Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1897-11-09
Day of Death
1981-11-28
Place of Birth
Copenhagen, Denmark
Arthur Jensen
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.
Filmography (90)
Mifune
1999
Jeppe på Bjerget
1981
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
1980
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979
Holidays in jail
1978
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
1978
Vandalism
1977
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
1977
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977
Girls at Sea
1977
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
1977
The Moelleby affair
1976
Bedside Sailors
1976
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
