Johannes Meyer
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.
Acted in
Hagbard and Signe
1967
as Bilvis
Tine
1964
as Hr. Bølling
Death Comes at High Noon
1964
as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
Hvis lille pige er du?
1963
as Zimmermann
Støvsugerbanden
1963
as Augustin
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1962
Det stod i avisen
1962
Landsbylægen
1961
as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
Ullabella
1961
as Overpræsident
Flemming and Kvik
1960
as Rektor Halling
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
1959
Styrmand Karlsen
1958
as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
Krudt og klunker
1958
as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
Tre finder en kro
1955
as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
The Blinded
1955
as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
Sukceskomponisten
1954
as Organist Sørensen
Hendes store aften
1954
as Vicevært Julius Jensen
Kongeligt besøg
1954
Det gælder livet
1953
Min søn Peter
1953
Hejrenæs
1953
as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953
as Klemmesen
Vi som går køkkenvejen
1953
as Redaktøren
Husmandstøsen
1952
as Søren Torpegaard
Det store løb
1952
as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
Ta' Pelle med
1952
as Gårdejer Lauritz
2 Minutes Late
1952
as Vicevært Johansen
Vejrhanen
1952
as Theodor Nielsen
Vi arme syndere
1952
as Gulbæk, antikvar
Avismanden
1952
as Kesse
Dorte
1951
as Prokuristen
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
1951
as Godsejer Bjerre
Som sendt fra himlen
1951
as Kommandanten
Frihed forpligter
1951
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
1951
as Zeus
Fodboldpræsten
1951
as Prokurist Nielsen
The Face of Truth
1951
as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
Mosekongen
1950
as Claus Munk
Café Paradis
1950
Historien om Hjortholm
1950
The Red Horses
1950
as Købmand Hans Offor
For frihed og ret
1949
as Niels Nielsen
Hvor er Far
1948
Mens porten var lukket
1948
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1948
as Jonas Olsen
Røverne fra Rold
1947
as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
Jenny and the Soldier
1947
as Frederik Christensen
Mani
1947
I gaar og i morgen
1945
Mit liv er musik
1944
as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
Otte akkorder
1944
Besættelse
1944
as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
Teatertosset
1944
as Fuglesang
Det kære København
1944
En pige uden lige
1943
My Dear Wives
1943
as Herbert Reimer
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
1943
as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
1943
as Magdas far
Lykken kommer
1942
as Frederik Hagen
Derailed
1942
as Organisten 'Bessefar'
Tag til Rønneby kro
1941
as Kroejer Bartholdi
Frk. Kirkemus
1941
as Obersten
Come Home With Me
1941
as Valdemar Nielsen
Tag det som en mand
1941
as Theodor Woller, godsejer
Jeg har elsket og levet
1940
as Tutein
Sommerglæder
1940
I de gode gamle dage
1940
as Fyrst Ivar Rose
Nordhavets mænd
1939
Children of Divorce
1939
as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
En lille tilfældighed
1939
Under byens tage
1938
as Kunstprofessor Abel
Alarm
1938
as Fabrikant Schmidt
Plat eller krone
1937
as Herkules' far
Incognito
1937
as Direktør A. Schram
Danmark for Folket
1937
as Hr. Justesen
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
De bør forelske Dem
1935
Rasmines bryllup
1935
as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
Flugten fra millionerne
1934
as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
Nøddebo Præstegaard
1934
Lynet
1934
as Generaldirektør
Skaf en sensation
1934
as Redaktør Johannes Halling
Saa til Søs
1933
as Direktør Johan Nordborg
De blaa drenge
1933
Master of the House
1925
as Viktor Frandsen
Love One Another
1922
as Rylowitsch
Leaves from Satan's Book
1920
as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
While the Christmas Bells Rings
1917
The Secret of the Night Express
1917
as Wilton, prokurist
Count Dahlbog's Secret
1914
Aquitted
1914
as Officer
The Gambler's Wife
1913
as Werner
De uheldige Friere
1912