Arthur Jensen
Actor
Born November 9, 1897 in Copenhagen, Denmark
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
Mifune
Rud's friend
Jeppe på Bjerget
Jacobæus Lakaj
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
Kanonkongen Don Kraus
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Parking Attendant
Matador
Rudolf Schwann
Holidays in jail
Klausen
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
Detective Assistant Mortensen
Vandalism
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
Borgmester Stærmose
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Niels Peter Nielsen
Girls at Sea
Examination Invigilator
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
Togmand
The Moelleby affair
Nikolajsen, barber
Bedside Sailors
In the Sign of the Lion
Jumpin' at the Bedside
Hr. Madsen
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Vagtmand
In the Sign of the Gemini
Leopold
Come to My Bedside
Manager
The Son from Vingaarden
Jeppe
Nøddebo præstegård
Mads Hjulmand
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Nattevagt
Fætrene på Torndal
Mikkel
Bedside Romance
Æhrlig-Jensen
The Man from Swan Farm
Mikkel
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
Bedside Highway
Piversen
Livsens ondskab
Menneske-Mortensen
Bedside Dentist
Johansen
Our Home Is Our Castle
Arnold Hannibal Meyer
Bedroom Mazurka
Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
The House at Christianshavn
Meyer
A Day at the Beach
Caretaker
The Song of the Red Ruby
Zebedæussen
Ta' lidt solskin
Ludvig
Ladies Man
Jens
Stormvarsel
Bette Magnus
The Olsen Gang
Arbejder ved banen
Me and My Kid Brother
Amtmanden
Nyhavns glade gutter
Peter Jensen
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
The Loose Tile
Janitor at school
Utro
Flagermusen
Old Maids
Petersen
Dyden går amok
Ivar, fisker
Strike First Freddy
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Hovmesteren
Jensen længe leve!
Røde Einar
Erik Soya's 17
Konduktøren
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Redaktør Holm
Five men and Rosa
Helmer Gamtofte
Mord for åbent tæppe
Læge Jens Anthonsen
Bussen
Hvad med os?
Vred mand på gaden
Vi har det jo dejligt
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Venus fra Vestø
Pive Ras
Crazy Paradise
To skøre ho'der
Redaktør
Champagnegaloppen
Boy of Two Worlds
Stationmaster
Den kloge mand
Kristiane af Marstal
Harald
Vores lille by
Henry - klokker
I kongens klæ'r
Jens Hik
Et eventyr om tre
Nicolai
Min søn Peter
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Karlsen
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Sprit Ole
Kristinus Bergman
Snedker
Familien Olsen
Hr. Borck
Under byens tage
Gram
Flaadens blaa matroser
Christian Langtoft
Incognito
Butler Eriksen
Danmark for Folket
Olsen
Giftes - nej tak!
Panserbasse
Lasse
Snushanerne
Lasse, Filmsforfatter
Week-end
Styrmand
Kidnapped
Larsen
Barken Margrethe
Lille Mikkel
København, Kalundborg og -?
Ud i den kolde sne
Tjener Johan
It Happened in Copenhagen
Student
Fem raske piger
He, She and Hamlet
Tretten Aar
Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
The Mannequins
Downstairs neighbor