as Hilmer
1982
- Kidnapning as De Mille
1981
- The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- The Olsen Gang Long Gone as Kriminalkommissær Jensen
- Jeppe på Bjerget as Ridefogeden
1979
- The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- Kick Me in the Traditions! as Doktor Schmidt
1978
- Matador as Viggo Skjold-Hansen
- The Olsen Gang Goes to War as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
1977
- Watch Your Back, Professor!
- The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote as Charles Gyldenkål
- Vandalism
- The Olsen Gang Outta Sight as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
1976
- The Olsen Gang Sees Red as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- Kassen stemmer as Direktør Karmann
- The Goldcabbage Family Breaks the Bank as Charles Gyldenkål
- Flaming Fire Chief as Brand-Børge
- The Ghost Train as Heinz-Otto von Münsterland, chauffør
1975
- The Olsen Gang on the Track as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- The Goldcabbage Family as Charles Gyldenkål / Iversen
1974
- The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- Me, Too, in the Mafia as Olfert
1973
- The Olsen Gang Runs Amok as Kriminalkommisær Jensen
- Fætrene på Torndal as Frands
1972
- Bedside Highway as Hr. Bosserup
- Bedside Head as Hr. Bosted
- How to Behave in a Fourposter Bed as Baron Joachim von Hasteen
1971
- Kid Gang on the Go as Onkel Erik Lund
- Tjærehandleren as Verner Vestad, distriktslæge
- Den fine mand as Fægtemesteren
1970
- The House at Christianshavn as Holger
- Bedroom Mazurka as Otto Bostedt
1969
- Mig og dig as Henning Hansen, jurist
- Ta' lidt solskin as Poul Otto Madsen
- Helle for Lykke as Hr. Steffensen
1968
- The Veterinarian's Adopted Children as Cirkusdirektør Don Pedro
1967
- Six Kids and the Honeymooners as Onkel Erik Lund
- Love Thy Neighbour as Hotelvært Kostøl
- Tre mand frem for en trold as Max, journalist
- Wife on vacation as Allan Thorsen
1966
- I, A Lover as Ole Schmidt
- Six Kids and Their Uncle as Erik Lund
- Dyden går amok as N.O., højesteretssagfører
- Nu stiger den as Just
1965
- Hold da helt ferie as Søren Justesen
- Een pige og 39 sømænd as Captain Barker
- The Girl and the Playboy as Max - imprisario for Marlene
- It's Nifty in the Navy
- Mor bag rattet as Racer Robert
- Biedermann og brandstifterne
1964
- Gertrud as Axel Nygen
- Selvmordsskolen as Doktor X
- Tine
- Premiere i helvede as Richard - Direktør
1963
- South of Tana River as Derek
- The Girl and the Press Photographer as Aksel Gormsen
- A Day Without Lies
- Sextet as Robert
- Bussen as Lars
- En af dagene as Carl
1962
- Han, hun, Dirch og Dario as Henry
- Det stod i avisen as Peter
- Oskar as Egon Larsen, massør
- Crazy Paradise as Hjalmer
- Duellen
1961
1960
- Faith, Hope and Witchcraft as Vred mand
- The Quiet Battle as Erik Sørensen
1959
- Et knudeproblem
- The Poet and the Little Mother as Landmåleren
1958
1957
1956
- The Young Have No Time
- Kristiane af Marstal as Svendsen
1954
- I kongens klæ'r as Thorvald Rønne
- Jan går til filmen as Regissør
- Father of Four: In the Snow
- Karen, Maren og Mette
- Det er så yndigt at følges ad
- Vores lille by
1953
- Fløjtespilleren as Klarinetspiller
- Det gælder livet