Tripti Joshi (Editor)

Osvald Helmuth

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Osvald Helmuth

Role
  
Film actor


Died
  
March 18, 1966, Denmark

Children
  
Osvald Helmuth Meget kan man sige om Frits Helmuth Kultur wwwbdk

Born
  
14 July 1894 (
1894-07-14
)

Movies
  

Visen om montgomery osvald helmuth copenhagen 1945 wmv


Osvald Helmuth (14 July 1894 – 18 March 1966) was a Danish stage and film actor and revue singer.

Contents

Osvald Helmuth httpsiytimgcomviSup88bY4bewhqdefaultjpg

Osvald Helmuth - Ølhunden


Life and career

Osvald Helmuth Drengen der elskede Osvald Information

HIs career began in Randers in 1913, and he later appeared in the Nørrebro Teater in Copenhagen. In 1929 he got his big break with the revue song Ølhunden glammer by Poul Henningsen.

Osvald Helmuth Osvald Helmuth Gyldendal Den Store Danske

In 1936 he appeared in his first film, Cirkusrevyen, a musical comedy in which he displayed his singing talents, directed by acclaimed directors Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. This paved the way for a successful film career in the 1930s and 1940s, successively appeareing in leading roles in musical comedies directed by these people such as Der var engang en vicevært (1937), En fuldendt gentleman (1937) but also thrillers such as Blaavand melder storm (1938). After the family film Familien Olsen in 1940, Helmuth ended his duel partnership with Lauritzen Jr. and Fredericks and in 1941 played the leading role in Emanuel Gregers's En mand af betydning in which he starred alongside Inger Stender and Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen . Helmuth did however reconcile with Fredericks in 1947 in the comedy Stjerneskud, co-directed with Jon Iversen.

Osvald Helmuth httpsiytimgcomviXo3vZpfWhIQmaxresdefaultjpg

In 1960 he performed as a narrator in the short documentary film directed by Jørgen Roos, A City Called Copenhagen. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.

Of his more serious roles are in Jeppe in Jeppe på bjerget, performed at the Det kongelige Teater in 1954, and Doolittle in My Fair Lady in 1960. On 21 March 1954 Osvald Helmuth appeared on Broadway in New York City with Victor Borge. Together with Poul Reumert he also sang a selection of "Gluntarne" duets.

Notable songs sung by Helmuth include Dit hjerte er i fare Andresen, Herlig en sommernat, 100 mand og en bajer and Bar' engang imellem.

He was award a Knight of the Dannebrog in 1953 and during his 50-year anniversary in 1963, he was elevated to Knight of the 1st Degree.

In 1961 he starred as an authority figure in the film, The Boy Who Loved Horses.

Helmuth's last film appearance was shortly before his death in Henning Carlsen's Hunger, based upon the novel Hunger by Norwegian Nobel Prize-winning author Knut Hamsun. The film was nominated for the Palme D'Or and won the Bodil Award for Best Danish Film in 1967 and other awards for the cast after his death.

Death

He died on 18 March 1966 at the age of 71 following a nearly 60-year-long career. He was buried at Ordrup Cemetery. Osvald Helmuth was the father of actor Frits Helmuth.

Literature

  • John Lindskog, Faders vilje - Osvald, Søster og Frits Helmut - dramaet bag scenen, Aschehoug, 2006. ISBN 87-11-30017-5.
  • Sven Borre, Bogen om Osvald, Stig Vendelkjærs Forlag, 1967.
  • Osvald Helmuth, Lev stærkt - dø gammel, Stig Vendelkær, 1963. (Erindringer)
  • Filmography

