Arthur Jensen

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

Born: Copenhagen, Denmark, 1897-11-09

Died: 1981-11-28

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1929	The Mannequins	Downstairs neighbor	50
2	1932	Tretten Aar	Kontorist Hannibal Petersen	55
3	1932	He, She and Hamlet		70
4	1933	Fem raske piger		55
5	1933	Københavnere		60
6	1934	Ud i den kolde sne	Tjener Johan	65
7	1934	København, Kalundborg og -?		55
8	1934	Barken Margrethe	Lille Mikkel	70
9	1935	Kidnapped	Larsen	65
10	1935	Week-end	Styrmand	50
11	1936	Snushanerne	Lasse, Filmsforfatter	55
12	1936	Panserbasse	Lasse	64
13	1936	Giftes - nej tak!		70
14	1937	Danmark for Folket	Olsen	50
15	1937	Incognito	Butler Eriksen	70
16	1937	Flaadens blaa matroser	Christian Langtoft	50
17	1938	Under byens tage	Gram	73
18	1940	Familien Olsen	Hr. Borck	50
19	1945	Stop Tyven!		0
20	1948	Kristinus Bergman	Snedker	70
21	1953	The Tove Andersen Criminal Case	Sprit Ole	70
22	1953	Den gamle mølle paa Mols	Karlsen	70
23	1953	Min søn Peter		60
24	1954	Et eventyr om tre	Nicolai	60
25	1954	I kongens klæ'r	Jens Hik	66
26	1954	Vores lille by	Henry - klokker	70
27	1956	Kristiane af Marstal	Harald	59
28	1956	Den kloge mand		68
29	1959	Boy of Two Worlds	Stationmaster	53
30	1960	Champagnegaloppen		0
31	1961	To skøre ho'der	Redaktør	73
32	1962	Crazy Paradise		41
33	1962	Venus fra Vestø	Pive Ras	56
34	1963	The Girl and the Press Photographer		61
35	1963	Vi har det jo dejligt		52
36	1963	Hvad med os?	Vred mand på gaden	63
37	1963	Bussen		56
38	1964	Mord for åbent tæppe	Læge Jens Anthonsen	50
39	1964	Five men and Rosa	Helmer Gamtofte	50
40	1964	Don Olsen kommer til byen	Redaktør Holm	65
41	1965	Erik Soya's 17	Konduktøren	48
42	1965	Jensen længe leve!	Røde Einar	75
43	1965	Een pige og 39 sømænd	Hovmesteren	60
44	1965	Strike First Freddy		58
45	1966	Dyden går amok	Ivar, fisker	50
46	1966	Old Maids	Petersen	100
47	1966	Flagermusen		65
48	1966	Utro		55
49	1966	The Loose Tile	Janitor at school	55
50	1967	Pretty-Arne and Rosa		55
51	1967	Nyhavns glade gutter	Peter Jensen	55
52	1967	Me and My Kid Brother	Amtmanden	48
53	1968	The Olsen Gang	Worker at Train Station	70
54	1968	Stormvarsel	Bette Magnus	42
55	1969	En nat i Venedig	Delacqua	0
56	1969	Ladies Man	Jens	65
57	1969	Ta' lidt solskin	Ludvig	52
58	1970	The Song of the Red Ruby	Zebedæussen	48
59	1970	Bedroom Mazurka	Hr. Hansen (uncredited)	49
60	1971	Our Home Is Our Castle	Arnold Hannibal Meyer	66
61	1971	Bedside Dentist	Johansen	51
62	1972	Bedside Highway	Piversen	47
63	1972	The Olsen Gang's Big Score	König - Victor Emanuel Jensen	68
64	1972	The Man from Swan Farm	Mikkel	65
65	1973	Bedside Romance	Æhrlig-Jensen	45
66	1973	Fætrene på Torndal	Mikkel	44
67	1973	The Olsen Gang Runs Amok	Night Watchman	69
68	1974	Nøddebo præstegård	Mads Hjulmand	54
69	1975	The Son from Vingaarden	Jeppe	40
70	1975	Come to My Bedside	Manager	46
71	1975	In the Sign of the Gemini	Leopold	52
72	1976	Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde	Vagtmand	60
73	1976	Jumpin' at the Bedside	Hr. Madsen	53
74	1976	In the Sign of the Lion		65
75	1976	Bedside Sailors		48
76	1976	The Moelleby affair	Nikolajsen, barber	80
77	1977	Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio	Togmand	61
78	1977	Girls at Sea	Examination Invigilator	58
79	1977	The Olsen Gang Outta Sight	Niels Peter Nielsen	70
80	1977	The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote	Borgmester Stærmose	46
81	1977	Vandalism		55
82	1978	Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius	Detective Assistant Mortensen	59
83	1978	Holidays in jail	Klausen	58
84	1979	The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders	Parking Attendant	68
85	1980	Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface	Kanonkongen Don Kraus	84
86	1981	Jeppe på Bjerget	Jacobæus Lakaj	62
87	1999	Mifune	Rud's friend	70

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1970	The House at Christianshavn	Meyer	80
2	1972	Livsens ondskab	Menneske-Mortensen	0
3	1978	Matador	Rudolf Schwann	92

Arthur Jensen

Film

Television