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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

90

Gender

Male

Birthday

1897-11-09

Day of Death

1981-11-28 (84 years old)

Place of Birth

Copenhagen, Denmark

Also Known As

Артур Йенсен

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.

Known For

Acting

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

1977

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

as

Borgmester Stærmose

Old Maids

1966

Old Maids

as

Petersen

Girls at Sea

1977

Girls at Sea

as

Examination Invigilator

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

1972

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

as

König - Victor Emanuel Jensen

Ta' lidt solskin

1969

Ta' lidt solskin

as

Ludvig

Don Olsen kommer til byen

1964

Don Olsen kommer til byen

as

Redaktør Holm

Nyhavns glade gutter

1967

Nyhavns glade gutter

as

Peter Jensen

Een pige og 39 sømænd

1965

Een pige og 39 sømænd

as

Hovmesteren

Five men and Rosa

1964

Five men and Rosa

as

Helmer Gamtofte

Our Home Is Our Castle

1971

Our Home Is Our Castle

as

Arnold Hannibal Meyer

Familien Olsen

1940

Familien Olsen

as

Hr. Borck

Holidays in jail

1978

Holidays in jail

as

Klausen

Jeppe på Bjerget

1981

Jeppe på Bjerget

as

Jacobæus Lakaj

Venus fra Vestø

1962

Venus fra Vestø

as

Pive Ras

Dyden går amok

1966

Dyden går amok

as

Ivar, fisker

Stormvarsel

1968

Stormvarsel

as

Bette Magnus

Jensen længe leve!

1965

Jensen længe leve!

as

Røde Einar

Panserbasse

1936

Panserbasse

as

Lasse

Flaadens blaa matroser

1937

Flaadens blaa matroser

as

Christian Langtoft

Incognito

1937

Incognito

as

Butler Eriksen

The Mannequins

1929

The Mannequins

as

Downstairs neighbor

Erik Soya's 17

1965

Erik Soya's 17

as

Konduktøren

Come to My Bedside

1975

Come to My Bedside

as

Manager

Nøddebo præstegård

1974

Nøddebo præstegård

as

Mads Hjulmand

The Song of the Red Ruby

1970

The Song of the Red Ruby

as

Zebedæussen

Ladies Man

1969

Ladies Man

as

Jens

I kongens klæ'r

1954

I kongens klæ'r

as

Jens Hik

Snushanerne

1936

Snushanerne

as

Lasse, Filmsforfatter

Ud i den kolde sne

1934

Ud i den kolde sne

as

Tjener Johan

Hvad med os?

1963

Hvad med os?

as

Vred mand på gaden

Et eventyr om tre

1954

Et eventyr om tre

as

Nicolai

Me and My Kid Brother

1967

Me and My Kid Brother

as

Amtmanden

The Moelleby affair

1976

The Moelleby affair

as

Nikolajsen, barber

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius

1978

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius

as

Detective Assistant Mortensen

Barken Margrethe

1934

Barken Margrethe

as

Lille Mikkel

Bussen

1963

Bussen

as

The Olsen Gang

1968

The Olsen Gang

as

Worker at Train Station

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

1973

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

as

Night Watchman

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

1977

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

as

Niels Peter Nielsen

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

1979

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

as

Parking Attendant

Vandalism

1977

Vandalism

as

Jumpin' at the Bedside

1976

Jumpin' at the Bedside

as

Hr. Madsen

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

1980

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

as

Kanonkongen Don Kraus

Bedroom Mazurka

1970

Bedroom Mazurka

as

Hr. Hansen (uncredited)

Mifune

1999

Mifune

as

Rud's friend

Mord for åbent tæppe

1964

Mord for åbent tæppe

as

Læge Jens Anthonsen

Bedside Highway

1972

Bedside Highway

as

Piversen

Bedside Romance

1973

Bedside Romance

as

Æhrlig-Jensen

The Loose Tile

1966

The Loose Tile

as

Janitor at school

Bedside Dentist

1971

Bedside Dentist

as

Johansen

Kidnapped

1935

Kidnapped

as

Larsen

Tretten Aar

1932

Tretten Aar

as

Kontorist Hannibal Petersen

Boy of Two Worlds

1959

Boy of Two Worlds

as

Stationmaster

En nat i Venedig

1969

En nat i Venedig

as

Delacqua

Kristinus Bergman

1948

Kristinus Bergman

as

Snedker

Utro

1966

Utro

as

Vores lille by

1954

Vores lille by

as

Henry - klokker

To skøre ho'der

1961

To skøre ho'der

as

Redaktør

Week-end

1935

Week-end

as

Styrmand

Livsens ondskab

Livsens ondskab

as

Menneske-Mortensen

Matador

Matador

as

Rudolf Schwann

Production

Crew

Directing