    Actor
    1966
    Hunger as
    Pawnbroker
    1965
    Jensen længe leve as
    Frugt- og grønthandler Eriksen
    1965
    Ebbe Rode har gæster (TV Movie)
    1964
    To generationer på scenen (TV Series) as
    Various
    - Far og søn: Osvald og Frits Helmuth (1964) - Various
    1963
    Sommer-weekend (TV Series) as
    Singer
    - Episode #2.8 (1964) - Singer
    - Episode #1.1 (1963) - Singer
    1964
    Osvald Helmuth fortæller (TV Mini Series) as
    Various
    - På rejse (1964) - Various
    - I projektørlyset (1964) - Various
    - I garderoben (1964) - Various
    - I hjemmet på Søbakken (1964) - Various
    1963
    Helsingør-revyen (TV Movie)
    1963
    Vinterhaven (TV Series)
    - Episode dated 28 September 1963 (1963)
    1961
    The Boy Who Loved Horses as
    Oles onkel
    1961
    Harry and the Butler as
    Gamle Harry
    1959
    Pigen i søgelyset as
    Oscar Møller
    1957
    Rundhorisonten (TV Mini Series) as
    Various
    - Episode #1.3 (1957) - Various
    1956
    Den kloge mand as
    Rasmus Thomsen
    1955
    Jeppe på bjerget (TV Movie) as
    Jeppe
    1954
    Gabrielle as
    Jensen, Bartender (as Oswald Helmuth)
    1951
    Som sendt fra himlen as
    Jonas Møller
    1951
    Vores fjerde far as
    Betjent
    1943
    Ebberød Bank as
    Peter Vipperup
    1943
    Op med humøret
    1941
    En mand af betydning as
    Baldur Justesen
    1940
    Familien Olsen as
    Grønthandler Alfred Olsen
    1938
    Blaavand melder Storm as
    Fiskeskipper Jens Olesen
    1938
    Den mandlige husassistent as
    Tjener Thomas Hansen
    1937
    Der var engang en Vicevært as
    Vicevært Christensen
    1937
    Cocktail
    1937
    En fuldendt gentleman as
    Mortensen
    1936
    Koteletter og kærlighed (Short) as
    O. Madsen
    1921
    Ungkarleliv as
    Arne
    1921
    Landsvägsriddare (Short) as
    Billy
    1921
    Silkesstrumpan as
    Peter Bille
    1920
    De nygifte as
    Hans
    1919
    Hendes mands forlovede
    1916
    Blind Justice
    1915
    Det evige Had
    1915
    I Storm og Stille as
    Theatre Guest
    1912
    Operabranden (Short)
    Writer
    1938
    Svensson ordnar allt! (movie "En fuldendt gentleman" - uncredited)
    1937
    En fuldendt gentleman
    Director
    1943
    Ebberød Bank
    Soundtrack
    2015
    Spise med Price (TV Series documentary) (performer - 1 episode)
    - Sjælland (2015) - (performer: "Ølhunden" - uncredited)
    1969
    Jazz All Around (writer: "Tre raske prinser" - uncredited)
    Self
    1960
    En by ved navn København (Documentary short) as
    Danish narrator
    1960
    Portræt af en kunstner (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Osvald Helmuth (1960) - Self
    1954
    The Ed Sullivan Show (TV Series) as
    Self
    - Episode #7.27 (1954) - Self (as Oswald Helmut)
    1949
    Berlingske tidende (Documentary short)
    1947
    Stjerneskud as
    Self
    1936
    Cirkus-Revyen 1936 as
    Self / Various Roles
    Archive Footage
    2014
    Gintberg på kanten (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Det Kongelige Teater (2014) - Self (uncredited)
    2005
    Store danskere (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - Osvald Helmuth (2005) - Self
    2001
    Digtere, divaer og dogmebrødre (TV Series documentary) as
    Self
    - 1930-1945 (2001) - Self
    1993
    Pallesens pulterkammer (TV Series) as
    Self / Various Roles
    - Gensyn med Osvald Helmuth (1993) - Self / Various Roles
    1972
    Aage Stentoft fortæller (TV Mini Series) as
    Various
    - Samarbejdet med Mogens Dam og Ludvig Brandstrup (1972) - Various
    1968
    Teksten var af Ludvig Brandstrup (TV Mini Series) as
    Singer
    - Episode #1.3 (1968) - Singer
    1967
    Uenighed gør stærk (TV Movie documentary) as
    Various

    References

    Osvald Helmuth Wikipedia


    Similar Topics