Johannes Meyer
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.
Known For
Credits
- 1967 · Hagbard and Signe as Bilvis
- 1964 · Tine as Hr. Bølling
- 1964 · Death Comes at High Noon as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
- 1963 · Hvis lille pige er du? as Zimmermann
- 1963 · Støvsugerbanden as Augustin
- 1962 · The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea as
- 1962 · Det stod i avisen as
- 1961 · Landsbylægen as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
- 1961 · Ullabella as Overpræsident
- 1960 · Flemming and Kvik as Rektor Halling
- 1959 · A Hullaballoo at the Castle as
- 1958 · Styrmand Karlsen as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
- 1958 · Krudt og klunker as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
- 1955 · Tre finder en kro as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
- 1955 · The Blinded as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
- 1954 · Sukceskomponisten as Organist Sørensen
- 1954 · Hendes store aften as Vicevært Julius Jensen
- 1954 · Kongeligt besøg as
- 1953 · Det gælder livet as
- 1953 · Min søn Peter as
- 1953 · Hejrenæs as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
- 1953 · Den gamle mølle paa Mols as Klemmesen
- 1953 · Vi som går køkkenvejen as Redaktøren
- 1952 · Husmandstøsen as Søren Torpegaard
- 1952 · Det store løb as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
- 1952 · Ta' Pelle med as Gårdejer Lauritz
- 1952 · 2 Minutes Late as Vicevært Johansen
- 1952 · Vejrhanen as Theodor Nielsen
- 1952 · Vi arme syndere as Gulbæk, antikvar
- 1952 · Avismanden as Kesse
- 1951 · Dorte as Prokuristen
- 1951 · Fra den gamle købmandsgaard as Godsejer Bjerre
- 1951 · Som sendt fra himlen as Kommandanten
- 1951 · Frihed forpligter as
- 1951 · Meet Me on Cassiopeia as Zeus
- 1951 · Fodboldpræsten as Prokurist Nielsen
- 1951 · The Face of Truth as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
- 1950 · Mosekongen as Claus Munk
- 1950 · Café Paradis as
- 1950 · Historien om Hjortholm as
- 1950 · The Red Horses as Købmand Hans Offor
- 1949 · For frihed og ret as Niels Nielsen
- 1948 · Hvor er Far as
- 1948 · Mens porten var lukket as
- 1948 · The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman as Jonas Olsen
- 1947 · Røverne fra Rold as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
- 1947 · Jenny and the Soldier as Frederik Christensen
- 1947 · Mani as
- 1945 · I gaar og i morgen as
- 1944 · Mit liv er musik as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
- 1944 · Otte akkorder as
- 1944 · Besættelse as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
- 1944 · Teatertosset as Fuglesang
- 1944 · Det kære København as
- 1943 · En pige uden lige as
- 1943 · My Dear Wives as Herbert Reimer
- 1943 · Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
- 1943 · Hans Onsdags-Veninde as Magdas far
- 1942 · Lykken kommer as Frederik Hagen
- 1942 · Derailed as Organisten 'Bessefar'
- 1941 · Tag til Rønneby kro as Kroejer Bartholdi
- 1941 · Frk. Kirkemus as Obersten
- 1941 · Come Home With Me as Valdemar Nielsen
- 1941 · Tag det som en mand as Theodor Woller, godsejer
- 1940 · Jeg har elsket og levet as Tutein
- 1940 · Sommerglæder as
- 1940 · I de gode gamle dage as Fyrst Ivar Rose
- 1939 · Nordhavets mænd as
- 1939 · Children of Divorce as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
- 1939 · En lille tilfældighed as
- 1938 · Under byens tage as Kunstprofessor Abel
- 1938 · Alarm as Fabrikant Schmidt
- 1937 · Plat eller krone as Herkules' far
- 1937 · Incognito as Direktør A. Schram
- 1937 · Danmark for Folket as Hr. Justesen
- 1936 · Giftes - nej tak! as
- 1935 · De bør forelske Dem as
- 1935 · Rasmines bryllup as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
- 1934 · Flugten fra millionerne as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
- 1934 · Nøddebo Præstegaard as
- 1934 · Lynet as Generaldirektør
- 1934 · Skaf en sensation as Redaktør Johannes Halling
- 1933 · Saa til Søs as Direktør Johan Nordborg
- 1933 · De blaa drenge as
- 1925 · Master of the House as Viktor Frandsen
- 1922 · Love One Another as Rylowitsch
- 1920 · Leaves from Satan's Book as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
- 1917 · While the Christmas Bells Rings as
- 1917 · The Secret of the Night Express as Wilton, prokurist
- 1914 · Count Dahlbog's Secret as
- 1914 · Aquitted as Officer
- 1913 · The Gambler's Wife as Werner
- 1912 · De uheldige Friere as