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.

Most Known For

Nøddebo Præstegaard

Hans Onsdags-Veninde

as Magdas far

Mani

The Blinded

as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis

Ullabella

as Overpræsident

Sukceskomponisten

as Organist Sørensen

Incognito

as Direktør A. Schram

Nordhavets mænd

Kongeligt besøg

Erik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd

as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør

Love One Another

as Rylowitsch

Tag til Rønneby kro

as Kroejer Bartholdi

Lykken kommer

as Frederik Hagen

Ta' Pelle med

as Gårdejer Lauritz

The Red Mantle

as Bilvis

Master of the House

as Viktor Frandsen

Leaves from Satan's Book

as Don Fernandez (second sequence)

Flemming and Kvik

as Rektor Halling

A Hullaballoo at the Castle

Mosekongen

as Claus Munk