Johannes Meyer(1884-1972)
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
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.
