Arthur Jensen
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The House at Christianshavn
Meyer
1970
Series
Matador
Rudolf Schwann
1978
Film
Utro
1966
Film
The Song of the Red Ruby
Zebedæussen
1970
Film
Mifune
Rud's friend
1999
Film
Fætrene på Torndal
Mikkel
1973
Film
Vandalism
1977
Film
Kristinus Bergman
Snedker
1948
Film
Old Maids
Petersen
1966
Film
The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963
Film
Bedroom Mazurka
Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
1970
Film
I kongens klæ'r
Jens Hik
1954
Film
It Happened in Copenhagen
Student
1933
Film
Jumpin' at the Bedside
Hr. Madsen
1976
Film
Bedside Dentist
Johansen
1971
Film
The Olsen Gang
Arbejder ved banen
1968
Film
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Redaktør Holm
1964
Film
Mord for åbent tæppe
Læge Jens Anthonsen
1964
Film
Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
Kanonkongen Don Kraus
1980
Film
The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
Borgmester Stærmose
1977
Film
Girls at Sea
Examination Invigilator
1977
Film
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Parking Attendant
1979
Film
Min søn Peter
1953
Film
Five men and Rosa
Helmer Gamtofte
1964
Film
Barken Margrethe
Lille Mikkel
1934
Film
Bedside Highway
Piversen
1972
Film
The Moelleby affair
Nikolajsen, barber
1976
Film
Me and My Kid Brother
Amtmanden
1967
Film
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Nattevagt
1973
Film
Bedside Romance
Æhrlig-Jensen
1973
Film
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Niels Peter Nielsen
1977
Film
Nyhavns glade gutter
Peter Jensen
1967
Film
Incognito
Butler Eriksen
1937
Film
The Man from Swan Farm
Mikkel
1972
Film
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Sprit Ole
1953
Film
Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967
Film
Snushanerne
Lasse, Filmsforfatter
1936
Film
A Day at the Beach
Caretaker
1970
Film
Jensen længe leve!
Røde Einar
1965
Series
Livsens ondskab
Menneske-Mortensen
1972
Film
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
1972
Film
Ta' lidt solskin
Ludvig
1969
Film
Hvad med os?
Vred mand på gaden
1963
Film
København, Kalundborg og -?
1934
Film
Een blandt mange
Tjener
1961
Film
Holidays in jail
Klausen
1978
Film
Strike First Freddy
1965
Film
Panserbasse
Lasse
1936
Film
Den kloge mand
1956
Film
The Loose Tile
Janitor at school
1966
Film
Crazy Paradise
1962
Film
Bussen
1963
Film
Venus fra Vestø
Pive Ras
1962
Film
Boy of Two Worlds
Stationmaster
1959
Film
Kidnapped
Larsen
1935
Film
To skøre ho'der
Redaktør
1961
Film
Vores lille by
Henry - klokker
1954
Film
Fem raske piger
1933
Film
Familien Olsen
Hr. Borck
1940
Film
Jeppe på Bjerget
Jacobæus Lakaj
1981
Film
Ud i den kolde sne
Tjener Johan
1934
Film
He, She and Hamlet
1932
Film
Tretten Aar
Kontorist Hannibal Petersen
1932
Film
Nøddebo præstegård
Mads Hjulmand
1974
Film
Erik Soya's 17
Konduktøren
1965
Film
Our Home Is Our Castle
Arnold Hannibal Meyer
1971
Bag Københavns Kulisser
Mortensen
1935
Film
Kristiane af Marstal
Harald
1956
Film
Dyden går amok
Ivar, fisker
1966
Film
Flaadens blaa matroser
Christian Langtoft
1937
Film
Vi har det jo dejligt
1963
Film
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Vagtmand
1976
Film
Stormvarsel
Bette Magnus
1968
Film
Flagermusen
1966
Film
Week-end
Styrmand
1935
Film
The Mannequins
Downstairs neighbor
1929
Stop Tyven!
1945
En nat i Venedig
Delacqua
1969
Film
The Son from Vingaarden
Jeppe
1975
Film
Ladies Man
Jens
1969
Film
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Hovmesteren
1965
Film
Et eventyr om tre
Nicolai
1954
Film
Danmark for Folket
Olsen
1937
Film
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Karlsen
1953
Film
Champagnegaloppen
1960
Film
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
Film
Under byens tage
Gram
1938
Film
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
Togmand
1977
Film
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
Detective Assistant Mortensen
1978
Film
Come to My Bedside
Manager
1975
Film
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
Film
In the Sign of the Gemini
Leopold
1975
Film
Bedside Sailors
1976