Arthur Jensen
Birthday: 1897-11-09
Place of Birth: 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.
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Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
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The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
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Old Maids
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Girls at Sea
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The Olsen Gang's Big Score
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Ta' lidt solskin
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Don Olsen kommer til byen
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Nyhavns glade gutter
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Een pige og 39 sømænd
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Five men and Rosa
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Our Home Is Our Castle
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Den gamle mølle paa Mols
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Familien Olsen
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Fætrene på Torndal
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Holidays in jail
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The Son from Vingaarden
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Jeppe på Bjerget
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Venus fra Vestø
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Kristiane af Marstal
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Dyden går amok
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Stormvarsel
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Jensen længe leve!
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Panserbasse
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Flaadens blaa matroser
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Incognito
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The Mannequins
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Erik Soya's 17
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Come to My Bedside
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Nøddebo præstegård
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The Song of the Red Ruby
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Snushanerne
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I kongens klæ'r
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Under byens tage
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Ladies Man
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Ud i den kolde sne
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Me and My Kid Brother
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Et eventyr om tre
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In the Sign of the Lion
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The Moelleby affair
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Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
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In the Sign of the Gemini
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Bussen
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The Man from Swan Farm
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The Olsen Gang
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The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
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The Girl and the Press Photographer
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Vi har det jo dejligt
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Vandalism
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Flagermusen
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Jumpin' at the Bedside
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Mifune
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Mord for åbent tæppe
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Bedroom Mazurka
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Bedside Highway
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Bedside Romance
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Bedside Dentist
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Bedside Sailors
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Kidnapped
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Tretten Aar
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Fem raske piger
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Giftes - nej tak!
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He, She and Hamlet
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København, Kalundborg og -?
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Boy of Two Worlds
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The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
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Min søn Peter
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Pretty-Arne and Rosa
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En nat i Venedig
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Kristinus Bergman
Danish noir crime drama with a poetic nerve. Two boys, Kristinus and Jakob (Rode and Neergaard) expe...
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Utro
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Vores lille by
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To skøre ho'der
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Week-end
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Stop Tyven!
Humorous short film about burglary prevention and robbery. A journalist and a press photographer com...
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Champagnegaloppen
Amelie is in love with a young musician. But since her parents believe she should marry someone of h...
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