Arthur Jensen

Acting · 0.8 popularity

Age

128

Movies

Born: November 9, 1897 – November 28, 1981
From: Copenhagen, Denmark

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.

Works

90 films

Utro

19665.3

Old Maids

19669.5

The Song of the Red Ruby

19705.6

Fætrene på Torndal

19734.8

Vandalism

19775.8

The Girl and the Press Photographer

19636.7

I kongens klæ'r

19546.6

Mifune

19997.0

The Olsen Gang

19687.0

Bedroom Mazurka

19704.8

Mord for åbent tæppe

19646.5

Bedside Highway

19724.9

Kristinus Bergman

19487.3

Pretty-Arne and Rosa

19675.9

Jumpin' at the Bedside

19765.3

Five men and Rosa

19645.7

Barken Margrethe

19347.3

It Happened in Copenhagen

19337.0

The Man from Swan Farm

19727.1

Girls at Sea

19775.6

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

19807.8

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

19796.8

The Moelleby affair

19768.7

Me and My Kid Brother

19675.4

Incognito

19377.7

Don Olsen kommer til byen

19646.8

Ta' lidt solskin

19695.8

A Day at the Beach

19704.8

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

19777.1

Snushanerne

19366.0

Min søn Peter

19537.3

Bedside Dentist

19715.0

København, Kalundborg og -?

19346.3

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

19736.8

Den kloge mand

19567.4

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

19726.8

Dyden går amok

19664.8

Bedside Romance

19734.5

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

19775.2

Jensen længe leve!

19657.7

The Tove Andersen Criminal Case

19538.0

Venus fra Vestø

19626.2

Nyhavns glade gutter

19675.5

Kristiane af Marstal

19566.4

Strike First Freddy

19656.0

Bag Københavns Kulisser

193510.0

Erik Soya's 17

19655.0

Hvad med os?

19637.0

Fem raske piger

19336.3

Een blandt mange

19619.0

Our Home Is Our Castle

19716.8

To skøre ho'der

19618.0

Boy of Two Worlds

19595.8

Crazy Paradise

19624.2

Een pige og 39 sømænd

19656.3

Bussen

19636.1

Familien Olsen

19406.3

Holidays in jail

19785.8

Flagermusen

19666.7

En nat i Venedig

1969

Jeppe på Bjerget

19816.4

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde

19766.0

Nøddebo præstegård

19746.0

Tretten Aar

19326.7

Vi har det jo dejligt

19636.0

Kidnapped

19357.0

The Mannequins

19297.0

Ud i den kolde sne

19347.3

Flaadens blaa matroser

19375.7

Stop Tyven!

19457.0

Stormvarsel

19685.4

Week-end

19357.0

He, She and Hamlet

19326.7

Panserbasse

19366.5

The Loose Tile

19666.0

Et eventyr om tre

19547.0

Danmark for Folket

19376.5

Den gamle mølle paa Mols

19538.0

The Son from Vingaarden

19754.8

Champagnegaloppen

1960

Ladies Man

19697.0

Giftes - nej tak!

19367.7

Under byens tage

19387.5

Vores lille by

19547.0

Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio

19776.3

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius

19786.2

Come to My Bedside

19754.8

In the Sign of the Lion

19766.9

In the Sign of the Gemini

19755.3

Bedside Sailors

19765.0