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