Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. One of these is actor Henning Sprogøe. He made his debut in the film Hans Store Aften (His Big Night). His characteristic prominent chin that had been feared an obstacle of his career did not prevent him from being one of the most versatile and used Danish actors. His strength laid in the almost diabolic, michievous and brash but he effortlessly played meek and shy types as well as elegantiers. Among his many roles on stage in classic plays might be mentioned Mephisto in Faust, the title figure of Strindberg’s The Father and some Molière and Bertolt Brecht characters.
Ove Wendelboe Sprogøe Petersen (21 December 1919 – 14 September 2004) was a Danish actor. Born in Odense, his parents were Arthur and Inger Sprogøe. He married Eva Rasmussen in 1945, with whom he had three children. One of these is actor Henning Sprogøe. He made his debut in the film Hans Store Aften (His Big Night). His characteristic prominent chin that had been feared an obstacle of his career did not prevent him from being one of the most versatile and used Danish actors. His strength laid in the almost diabolic, michievous and brash but he effortlessly played meek and shy types as well as elegantiers. Among his many roles on stage in classic plays might be mentioned Mephisto in Faust, the title figure of Strindberg’s The Father and some Molière and Bertolt Brecht characters.
An extremely popular actor in Denmark, he played many diverse roles, including several recurring television parts. He appeared in 157 films, making him one of the hardest-working actors in the history of Danish film. In his early years he often was the part of a duo working together with his friend and colleague Dirch Passer. He is probably best known for playing one of the lead roles in the Olsen Gang movies, along with Morten Grunwald and Poul Bundgaard, playing the gang leader Egon Olsen, known for his short temper, striped suit, and cigar. By this role he earned an international fame though mostly in Eastern Europe, in the GDR he together with his colleagues became almost a cult figure. Among his TV roles must be mentioned his elegant and humorous ex-burglar Larsen in the series Huset på Christianshavn (“The House at Christianshavn” - the first Danish sitcom) and his role as the wise and courageous doctor Louis Hansen in the epic, historical drama-series Matador, both also shown outside Denmark. He was an able singer especially in shows or revues and his interpretation of Tim Spencer’s Cigarettes, whiskey and wild wild women (in Danish re-creation: Fandens Oldemor – “The Devil’s Great-Grandmother”) almost became his signature tune. He was an actor who combined great public sympathy with the ability to remain a private person with a modest lifestyle. After his death it was revealed that he had been a passionate art enthusiast and had amassed a valuable collection of modern paintings. Shortly after his death in 2004, Nordisk Film (the company that made the Olsen Gang movies) established a scholarship for actors in his name. The state-owned road to Vridsløselille Statsfængsel (the prison where his Egon Olsen character was a frequent "guest"), was renamed by the city of Albertslund to Egon Olsens Vej (Egon Olsen Road). On 24 October 2005, his native city of Odense named a square Ove Sprogøes Plads (Ove Sprogøe Square) in his honour. And the bar 'Cafe Halvvejen', named a shot in his honor.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Olsen Gang: Forever!
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:27/11/2018
Historien om Olsen Banden
Character:
Release Date:22/03/2015
The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:18/12/1998
Barbara
Character:
Release Date:02/10/1997
Charlot og Charlotte
Character:Grev Birksted
Release Date:01/09/1996
Carmen & Babyface
Character:Engelsk lærere
Release Date:20/01/1995
Kærlighed ved første desperate blik
Character:
Release Date:01/07/1994
Crumb at a Gallop
Character:Anders
Release Date:04/12/1992
Jasper's Ghost
Character:The Ghost
Release Date:09/10/1992
War of the Birds
Character:The Male Magpie (voice)
Release Date:01/07/1990
Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper
Character:Knudsen
Release Date:25/11/1988
Hip Hip Hurrah!
