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.

Filmography (93 Appearances)

Mifune

Jeppe på Bjerget

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders

Matador

Holidays in jail

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius

Vandalism

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight

Girls at Sea

Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio

The Moelleby affair

Bedside Sailors

In the Sign of the Lion

Jumpin' at the Bedside

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde

In the Sign of the Gemini

Come to My Bedside

The Son from Vingaarden

Nøddebo præstegård

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok

Fætrene på Torndal

Bedside Romance

The Man from Swan Farm

The Olsen Gang's Big Score

Bedside Highway

Livsens ondskab

Bedside Dentist

Our Home Is Our Castle

Bedroom Mazurka

The House at Christianshavn

A Day at the Beach

The Song of the Red Ruby

Ta' lidt solskin

Ladies Man

En nat i Venedig

Stormvarsel

The Olsen Gang

Me and My Kid Brother

Nyhavns glade gutter

Pretty-Arne and Rosa

The Loose Tile

Utro

Flagermusen

Old Maids

Dyden går amok

Strike First Freddy

Een pige og 39 sømænd

Jensen længe leve!

Erik Soya's 17

Don Olsen kommer til byen

Five men and Rosa

Mord for åbent tæppe

Bussen

Hvad med os?

Vi har det jo dejligt

The Girl and the Press Photographer

Venus fra Vestø

Crazy Paradise

Een blandt mange

To skøre ho'der

Champagnegaloppen

Boy of Two Worlds

Den kloge mand

Kristiane af Marstal

Vores lille by

I kongens klæ'r

Et eventyr om tre

Min søn Peter

Den gamle mølle paa Mols

The Tove Andersen Criminal Case

Kristinus Bergman

Stop Tyven!

Familien Olsen

Under byens tage

Flaadens blaa matroser

Incognito

Danmark for Folket

Giftes - nej tak!

Panserbasse

Snushanerne

Week-end

Bag Københavns Kulisser

Kidnapped

Barken Margrethe

København, Kalundborg og -?

Ud i den kolde sne

It Happened in Copenhagen

Fem raske piger

He, She and Hamlet

Tretten Aar

The Mannequins

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