Acting · Skodsborg, Denmark · Born May 28, 1884
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.
MovieThe Red Mantle
1967
as Bilvis
MovieTine
1964
as Hr. Bølling
MovieDeath Comes at High Noon
1964
as Dr. Joachim Lindberg
MovieHvis lille pige er du?
1963
as Zimmermann
MovieStøvsugerbanden
1963
as Augustin
The Pig Boy and The Princess and the Pea
1962
MovieDet stod i avisen
1962
MovieLandsbylægen
1961
as Læge A.H. Bonnesen
MovieUllabella
1961
as Overpræsident
MovieFlemming and Kvik
1960
as Rektor Halling
MovieA Hullaballoo at the Castle
1959
MovieStyrmand Karlsen
1958
as Kaptajn Vilhelm Hammer
MovieThat Won't Keep a Sailor Down
1958
as Waiter
MovieKrudt og klunker
1958
as Professor Ferdinand Schrøder
MovieTre finder en kro
1955
as Højesteretssagfører Hans Ovesen
MovieThe Blinded
1955
as Redaktøren på Sallinghavn Amtsavis
MovieSukceskomponisten
1954
as Organist Sørensen
MovieHendes store aften
1954
as Vicevært Julius Jensen
MovieKongeligt besøg
1954
MovieDet gælder livet
1953
MovieMin søn Peter
1953
MovieHejrenæs
1953
as Herskabstjener Blackhøj
MovieDen gamle mølle paa Mols
1953
as Klemmesen
MovieVi som går køkkenvejen
1953
as Redaktøren
MovieDet store løb
1952
as Vilhelm Stone (godsejer)
MovieTa' Pelle med
1952
as Gårdejer Lauritz
MovieHusmandstøsen
1952
as Søren Torpegaard
Movie2 Minutes Late
1952
as Vicevært Johansen
MovieVejrhanen
1952
as Theodor Nielsen
MovieUs Petty Sinners
1952
as Gulbæk, antikvar
MovieAvismanden
1952
as Kesse
MovieDorte
1951
as Prokuristen
MovieFra den gamle købmandsgaard
1951
as Godsejer Bjerre
MovieSom sendt fra himlen
1951
as Kommandanten
MovieFrihed forpligter
1951
as Sørens morfar
MovieMeet Me on Cassiopeia
1951
as Zeus
MovieFodboldpræsten
1951
as Prokurist Nielsen
MovieThe Face of Truth
1951
as Arkitektens onkel, Pastor Mikael Rolff
MovieMosekongen
1950
as Claus Munk
MovieCafé Paradis
1950
MovieHistorien om Hjortholm
1950
MovieThe Red Horses
1950
as Købmand Hans Offor
MovieFor freedom and justice
1949
as Niels Nielsen
MovieHvor er Far
1948
MovieWhile the Gate was Locked
1948
MovieThe Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1948
as Jonas Olsen
MovieRøverne fra Rold
1947
as Søren Hvass - Storbonde
MovieJenny and the Soldier
1947
as Frederik Christensen
MovieMani
1947
MovieI gaar og i morgen
1945
MovieMit Liv er Musik
1944
as Walter S. Nielson, impresario
MovieEight Chords
1944
MovieBesættelse
1944
as Jens Steen, Manufakturhandler
MovieTeatertosset
1944
as Fuglesang
MovieDet kære København
1944
MovieEn pige uden lige
1943
MovieMy Dear Wives
1943
as Herbert Reimer
MovieErik Ejegods pilgrimsfærd
1943
as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
MovieHans Onsdags-Veninde
1943
as Magdas far
MovieLykken kommer
1942
as Frederik Hagen
MovieDerailed
1942
as Organisten 'Bessefar'
MovieTag til Rønneby kro
1941
as Kroejer Bartholdi
MovieFrk. Kirkemus
1941
as Obersten
MovieCome Home With Me
1941
as Valdemar Nielsen
MovieTag det som en mand
1941
as Theodor Woller, godsejer
MovieJeg har elsket og levet
1940
as Tutein
MovieSommerglæder
1940
MovieI de gode gamle Dage
1940
as Fyrst Ivar Rose
MovieNordhavets mænd
1939
MovieChildren of Divorce
1939
as Professor Dreyer, kunstmaler
MovieEn lille Tilfældighed
1939
MovieUnder byens tage
1938
as Kunstprofessor Abel
MovieAlarm
1938
as Fabrikant Schmidt
MoviePlat eller krone
1937
as Herkules' far
MovieIncognito
1937
as Direktør A. Schram
MovieDanmark for Folket
1937
as Hr. Justesen
MovieGiftes - nej tak!
1936
MovieDe bør forelske Dem
1935
MovieRasmines bryllup
1935
as Blikkenslager Mikkelsen
MovieFlugten fra millionerne
1934
as Præsident for Papegøjesamfundet
MovieNøddebo Præstegaard
1934
MovieLynet
1934
as Generaldirektør
MovieSkaf en sensation
1934
as Redaktør Johannes Halling
MovieSaa til Søs
1933
as Direktør Johan Nordborg
MovieDe blaa drenge
1933
MovieMaster of the House
1925
as Viktor Frandsen
MovieLove One Another
1922
as Rylowitsch
MovieLeaves from Satan's Book
1920
as Don Fernandez (second sequence)
MovieWhile the Christmas Bells Rings
1917
The Secret of the Night Express
1917
as Wilton, prokurist
Count Dahlbog's Secret
1914
MovieAquitted
1914
as Officer
MovieThe Gambler's Wife
1913
as Werner
De uheldige Friere
1912
A Wedding During the French Revolution
1910
as Erneste des Tressailles
