Johannes Meyer
Acting
Born: 1884-05-28 in Skodsborg, Denmark
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
The Blinded
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Kongeligt besøg
Lykken kommer
Frederik Hagen
Love One Another
Rylowitsch
Nordhavets mænd
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
Incognito
Direktør A. Schram
Nøddebo Præstegaard
Ullabella
Overpræsident
Mani
Sukceskomponisten
Organist Sørensen
Tag det som en mand
Theodor Woller, godsejer
The Red Mantle
Bilvis
I gaar og i morgen
Flugten fra millionerne
Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Leaves from Satan's Book
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
Min søn Peter
Landsbylægen
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Hvor er Far
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Det store løb
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Eight Chords
Master of the House
Viktor Frandsen
Jenny and the Soldier
Frederik Christensen
Us Petty Sinners
Gulbæk, antikvar
The Gambler's Wife
Werner
Flemming and Kvik
Rektor Halling
Vejrhanen
Theodor Nielsen
Støvsugerbanden
Augustin
Tine
Hr. Bølling
Som sendt fra himlen
Kommandanten
Tre finder en kro
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
Tag til Rønneby kro
Kroejer Bartholdi
Ta' Pelle med
Gårdejer Lauritz
2 Minutes Late
Vicevært Johansen
Rasmines bryllup
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Redaktøren
Death Comes at High Noon
Dr. Joachim Lindberg