Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 â€" 31 October 1985) was a
Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies.
Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also
starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as various minor
characters in the Olsen-banden films.For almost thirty years
Reichhardt was a leading Danish heroic charmer in movies and partly
also on stage. His acting debut was in 1931 as an extra in the play
Styrmand Karlsens flammer in Nørrebros Theater. Already during the
1930s he won himself a name, this was cemented during World War II and
from 1945 he stood as the movie hero par excellence: the plain,
regular, quick-witted, sometimes hot-tempered, but often humorous man
playing in melodramas and comedies. His versatile talent of acting and
singing created him a widespread area as an artist.Poul Reichhardt got
a special popularity during his performing in the so-called Morten
Korch movies in the 1950s based upon novels written by a just as
popular Danish regionalist light literate â€" here he normally played
the honest young farmer fighting for his happiness and for his love.
Often criticised for playing in low quality products he always did his
best even in poor roles and his temporary overplay and loudness was
compensated by his engagement and self-irony. Perhaps his best movie
roles were as a resistance man (De røde Enge - "The Red Meadows",
1945), and as the soldier in Soldaten og Jenny, ("The Soldier and
Jenny", 1947. His ability as a singer even made him opera roles
(Papageno in The Magic Flute) and though normally considered a typical
"man of the people" he also mastered the role as a man of the
world.Besides his many popular roles Reichhardt also, mostly on stage,
emerged into a respected character actor (Biff and later Willy Loman
in Death of a Salesman, Archie in Osborne's The Entertainer, several
Shakespeare roles). He also dubbed the animated films Fantasia and The
Sword in the Stone when they were released in Danish. Not leaving the
heroic line until relatively late he won a new popularity in elder
roles also on TV. Perhaps his most popular one was as the blustering
and intolerant but yet sympathetic furniture remover Olsen in the
series Huset på Christianshavn ("The House on Christianshavn"). A
heart-stroke in 1985 ended one of the most successful Danish post war
movie careers with the death of Poul Reichhardt
Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies.
Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also
starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as various minor
characters in the Olsen-banden films.For almost thirty years
Reichhardt was a leading Danish heroic charmer in movies and partly
also on stage. His acting debut was in 1931 as an extra in the play
Styrmand Karlsens flammer in Nørrebros Theater. Already during the
1930s he won himself a name, this was cemented during World War II and
from 1945 he stood as the movie hero par excellence: the plain,
regular, quick-witted, sometimes hot-tempered, but often humorous man
playing in melodramas and comedies. His versatile talent of acting and
singing created him a widespread area as an artist.Poul Reichhardt got
a special popularity during his performing in the so-called Morten
Korch movies in the 1950s based upon novels written by a just as
popular Danish regionalist light literate â€" here he normally played
the honest young farmer fighting for his happiness and for his love.
Often criticised for playing in low quality products he always did his
best even in poor roles and his temporary overplay and loudness was
compensated by his engagement and self-irony. Perhaps his best movie
roles were as a resistance man (De røde Enge - "The Red Meadows",
1945), and as the soldier in Soldaten og Jenny, ("The Soldier and
Jenny", 1947. His ability as a singer even made him opera roles
(Papageno in The Magic Flute) and though normally considered a typical
"man of the people" he also mastered the role as a man of the
world.Besides his many popular roles Reichhardt also, mostly on stage,
emerged into a respected character actor (Biff and later Willy Loman
in Death of a Salesman, Archie in Osborne's The Entertainer, several
Shakespeare roles). He also dubbed the animated films Fantasia and The
Sword in the Stone when they were released in Danish. Not leaving the
heroic line until relatively late he won a new popularity in elder
roles also on TV. Perhaps his most popular one was as the blustering
and intolerant but yet sympathetic furniture remover Olsen in the
series Huset på Christianshavn ("The House on Christianshavn"). A
heart-stroke in 1985 ended one of the most successful Danish post war
movie careers with the death of Poul Reichhardt
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