Character:Bonatzi
Release Date:04/09/1987
Final Act
Character:
Release Date:23/01/1987
Murder in the Dark
Character:Bille
Release Date:19/09/1986
Når engle elsker
Character:Gabriel, Archangel
Release Date:26/12/1985
In the Middle of the Night
Character:Købmand - Susans far
Release Date:09/03/1984
Dansk bladtegning: danske bladtegnere - En dokumentation
Character:Sig selv
Release Date:01/01/1984
Kurt & Valde
Character:
Release Date:29/07/1983
Limpan
Character:Preben
Release Date:04/02/1983
Den ubetænksomme elsker
Character:Overbetjent Olufsen
Release Date:15/10/1982
Your Money or Your Life
Character:Bankdirektør
Release Date:25/02/1982
The Olsen Gang Long Gone
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:26/12/1981
The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:16/10/1981
Stepping Out
Character:Larsen
Release Date:28/08/1981
Danmark er lukket
Character:Speaker
Release Date:31/10/1980
The Thralls' Children
Character:
Release Date:14/10/1980
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:26/12/1979
The Revolt of the Thralls
Character:
Release Date:08/10/1979
Johnny Larsen
Character:
Release Date:01/10/1979
Kick Me in the Traditions!
Character:
Release Date:17/09/1979
Children of the Warriors
Character:
Release Date:26/08/1979
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:06/10/1978
Mirror, Mirror
Character:
Release Date:24/02/1978
You Are Not Alone
Character:Kim's Father / Superintendent
Release Date:23/02/1978
Bandefører Balling
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1978
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:30/09/1977
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Character:Konkurrerende redaktør
Release Date:19/08/1977
The Moelleby affair
Character:Digter Mortensen
Release Date:26/12/1976
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:01/10/1976
Hjerter er trumf
Character:
Release Date:19/03/1976
That Brief Summer
Character:Baronen
Release Date:23/01/1976
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:01/01/1976
The Olsen Gang on the Track
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:26/09/1975
The Goldcabbage Family
Character:Leopold Phieselsknast
Release Date:01/01/1975
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:04/10/1974
Et dukkehjem
Character:Sagfører Krogstad
Release Date:14/04/1974
The Hour of Parting
Character:Michael Jacobsen
Release Date:09/11/1973
I Adams verden
Character:
Release Date:21/10/1973
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:05/10/1973
Nu går den på Dagmar
Character:
Release Date:23/10/1972
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:06/10/1972
Lenin, You Rascal, You
Character:Mulligan
Release Date:15/02/1972
The Missing Clerk
Character:Teodor Amsted
Release Date:29/10/1971
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:08/10/1971
Hjemme hos William
Character:
Release Date:28/03/1971
Revolutionen i vandkanten
Character:Mand fra en anden klode
Release Date:22/03/1971
Our Home Is Our Castle
Character:Hr. Larsen
Release Date:07/03/1971
Famous Five Get in Trouble
Character:Onkel Quentin
Release Date:16/10/1970
Revolution My A..
Character:Arthur Antonsen
Release Date:09/10/1970
Tough Guys of the Prairie
Character:Dommer
Release Date:31/08/1970
Amour
Character:Gammel døv dame
Release Date:06/08/1970
Give God A Chance On Sunday
Character:Præst ved Roskilde Domkirke
Release Date:22/04/1970
The Only Way
Character:Hr. Petersen
Release Date:01/01/1970
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Character:Dupond/Dupont (stemme)
Release Date:13/12/1969
Five and the Spies
Character:Onkel Quentin
Release Date:13/10/1969
Toppen og bolden
Character:Fortæller (voice)
Release Date:13/10/1969
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:03/10/1969
The Egborg Girl
Character:Advokat Kurt Mikkelsen
Release Date:12/09/1969
Fun in the Streets
Character:"Fløjten"
Release Date:01/08/1969
Along Came a Soldier
Character:Baron Royal King von Konig
Release Date:07/04/1969
Kys til højre og venstre
Character:Ruths Husband
Release Date:13/03/1969
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
Character:Kristian
Release Date:29/11/1968
Days in My Father's House
Character:Gunnar
Release Date:11/11/1968
The Olsen Gang
Character:Egon Olsen
Release Date:11/10/1968
Magic in Town
Character:Politiassistent Møller
Release Date:11/10/1968
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
