Johannes Meyer
Birthday: 1884-05-28
Died: 1972-11-04
Birthplace: Skodsborg, Denmark
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.
Filmography
Character: Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Character: Prokurist Nielsen
Character: Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
Character: Vicevært Johansen
Character: Kroejer Bartholdi
Character: Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Character: Rektor Halling
Character: Søren Torpegaard
Character: Viktor Frandsen
Character: Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Character: Direktør Johan Nordborg
Character: Kunstprofessor Abel
Character: Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Character: Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
Character: Theodor Nielsen
Character: Organisten 'Bessefar'
Character: Direktør A. Schram
Character: Vicevært Julius Jensen
Character: Købmand Hans Offor
Character: Herbert Reimer
Character: Godsejer Bjerre
Character: Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Character: Generaldirektør
Character: Fabrikant Schmidt
Character: Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Character: Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Character: Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Character: Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Character: Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
Character: Frederik Hagen
Character: Frederik Christensen
Character: Organist Sørensen
Character: Redaktør Johannes Halling
Character: Gulbæk, antikvar
Character: Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Character: Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
Character: Valdemar Nielsen
Character: Fyrst Ivar Rose
Character: Gårdejer Lauritz
Character: Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Character: Walter S. Nielson, impresario
Character: Theodor Woller, godsejer
Character: Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Character: Wilton, prokurist