
Skodsborg, Denmark
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.


as Prokuristen
1951

as Kesse
1952

1934

as Vicevært Johansen
1952

1950

as Søren Torpegaard
1952

as Organisten 'Bessefar'
1942

as Organist Sørensen
1954

as Augustin
1963

as Sørens morfar
1951

as Viktor Frandsen
1925

as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
1920
as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
1964

as Bilvis
1967

as Hr. Bølling
1964

as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
1964

as Zimmermann
1963

as Augustin
1963
1962

1962

as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
1961

as Overpræsident
1961

as Rektor Halling
1960

1959

as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
1958

as Waiter
1958

as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
1958

as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
1955

as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
1955

as Organist Sørensen
1954

as Vicevært Julius Jensen
1954

1954

1953

1953

as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
1953

as Klemmesen
1953

as Redaktøren
1953
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