Character:Oberst ved konkurrerende regiment
Release Date:23/08/1968
What a Pity About Daddy
Character:
Release Date:19/07/1968
Det var en lørdag aften
Character:Johansen
Release Date:27/06/1968
Farvel Thomas
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1968
Nyhavns glade gutter
Character:Direktør Schwartz
Release Date:24/11/1967
Martha
Character:Hovmester Watson
Release Date:10/10/1967
Love Thy Neighbour
Character:Pastor Weigaard
Release Date:01/09/1967
Wife on vacation
Character:Apoteker John Bjerre
Release Date:28/07/1967
Jeg er sgu min egen
Character:Værgen
Release Date:30/06/1967
Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
Character:
Release Date:28/06/1967
The Reluctant Sadist
Character:Baron
Release Date:27/03/1967
The Loose Tile
Character:Principle
Release Date:26/12/1966
The Girl and the Viscount
Character:Nielsen
Release Date:25/11/1966
Der var engang
Character:Første frier
Release Date:01/10/1966
Søskende
Character:Bedemanden
Release Date:02/09/1966
Tre små piger
Character:Biebitz Von Biebitz
Release Date:05/08/1966
Flagermusen
Character:Blind
Release Date:01/08/1966
Relax Freddy
Character:David Smith
Release Date:05/06/1966
Strike First Freddy
Character:David Smith
Release Date:21/12/1965
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Character:Andersen
Release Date:12/11/1965
Mor bag rattet
Character:
Release Date:05/11/1965
The Girl and the Playboy
Character:Andresen - advokat
Release Date:15/10/1965
It's Nifty in the Navy
Character:Knud Hansen
Release Date:03/09/1965
Passer Babysitting Girls
Character:Thorbjørn Hansen
Release Date:23/07/1965
En ven i bolignøden
Character:Børge Blom
Release Date:08/04/1965
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Character:Brandmand
Release Date:18/12/1964
Summer in Tyrol
Character:Sigismund Sülzheimer
Release Date:25/09/1964
Når enden er go'
Character:Thør
Release Date:23/07/1964
The Major's Guard
Character:Major Clausen
Release Date:14/02/1964
Dust for all the Money
Character:Thorbjørn Hansen
Release Date:13/12/1963
Bussen
Character:Vik
Release Date:04/10/1963
A Day Without Lies
Character:
Release Date:02/09/1963
Frøken Nitouche
Character:Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
Release Date:16/08/1963
April
Character:Lægeforsker Vagn Jochumsen
Release Date:02/08/1963
Peters landlov
Character:Direktør William H. Schmidt
Release Date:27/06/1963
The Queen's Guardsman
Character:Tam, "Kulsoen"s mand
Release Date:29/03/1963
Vi har det jo dejligt
Character:Opfinderen
Release Date:01/03/1963
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Character:Madsen
Release Date:15/02/1963
Drømmen om det hvide slot
Character:Johan
Release Date:26/12/1962
Oskar
Character:Direktør Bernhard Bang
Release Date:12/10/1962
Still Dust on the Brain
Character:Thorbjørn Hansen
Release Date:28/09/1962
Det stod i avisen
Character:Læge S. Gregersen
Release Date:25/09/1962
Sømænd og svigermødre
Character:Peter Jensen - Kanustis ven
Release Date:06/08/1962
Crazy Paradise
Character:Simon
Release Date:26/07/1962
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Character:Barry O'Sullivan
Release Date:10/03/1962
Lykkens musikanter
Character:Havemand Texas
Release Date:19/02/1962
The Musketeers
Character:Tam
Release Date:09/12/1961
Dust on the Brain
Character:Hr. Thorbjørn Hansen
Release Date:11/10/1961
Sorte Shara
Character:Tom
Release Date:29/09/1961
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Character:Anton
Release Date:11/09/1961
Forelsket i København
Character:Carni
Release Date:04/11/1960
Baronessen fra benzintanken
Character:Lars Tofte
Release Date:04/09/1960
The Greeneyed Elephant
Character:Tolderen
Release Date:14/08/1960
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
Character:Anton
Release Date:02/05/1960
Charley's Aunt
Character:Charles Smith
Release Date:12/10/1959
Onkel Bill fra New York
Character:Johnny Jensen
Release Date:17/07/1959
The Poet and the Little Mother
Character:Anton
Release Date:06/03/1959
Styrmand Karlsen
Character:Ole Olsen
Release Date:30/10/1958
Tag til marked i Fjordby
Character:Knud Tofte
Release Date:27/12/1957
Der var engang en gade
Character:Danselærer Johny Johnsen
Release Date:03/03/1957
Be Dear to Me
Character:
Release Date:01/03/1957
Den kloge mand
Character:
Release Date:15/10/1956
Færgekroen
Character:Lars Tofte, kroejer og færgemand
Release Date:12/10/1956
Kispus
Character:Max Møller
Release Date:06/05/1956
Hvad vil De ha'?
