
Acting
Born November 9, 1897 · Copenhagen, Denmark
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.

Mifune
1999

Jeppe på Bjerget
1981

Little Virgil and Freddy Frogface
1980

The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979

Holidays in jail
1978

Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius
1978

Vandalism
1977

The Goldcabbage Family Gets the Vote
1977

The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977

Girls at Sea
1977

Agent 69 in the Sign of Scorpio
1977

The Moelleby affair
1976

Bedside Sailors
1976

In the Sign of the Lion
1976

Jumpin' at the Bedside
1976

Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1976

In the Sign of the Gemini
1975

Come to My Bedside
1975

The Son from Vingaarden
1975

Nøddebo præstegård
1974

The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973

Fætrene på Torndal
1973

Bedside Romance
1973

The Man from Swan Farm
1972

The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972

Bedside Highway
1972

Bedside Dentist
1971

Our Home Is Our Castle
1971

Bedroom Mazurka
1970

The Song of the Red Ruby
1970

Ta' lidt solskin
1969

Ladies Man
1969
En nat i Venedig
1969

Stormvarsel
1968

The Olsen Gang
1968

Me and My Kid Brother
1967

Nyhavns glade gutter
1967

Pretty-Arne and Rosa
1967

The Loose Tile
1966

Utro
1966

Flagermusen
1966

Old Maids
1966

Dyden går amok
1966

Strike First Freddy
1965

Een pige og 39 sømænd
1965

Jensen længe leve!
1965

Erik Soya's 17
1965

Don Olsen kommer til byen
1964

Five men and Rosa
1964

Mord for åbent tæppe
1964

Bussen
1963

Hvad med os?
1963

Vi har det jo dejligt
1963

The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963

Venus fra Vestø
1962

Crazy Paradise
1962
Een blandt mange
1961

To skøre ho'der
1961

Champagnegaloppen
1960

Boy of Two Worlds
1959

Den kloge mand
1956

Kristiane af Marstal
1956

Vores lille by
1954

I kongens klæ'r
1954

Et eventyr om tre
1954

Min søn Peter
1953

Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953

The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
1953

Kristinus Bergman
1948
Stop Tyven!
1945

Familien Olsen
1940

Under byens tage
1938

Flaadens blaa matroser
1937

Incognito
1937

Danmark for Folket
1937

Giftes - nej tak!
1936

Panserbasse
1936

Snushanerne
1936

Week-end
1935

Kidnapped
1935

Barken Margrethe
1934

København, Kalundborg og -?
1934

Ud i den kolde sne
1934

It Happened in Copenhagen
1933

Fem raske piger
1933

He, She and Hamlet
1932

Tretten Aar
1932

The Mannequins
1929