Johannes Meyer

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.

Movies & TV Shows

1. For freedom and justice (1949) — Niels Nielsen
2. Master of the House (1925) — Viktor Frandsen
3. Leaves from Satan's Book (1920) — Don Fernandez (second sequence)
4. Love One Another (1922) — Rylowitsch
5. The Red Mantle (1967) — Bilvis
6. Jenny and the Soldier (1947) — Frederik Christensen
7. Styrmand Karlsen (1958) — Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
8. Landsbylægen (1961) — Læge A.H. Bonnesen
9. Derailed (1942) — Organisten 'Bessefar'
10. A Hullaballoo at the Castle (1959)
11. 2 Minutes Late (1952) — Vicevært Johansen
12. Café Paradis (1950)
13. The Face of Truth (1951) — Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
14. Det store løb (1952) — Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
15. Sukceskomponisten (1954) — Organist Sørensen
16. En pige uden lige (1943)
17. Den gamle mølle paa Mols (1953) — Klemmesen
18. Flemming and Kvik (1960) — Rektor Halling
19. Støvsugerbanden (1963) — Augustin
20. The Red Horses (1950) — Købmand Hans Offor
21. Fra den gamle købmandsgaard (1951) — Godsejer Bjerre
22. Death Comes at High Noon (1964) — Dr. Joachim Lindberg
23. Besættelse (1944) — Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
24. Hvis lille pige er du? (1963) — Zimmermann
25. Ullabella (1961) — Overpræsident
26. The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948) — Jonas Olsen
27. Fodboldpræsten (1951) — Prokurist Nielsen
28. Mosekongen (1950) — Claus Munk
29. Meet Me on Cassiopeia (1951) — Zeus
30. Saa til Søs (1933) — Direktør Johan Nordborg
31. Under byens tage (1938) — Kunstprofessor Abel
32. Krudt og klunker (1958) — Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
33. Vejrhanen (1952) — Theodor Nielsen
34. Hendes store aften (1954) — Vicevært Julius Jensen
35. Frk. Kirkemus (1941) — Obersten
36. Teatertosset (1944) — Fuglesang
37. Det stod i avisen (1962)
38. The Blinded (1955) — Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
39. De blaa drenge (1933)
40. Lykken kommer (1942) — Frederik Hagen

Directed

1. Ash Wednesday (1931) — Director
2. One Lover Too Many (1924) — Director
3. Die kleine Schwindlerin (1933) — Director
4. Zwei himmelblaue Augen (1932) — Director
5. Hochverrat (1929) — Director
6. Zwischen Herz und Gewissen (1951) — Director
7. Smiles and Tears (1923) — Director