Johannes Meyer
Actor
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.
Filmography
For freedom and justice
as Niels Nielsen 1949
Master of the House
as Viktor Frandsen 1925
Leaves from Satan's Book
as Don Fernandez (second sequence) 1920
Love One Another
as Rylowitsch 1922
The Red Mantle
as Bilvis 1967
Jenny and the Soldier
as Frederik Christensen 1947
Styrmand Karlsen
as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer 1958
Derailed
as Organisten 'Bessefar' 1942
Landsbylægen
as Læge A.H. Bonnesen 1961
Café Paradis
1950
The Face of Truth
as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff 1951
Det store løb
as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer) 1952
Sukceskomponisten
as Organist Sørensen 1954
En pige uden lige
1943
Flemming and Kvik
as Rektor Halling 1960
Støvsugerbanden
as Augustin 1963
The Red Horses
as Købmand Hans Offor 1950