Arthur Jensen
Arthur Jensen was originally trained as a tailor and later educated at the Royal Theatre's student school 1920-23 and had an extensive theatre career. He experienced his heyday on television after passing the age of 70. He never achieved the same heights in film as he did in television, with roles such as caretaker Meyer in Huset på Christianshavn (1970-77) and clerk Schwan from Damernes Magasin in Matador (1978-81). With the exception of when he reprised the character of caretaker Meyer in Erik Balling's film version of the TV series, Ballade på Christianshavn (1971). It was his best film performance. He portrayed the two TV series characters shamelessly on his distinctive type: the comically aunty as caretaker Meyer and the sly and vain as clerk Schwan. What could have ended up as a gay caricature becomes human portraits in the garb of folk comedy, not least thanks to Arthur Jensen's humor, which at once shows solidarity and irony with the characters.
It took a long time for Arthur Jensen to discovery who he was as an actor. After four silent film supporting roles at Fy&Bi, he formed a comedic duo with Ib Schønberg in several of Alice O'Fredericks' and Lau Lauritzen's energetic prank farces in the 1930s, but the fun is sporadic, and the inventions are often self-satisfied and infantile. His recurring role as a whiny spanking boy for the healthy guys in these films, including director Lauritzen himself, are particularly unfunny and almost unpleasant.
Acting
Movie
Mifune
as Rud's friend
1999
Movie
The Olsen Gang
as Arbejder ved banen
1968
Movie
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
as Kongen - Victor Emanuel Jensen
1972
Movie
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
as Nattevagt
1973
Movie
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
as Parking Attendant
1979
Movie
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
as Niels Peter Nielsen
1977
TV
Matador
as Rudolf Schwann
1978
Movie
Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
as Togmand
1977
Movie
Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
as Detective Assistant Mortensen
1978
Movie
Strike First Freddy
1965
Movie
Bedroom Mazurka
as Hr. Hansen (uncredited)
1970
Movie
A Day at the Beach
as Caretaker
1970
TV
The House at Christianshavn
as Meyer
1970
Movie
In the Sign of the Lion
1976
Movie
In the Sign of the Gemini
as Leopold
1975
Movie
Jumpin' at the Bedside
as Hr. Madsen
1976
Movie
Don Olsen kommer til byen
as Redaktør Holm
1964
Movie
Come to My Bedside
as Manager
1975
Movie
Bedside Romance
as Æhrlig-Jensen
1973
Movie
Bedside Dentist
as Johansen
1971
Movie
Holidays in jail
as Klausen
1978
Movie
The Son from Vingaarden
as Jeppe
1975
Movie
The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963
Movie
Bedside Highway
as Piversen
1972