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Victor Borge

Victor Borge

Actor · Born 1909-01-03 · København

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Biography

Victor Borge, born Børge Rosenbaum, was a Danish- American comedian, conductor and pianist, affectionately known as "The Clown Prince of Denmark", "The Unmelancholy Dane", and "The Great Dane". He was born in Copenhagen and started out as a classic concert pianist, having his first major concert in 1926. In 1933 he started his now famous "stand up" act, with the signature blend of piano music and jokes, and married American Elsie Chilton the same year. Borge started touring extensively in Europe, where he began telling anti-Nazi jokes. When Germany invaded Denmark on 9 April 1940, he was touring Sweden, and fled via finland to the USA with his American wife. Once in the USA,  he took the name Victor Borge, and quickly managed to adapt his jokes to the American audience, learning English by watching movies. In 1941 he was hired by Bing Crosby for his Kraft Music Hall, and from then on, his fame just grew and grew.

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The King of Comedy (1982) — Victor Borge
  2. The Muppet Show (1976) — Self - Special Guest Star
  3. The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
  4. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964) — Mr. Willoughby
  5. Hanna-Barbera's 50th (1989) — Self
  6. Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In (1968) — Self
  7. What's My Line? (1950) — Self - Panelist
  8. The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
  9. The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
  10. The Dean Martin Show (1965)
  11. The Colgate Comedy Hour (1950) — Self
  12. Higher and Higher (1943) — Sir Victor
  13. The Daydreamer (1966) — Zenith, the Second Tailor (voice)
  14. The Merv Griffin Show (1962) — Self
  15. The Mike Douglas Show (1961) — Self - Co-Host
  16. The Kennedy Center Honors (1978) — Self
  17. The Best of Victor Borge: Act I & II (1990) — himself
  18. Kraft Music Hall (1958) — Self - Host
  19. Dinah! (1974) — Self
  20. Victor Borge: Then & Now (1992) — Himself
  21. Der var engang en vicevært (1937) — Komponist Bøegh
  22. De tre måske fire (1939) — Kontorist - Bøjesen
  23. The Legendary Victor Borge (2004) — Himself
  24. Alarm (1938) — Tjener Cæsar
  25. Frk. Møllers jubilæum (1937)
  26. Small World (1958) — Self
  27. Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume One (2004) — Himself
  28. Victor Borge's Funniest Moments (2004) — Himself
  29. Lørdagshjørnet (1976)
  30. Lost Episodes of Victor Borge - Volume Two (2004) — Himself
  31. Victor Borge: Verdens Morsomste Mand (2009) — Him self
  32. I Folkets Navn (1938)
  33. Gyldne tider på St. Croix (1967) — Self
  34. Carpenters Very First Television Special (1976) — Self
  35. The Beautiful Phyllis Diller Show (1968) — Self
  36. The Victor Borge Collection (2004) — Himself
  37. Victor Borge: På hjemmebane (2006) — Himself
  38. Victor Borge - In Concert & Encore (2005) — Himself
  39. Victor Borge Classic Collection — Himself
  40. A Tribute to Victor Borge (2008) — Himself