Johannes Meyer
Known for: Acting
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.
Filmography
Film
Nøddebo Præstegaard
1934
Film
Lykken kommer
Frederik Hagen
1942
Film
Ullabella
Overpræsident
1961
Film
The Red Mantle
Bilvis
1967
Film
Kongeligt besøg
1954
Film
Jeg har elsket og levet
Tutein
1940
Film
Love One Another
Rylowitsch
1922
Film
Nordhavets mænd
1939
Film
Master of the House
Viktor Frandsen
1925
Film
A Hullaballoo at the Castle
1959
Film
That Won't Keep a Sailor Down
Waiter
1958
Film
Som sendt fra himlen
Kommandanten
1951
Film
Leaves from Satan's Book
Don Fernandez (second sequence)
1920
Film
2 Minutes Late
Vicevært Johansen
1952
Film
Tag det som en mand
Theodor Woller, godsejer
1941
A Wedding During the French Revolution
Erneste des Tressailles
1910
Film
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Redaktøren
1953
Film
Hvis lille pige er du?
Zimmermann
1963
The Secret of the Night Express
Wilton, prokurist
1917
Film
Tag til Rønneby kro
Kroejer Bartholdi
1941
Film
Sukceskomponisten
Organist Sørensen
1954
Film
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Jonas Olsen
1948
Film
Death Comes at High Noon
Dr. Joachim Lindberg
1964
Film
En lille Tilfældighed
1939
Film
Hvor er Far
1948
Film
Incognito
Direktør A. Schram
1937
Film
Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
1943
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1962
Film
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Klemmesen
1953
Film
Mani
1947
Film
For freedom and justice
Niels Nielsen
1949
Film
Mit Liv er Musik
Walter S. Nielson, impresario
1944
Film
Min søn Peter
1953
Film
Flemming and Kvik
Rektor Halling
1960
Film
Jenny and the Soldier
Frederik Christensen
1947
Film
I gaar og i morgen
1945
Film
Come Home With Me
Valdemar Nielsen
1941
Film
Hendes store aften
Vicevært Julius Jensen
1954
Film
Fra den gamle købmandsgaard
Godsejer Bjerre
1951
Film
The Blinded
Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
1955
Film
Plat eller krone
Herkules' far
1937
Film
Meet Me on Cassiopeia
Zeus
1951
Film
The Gambler's Wife
Werner
1913
Film
Flugten fra millionerne
Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
1934
Film
Tre finder en kro
Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
1955
Film
While the Gate was Locked
1948
Film
Det store løb
Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
1952
Film
Det stod i avisen
1962
Film
Lynet
Generaldirektør
1934
Film
Ta' Pelle med
Gårdejer Lauritz
1952
Film
I de gode gamle Dage
Fyrst Ivar Rose
1940
Film
While the Christmas Bells Rings
1917
Count Dahlbog's Secret
1914
Film
Styrmand Karlsen
Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
1958
Film
En pige uden lige
1943
Film
Dorte
Prokuristen
1951
Film
Vejrhanen
Theodor Nielsen
1952
Film
De blaa drenge
1933
Film
Children of Divorce
Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
1939
Film
The Red Horses
Købmand Hans Offor
1950
Film
Frk. Kirkemus
Obersten
1941
Film
De bør forelske Dem
1935
Film
Historien om Hjortholm
1950
Film
Mosekongen
Claus Munk
1950
Film
Hans Onsdags-Veninde
Magdas far
1943
Film
Teatertosset
Fuglesang
1944
Film
Fodboldpræsten
Prokurist Nielsen
1951
Film
Landsbylægen
Læge A.H. Bonnesen
1961
Film
Café Paradis
1950
Film
Krudt og klunker
Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
1958
Film
Eight Chords
1944
Film
The Face of Truth
Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
1951
Film
Tine
Hr. Bølling
1964
Film
Under byens tage
Kunstprofessor Abel
1938
Film
Alarm
Fabrikant Schmidt
1938
Film
Saa til Søs
Direktør Johan Nordborg
1933
Film
Derailed
Organisten 'Bessefar'
1942
Film
Avismanden
Kesse
1952
Film
Aquitted
Officer
1914
Film
Rasmines bryllup
Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
1935
Film
Danmark for Folket
Hr. Justesen
1937
Film
Frihed forpligter
Sørens morfar
1951
Film
Skaf en sensation
Redaktør Johannes Halling
1934
De uheldige Friere
1912
Film
Det kære København
1944
Film
Det gælder livet
1953
Film
Giftes - nej tak!
1936
Film
Husmandstøsen
Søren Torpegaard
1952
Film
Røverne fra Rold
Søren Hvass - Storbonde
1947
Film
My Dear Wives
Herbert Reimer
1943
Film
Støvsugerbanden
Augustin
1963
Film
Sommerglæder
1940
Film
Us Petty Sinners
Gulbæk, antikvar
1952
Film
Besættelse
Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
1944
Film
Hejrenæs
Herskabstjener Blackhøj
1953