Acting
Arthur Jensen
DA, EN cinema · 90 credits
Born
9 November 1897
Died
28 November 1981 (aged 84)
Birthplace
Copenhagen, Denmark
Also known as Артур Йенсен
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
as Rud's friend
Jeppe på Bjerget
as Jacobæus Lakaj
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
as Kanonkongen Don Kraus
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
as Parking Attendant
Holidays in jail
as Klausen
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
as Detective Assistant Mortensen
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
as Borgmester Stærmose
Girls at Sea
as Examination Invigilator
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
as Niels Peter Nielsen
The Moelleby affair
as Nikolajsen, barber
Jumpin' at the Bedside
as Hr. Madsen
Come to My Bedside
as Manager
In the Sign of the Gemini
as Leopold
Nøddebo præstegård
as Mads Hjulmand
Fætrene på Torndal
as Mikkel
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Nattevagt
Bedside Romance
as Æhrlig-Jensen
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
The Man from Swan Farm
as Mikkel
Bedside Highway
as Piversen
Our Home Is Our Castle
as Arnold Hannibal Meyer
Bedside Dentist
as Johansen
The Song of the Red Ruby
as Zebedæussen
Bedroom Mazurka
as Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
A Day at the Beach
as Caretaker
Ta' lidt solskin
as Ludvig
Ladies Man
as Jens
Stormvarsel
as Bette Magnus
The Olsen Gang
as Arbejder ved banen
Nyhavns glade gutter
as Peter Jensen
Me and My Kid Brother
as Amtmanden
Old Maids
as Petersen
Dyden går amok
as Ivar, fisker
The Loose Tile
as Janitor at school
Utro
Actor
Een pige og 39 sømænd
as Hovmesteren
Jensen længe leve!
as Røde Einar
Erik Soya's 17
as Konduktøren
Don Olsen kommer til byen
as Redaktør Holm
Five men and Rosa
as Helmer Gamtofte
Mord for åbent tæppe
as Læge Jens Anthonsen
Hvad med os?
as Vred mand på gaden
Bussen
Actor
Venus fra Vestø
as Pive Ras
To skøre ho'der
as Redaktør
Een blandt mange
as Tjener
Boy of Two Worlds
as Stationmaster
Kristiane af Marstal
as Harald
I kongens klæ'r
as Jens Hik
Et eventyr om tre
as Nicolai
Vores lille by
as Henry - klokker
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
as Karlsen
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
as Sprit Ole
Kristinus Bergman
as Snedker
Familien Olsen
as Hr. Borck
Under byens tage
as Gram
Flaadens blaa matroser
as Christian Langtoft
Incognito
as Butler Eriksen
Danmark for Folket
as Olsen
Panserbasse
as Lasse
Snushanerne
as Lasse, Filmsforfatter
Kidnapped
as Larsen
Week-end
as Styrmand
Ud i den kolde sne
as Tjener Johan
Barken Margrethe
as Lille Mikkel
It Happened in Copenhagen
as Student
Tretten Aar
as Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
The Mannequins
as Downstairs neighbor