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.
Filmography Death Comes at High Noon
1964
Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Details Hvis lille pige er du?
1963
Zimmermann
Details Støvsugerbanden
1963
Augustin
Details The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1962
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Details Det stod i avisen
1962
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Details Landsbylægen
1961
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Details Flemming and Kvik
1960
Rektor Halling
Details A Hullaballoo at the Castle
1959
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Details Styrmand Karlsen
1958
Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
Details Krudt og klunker
1958
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Details Tre finder en kro
1955
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
Details The Blinded
1955
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Details Sukceskomponisten
1954
Organist Sørensen
Details Hendes store aften
1954
Vicevært Julius Jensen
Details Kongeligt besøg
1954
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Details Det gælder livet
1953
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Details Min søn Peter
1953
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Details Hejrenæs
1953
Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Details Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953
Klemmesen
Details Vi som går køkkenvejen
1953
Redaktøren
Details Husmandstøsen
1952
Søren Torpegaard
Details Det store løb
1952
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Details Ta' Pelle med
1952
Gårdejer Lauritz
Details 2 Minutes Late
1952
Vicevært Johansen
Details Vejrhanen
1952
Theodor Nielsen
Details Vi arme syndere
1952
Gulbæk, antikvar
Details Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
1951
Godsejer Bjerre
Details Som sendt fra himlen
1951
Kommandanten
Details Frihed forpligter
1951
Sørens morfar
Details Meet Me on Cassiopeia
1951
Zeus
Details Fodboldpræsten
1951
Prokurist Nielsen
Details The Face of Truth
1951
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Details Café Paradis
1950
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Details Historien om Hjortholm
1950
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Details The Red Horses
1950
Købmand Hans Offor
Details For frihed og ret
1949
Niels Nielsen
Details Hvor er Far
1948
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Details Mens porten var lukket
1948
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Details The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1948
Jonas Olsen
Details Røverne fra Rold
1947
Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Details Jenny and the Soldier
1947
Frederik Christensen
Details I gaar og i morgen
1945
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Details Mit liv er musik
1944
Walter S. Nielson, impresario
Details Otte akkorder
1944
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Details Besættelse
1944
Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
Details Det kære København
1944
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Details En pige uden lige
1943
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Details My Dear Wives
1943
Herbert Reimer
Details Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
1943
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Details Hans Onsdags-Veninde
1943
Magdas far
Details Lykken kommer
1942
Frederik Hagen
Details Derailed
1942
Organisten 'Bessefar'
Details Tag til Rønneby kro
1941
Kroejer Bartholdi
Details Come Home With Me
1941
Valdemar Nielsen
Details Tag det som en mand
1941
Theodor Woller, godsejer
Details Jeg har elsket og levet
1940
Tutein
Details Sommerglæder
1940
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Details I de gode gamle dage
1940
Fyrst Ivar Rose
Details Nordhavets mænd
1939
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Details Children of Divorce
1939
Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
Details En lille tilfældighed
1939
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Details Under byens tage
1938
Kunstprofessor Abel
Details Plat eller krone
1937
Herkules' far
Details Incognito
1937
Direktør A. Schram
Details Danmark for Folket
1937
Hr. Justesen
Details Giftes - nej tak!
1936
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Details De bør forelske Dem
1935
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Details Rasmines bryllup
1935
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Details Flugten fra millionerne
1934
Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Details Nøddebo Præstegaard
1934
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Details Skaf en sensation
1934
Redaktør Johannes Halling
Details Saa til Søs
1933
Direktør Johan Nordborg
Details De blaa drenge
1933
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Details Master of the House
1925
Viktor Frandsen
Details Love One Another
1922
Rylowitsch
Details Leaves from Satan's Book
1920
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Details While the Christmas Bells Rings
1917
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Details The Secret of the Night Express
1917
Wilton, prokurist
Details Count Dahlbog's Secret
1914
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Details The Gambler's Wife
1913
Werner
Details De uheldige Friere
1912
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