Character:Gæst hos Hansens
Release Date:23/01/1956
Det var paa Rundetaarn
Character:Hans Ramløse
Release Date:26/12/1955
På tro og love
Character:Henry
Release Date:19/08/1955
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
Character:
Release Date:02/12/1954
I kongens klæ'r
Character:Jens Rasmussen - rekrut 65
Release Date:24/09/1954
Father of Four
Character:Bager Høst
Release Date:02/11/1953
Ved Kongelunden...
Character:Vognstyrer Iversen
Release Date:16/10/1953
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Character:Buschauffør
Release Date:25/02/1953
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1953
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Character:Nolle
Release Date:07/01/1953
Det store løb
Character:Fuld mand i bus
Release Date:22/12/1952
Rekrut 67 Petersen
Character:"68"
Release Date:07/08/1952
Dorte
Character:Hr. Smith
Release Date:17/12/1951
Vores fjerde far
Character:
Release Date:13/09/1951
All this - and Iceland too
Character:
Release Date:03/09/1951
Naalen
Character:Helmer, kriminalassistent
Release Date:29/01/1951
Smedestræde 4
Character:Ejnar - Pouls ven - cyklebud
Release Date:30/09/1950
En dag i radioen
Character:En maler
Release Date:16/02/1950
The Red Horses
Character:Niels Peter Dalum, Oles medstuderende
Release Date:09/01/1950
Kampen mod uretten
Character:
Release Date:18/03/1949
Berlingske Tidende 1749-1949
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1949
Næste Gang er det dig
Character:Mand i cottoncoat
Release Date:23/11/1948
3 years after
Character:Hotelkarlen
Release Date:03/10/1948
Kristinus Bergman
Character:Bud med nøgle
Release Date:27/08/1948
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Character:
Release Date:30/03/1948
I de lyse nætter
Character:
Release Date:25/03/1948
Penge som græs
Character:
Release Date:23/02/1948
Hatten er sat
Character:
Release Date:15/12/1947
Lise kommer til byen
Character:
Release Date:18/08/1947
Discretion Wanted
Character:
Release Date:05/08/1946
Hans Store Aften
Character:
Release Date:18/03/1946
Television Appearances
Charlot og Charlotte
Character:Grev Birksted
Dr. Dip
Character:Finn Klar Rask
Station 13
Character:Nielsen
Far på færde
Character:Hr. Hermansen
Sådan er det bare
Character:Kurt (Anettes far)
Anthonsen
Character:Holger Anthonsen
Nissebanden
Character:Karl-Heinz Bierbaum
Ikke lutter lagkage
Character:Niels-Arthur
Henover midten
Character:Erich von Herning
Krigsdøtre
Character:Hr. Christensen
Vores år
Character:Ludvig Blom
Jul i Gammelby
Character:Nissefar
Matador
Character:Dr. Louis Hansen
Aladdin eller den forunderlige lampe
Character:
Noget om nisser
Character:
The House at Christianshavn
Character:Larsen
The House at Christianshavn
Character:Hr. Larsen
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