Johannes Meyer
Biography
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.
Known For
Children of Divorce
Nøddebo Præstegaard
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Frihed forpligter
The Blinded
Det store løb
Vejrhanen
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
All Movies (95)
- The Red Mantle1967 · as Bilvis
- Tine1964 · as Hr. Bølling
- Death Comes at High Noon1964 · as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
- Hvis lille pige er du?1963 · as Zimmermann
- Støvsugerbanden1963 · as Augustin
- The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea1962
- Det stod i avisen1962
- Landsbylægen1961 · as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
- Ullabella1961 · as Overpræsident
- Flemming and Kvik1960 · as Rektor Halling
- A Hullaballoo at the Castle1959
- Styrmand Karlsen1958 · as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
- That Won't Keep a Sailor Down1958 · as Waiter
- Krudt og klunker1958 · as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
- Tre finder en kro1955 · as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
- The Blinded1955 · as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
- Sukceskomponisten1954 · as Organist Sørensen
- Hendes store aften1954 · as Vicevært Julius Jensen
- Kongeligt besøg1954
- Det gælder livet1953
- Min søn Peter1953
- Hejrenæs1953 · as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
- Den gamle mølle paa Mols1953 · as Klemmesen
- Vi som går køkkenvejen1953 · as Redaktøren
- Det store løb1952 · as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
- Ta' Pelle med1952 · as Gårdejer Lauritz
- Husmandstøsen1952 · as Søren Torpegaard
- 2 Minutes Late1952 · as Vicevært Johansen
- Vejrhanen1952 · as Theodor Nielsen
- Us Petty Sinners1952 · as Gulbæk, antikvar
- Avismanden1952 · as Kesse
- Dorte1951 · as Prokuristen
- Fra den gamle købmandsgaard1951 · as Godsejer Bjerre
- Som sendt fra himlen1951 · as Kommandanten
- Frihed forpligter1951 · as Sørens morfar
- Meet Me on Cassiopeia1951 · as Zeus
- Fodboldpræsten1951 · as Prokurist Nielsen
- The Face of Truth1951 · as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
- Mosekongen1950 · as Claus Munk
- Café Paradis1950
- Historien om Hjortholm1950
- The Red Horses1950 · as Købmand Hans Offor
- For freedom and justice1949 · as Niels Nielsen
- Hvor er Far1948
- While the Gate was Locked1948
- The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman1948 · as Jonas Olsen
- Røverne fra Rold1947 · as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
- Jenny and the Soldier1947 · as Frederik Christensen
- Mani1947
- I gaar og i morgen1945
- Mit Liv er Musik1944 · as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
- Eight Chords1944
- Besættelse1944 · as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
- Teatertosset1944 · as Fuglesang
- Det kære København1944
- En pige uden lige1943
- My Dear Wives1943 · as Herbert Reimer
- Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd1943 · as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
- Hans Onsdags-Veninde1943 · as Magdas far
- Lykken kommer1942 · as Frederik Hagen
- Derailed1942 · as Organisten 'Bessefar'
- Tag til Rønneby kro1941 · as Kroejer Bartholdi
- Frk. Kirkemus1941 · as Obersten
- Come Home With Me1941 · as Valdemar Nielsen
- Tag det som en mand1941 · as Theodor Woller, godsejer
- Jeg har elsket og levet1940 · as Tutein
- Sommerglæder1940
- I de gode gamle Dage1940 · as Fyrst Ivar Rose
- Nordhavets mænd1939
- Children of Divorce1939 · as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
- En lille Tilfældighed1939
- Under byens tage1938 · as Kunstprofessor Abel
- Alarm1938 · as Fabrikant Schmidt
- Plat eller krone1937 · as Herkules' far
- Incognito1937 · as Direktør A. Schram
- Danmark for Folket1937 · as Hr. Justesen
- Giftes - nej tak!1936
- De bør forelske Dem1935
- Rasmines bryllup1935 · as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
- Flugten fra millionerne1934 · as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
- Nøddebo Præstegaard1934
- Lynet1934 · as Generaldirektør
- Skaf en sensation1934 · as Redaktør Johannes Halling
- Saa til Søs1933 · as Direktør Johan Nordborg
- De blaa drenge1933
- Master of the House1925 · as Viktor Frandsen
- Love One Another1922 · as Rylowitsch
- Leaves from Satan's Book1920 · as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
- While the Christmas Bells Rings1917
- The Secret of the Night Express1917 · as Wilton, prokurist
- Count Dahlbog's Secret1914
- Aquitted1914 · as Officer
- The Gambler's Wife1913 · as Werner
- De uheldige Friere1912
- A Wedding During the French Revolution1910 · as Erneste des Tressailles