Arthur Jensen
Acting
- Born:
- 1897-11-09
- Died:
- 1981-11-28
- 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.
Known For
Filmography
Mifune
Jeppe på Bjerget
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Matador
Holidays in jail
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
Vandalism
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Girls at Sea
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
The Moelleby affair
Bedside Sailors
In the Sign of the Lion
Jumpin' at the Bedside
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
In the Sign of the Gemini
Come to My Bedside
The Son from Vingaarden
Nøddebo præstegård
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Fætrene på Torndal
Bedside Romance
The Man from Swan Farm
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Bedside Highway
Livsens ondskab
Bedside Dentist
Our Home Is Our Castle
Bedroom Mazurka
The House at Christianshavn
A Day at the Beach
The Song of the Red Ruby
Ta' lidt solskin
Ladies Man
En nat i Venedig
Stormvarsel
The Olsen Gang
Me and My Kid Brother
Nyhavns glade gutter
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
The Loose Tile
Utro
Flagermusen
Old Maids
Dyden går amok
Strike First Freddy
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Jensen længe leve!
Erik Soya's 17
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Five men and Rosa
Mord for åbent tæppe
Bussen
Hvad med os?
Vi har det jo dejligt
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Venus fra Vestø
Crazy Paradise
Een blandt mange
To skøre ho'der
Champagnegaloppen
Boy of Two Worlds
Den kloge mand
Kristiane af Marstal
Vores lille by
I kongens klæ'r
Et eventyr om tre
Min søn Peter
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Kristinus Bergman
Stop Tyven!
Familien Olsen
Under byens tage
Flaadens blaa matroser
Incognito
Danmark for Folket
Giftes - nej tak!
Panserbasse
Snushanerne
Week-end
Bag Københavns Kulisser
Kidnapped
Barken Margrethe
København, Kalundborg og -?
Ud i den kolde sne
It Happened in Copenhagen
Fem raske piger
He, She and Hamlet
Tretten Aar
The Mannequins