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Occupation
  
Actor

Died
  
November 30, 1956

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
Viggo Wiehe

Years active
  
1897–1947


Full Name
  
Viggo Hjalmar Wiehe

Born
  
23 December 1874 (
1874-12-23
)
Copenhagen, Denmark

Movies
  
Leaves from Satan's Book, Praesten i Vejlby, Under byens tage

People also search for
  
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Viggo Hjalmar Wiehe (23 December 1874 - 30 November 1956) was a Danish stage and film actor whose career spanned over five decades.

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Career

Born in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was the son of actor and opera singer Johan Henrik Wiehe and Fanny Wiehe (née Petersen). He began his stage career as a dramatic actor under the tutelage of Karl Mantzius and Olaf Poulsen from 1897 to 1899 and later studied at the Royal Theatre. He made his stage debut at the Folketeatret (People's Theatre) in a production by writer Herman Bang in 1899. He was then engaged at Oddgeir Stephensen's theater company, and from 1922 to 1923 at the Odense Folketeater, Odense Theatre, and then among other theatres throughout Denmark such as the Dagmar Theatre, Casino Theatre and Det ny Teater (The New Theatre) in Copenhagen.

Wiehe began appearing in films in 1912 and from 1912 to 1930, he appeared in approximately twenty-five silent films. One of his most popular starring roles of the silent film era was that of Søren Qvist, a village minister with a short-temper who is accused of murdering his unlikeable servant in the 1922 August Blom-directed mystery Praesten i Vejlby (The Vicar of Vejlby). Wiehe is often also recalled for his role as Count de Chambord in director Carl Theodor Dreyer's 1921 drama Leaves from Satan's Book. Wiehe made the transition to sound film with relative ease and spent the 1930s appearing in several roles in Danish films, as well as continuing his career on stage. His last film before retiring was a small role in Lau Lauritzen, Sr.-directed Røverne fra Rold.

Personal life

Viggo Wiehe was married Danish actress Anna Marie Reich Christiansen (1883 - 1962) on 31 October 1912 in Frederiksberg Church in Copenhagen. The couple remained married until his death in 1956 at the age of 81. He was buried at the Holmens Kirkegård cemetery in Østerbro.

Filmography

Actor
1947
Røverne fra Rold as
Krogæst
1946
Far betaler as
Ansat i skattevæsnet
1942
Naar bønder elsker as
Pastor Thomsen
1941
Thummelumsen
1940
Sommerglæder as
Doktor
1938
Under byens tage as
Rektor Engberg
1938
Kongen bød as
Anders
1932
Han, hun og Hamlet as
En ældre mand
1927
Vester Vov-Vov
1926
Ebberöds bank
1925
Stamherren as
Dr. Paaske
1925
Det store hjerte as
Landsretssagfører Storm
1924
Kan Kvinder fejle? as
Col. Næsby
1923
Daarskab, dyd og driverter as
The Count
1922
Art and the Woman as
Capt. Anker
1922
Once Upon a Time as
Schweitzeren
1922
Jafet, der søger sig en Fader I-IV
1922
Præsten i Vejlby as
Søren Quist - Sognepræsten i Vejlby
1920
Leaves From Satan's Book as
Count de Chambord (third sequence)
1918
Slægternes Kamp as
Ejvin's Father
1916
Hvem er hun? as
Dr. Clark
1916
Mørkets Fyrste as
Count Brisson
1916
Det røde alfabet
1915
Den farlige Haand as
Raffel - Detective
1915
Zirli as
Count du Furnille
1915
Den dræbende Gift as
Prof. Howard
1915
Statens Kurér (Short) as
Wilson
1913
Under Møllevingen
1913
Doctor Nicholson and the Blue Diamond as
Murderer No. 1
1912
Trofast Kærlighed (Short) as
Peter
1912
Kansleren kaldet [Den sorte Panter] (Short) as
Oberst Runow
Self
1938
I folkets navn (Documentary)
1930
Den store dag (Documentary) as
William Lund

References

Viggo Wiehe Wikipedia