Ove Sprogøe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- December 21, 1919
- Died
- September 14, 2004 (aged 84)
- Birthplace
- Odense, Danmark
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ove Sprogøe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
You Are Not Alone
The Olsen Gang
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
The Olsen Gang on the Track
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Photos
Filmography
The Olsen Gang: Forever!
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Historien om Olsen Banden
Movie
The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Barbara
Movie
Charlot og Charlotte
Movie · as Grev Birksted
Charlot og Charlotte
TV · as Grev Birksted · 4 eps
Carmen & Babyface
Movie · as Engelsk lærere
Kærlighed ved første desperate blik
Movie
Jasper's Ghost
Movie · as The Ghost
Crumb at a Gallop
Movie · as Anders
War of the Birds
Movie · as The Male Magpie (voice)
Dr. Dip
TV · as Finn Klar Rask · 5 eps
Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper
Movie · as Knudsen
Far på færde
TV · as Hr. Hermansen · 1 ep
Station 13
TV · as Nielsen · 8 eps
Hip Hip Hurrah!
Movie · as Bonatzi
Final Act
Movie
Sådan er det bare
TV · as Kurt (Anettes far) · 1 ep
Murder in the Dark
Movie · as Bille
Når engle elsker
Movie · as Gabriel, Archangel
In the Middle of the Night
Movie · as Købmand - Susans far
Dansk bladtegning: danske bladtegnere - En dokumentation
Movie · as Sig selv
Anthonsen
TV · as Holger Anthonsen · 5 eps
Ikke lutter lagkage
TV · as Niels-Arthur · 4 eps
Nissebanden
TV · as Karl-Heinz Bierbaum · 1 ep
Kurt & Valde
Movie
Limpan
Movie · as Preben
Your Money or Your Life
Movie · as Bankdirektør
Den ubetænksomme elsker
Movie · as Overbetjent Olufsen
Henover midten
TV · as Erich von Herning · 1 ep
The Olsen Gang Long Gone
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Stepping Out
Movie · as Larsen
Krigsdøtre
TV · as Hr. Christensen · 2 eps
The Thralls' Children
Movie
Danmark er lukket
Movie · as Speaker
Vores år
TV · as Ludvig Blom · 4 eps
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Revolt of the Thralls
Movie
Johnny Larsen
Movie
Children of the Warriors
Movie
Kick Me in the Traditions!
Movie
Jul i Gammelby
TV · as Nissefar · 24 eps
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
Movie · as Egon Olsen
You Are Not Alone
Movie · as Kim's Father / Superintendent
Mirror, Mirror
Movie
Bandefører Balling
Movie
Matador
TV · as Dr. Louis Hansen · 24 eps
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Watch Your Back, Professor!
Movie · as Konkurrerende redaktør
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Moelleby affair
Movie · as Digter Mortensen
Hjerter er trumf
Movie
That Brief Summer
Movie · as Baronen
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang on the Track
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Goldcabbage Family
Movie · as Leopold Phieselsknast
Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp
TV · 3 eps
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Et dukkehjem
Movie · as Sagfører Krogstad
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Hour of Parting
Movie · as Michael Jacobsen
I Adams verden
Movie
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Lenin, You Rascal, You
Movie · as Mulligan
Nu går den på Dagmar
Movie
Noget om nisser
TV · 1 ep
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Our Home Is Our Castle
Movie · as Hr. Larsen
The Missing Clerk
Movie · as Teodor Amsted
Hjemme hos William
Movie
Revolutionen i vandkanten
Movie · as Mand fra en anden klode
Tough Guys of the Prairie
Movie · as Dommer
Famous Five Get in Trouble
Movie · as Onkel Quentin
Revolution My A..
Movie · as Arthur Antonsen
Amour
Movie · as Gammel døv dame
Give God a Chance on Sunday
Movie · as Præst ved Roskilde Domkirke
The Only Way
Movie · as Hr. Petersen
The House at Christianshavn
TV · as Larsen, Hr. Larsen · 49 eps
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
Movie · as Egon Olsen
The Egborg Girl
Movie · as Advokat Kurt Mikkelsen
Five and the Spies
Movie · as Onkel Quentin
Along Came a Soldier
Movie · as Baron Royal King von Konig
Fun in the Streets
Movie · as "Fløjten"
Kys til højre og venstre
Movie · as Ruths Husband
Toppen og bolden
Movie · as Fortæller (voice)
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
Movie · as Dupond/Dupont (stemme)
The Olsen Gang
Movie · as Egon Olsen
Days in My Father's House
Movie · as Gunnar
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
Movie · as Kristian
Magic in Town
Movie · as Politiassistent Møller
What a Pity About Daddy
Movie
Det var en lørdag aften
Movie · as Johansen
Farvel Thomas
Movie
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
Movie · as Oberst ved konkurrerende regiment
Martha
Movie · as Hovmester Watson
Nyhavns glade gutter
Movie · as Direktør Schwartz
Love Thy Neighbour
Movie · as Pastor Weigaard
Wife on vacation
Movie · as Apoteker John Bjerre
Jeg er sgu min egen
Movie · as Værgen
Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
Movie
The Reluctant Sadist
Movie · as Baron
Relax Freddy
Movie · as David Smith
Tre små piger
Movie · as Biebitz Von Biebitz
The Girl and the Viscount
Movie · as Nielsen
Flagermusen
Movie · as Blind
Der var engang
Movie · as Første frier
The Loose Tile
Movie · as Principle
Søskende
Movie · as Bedemanden
Strike First Freddy
Movie · as David Smith
The Girl and the Playboy
Movie · as Andresen - advokat
Passer Babysitting Girls
Movie · as Thorbjørn Hansen
Een pige og 39 sømænd
Movie · as Andersen
It's Nifty in the Navy
Movie · as Knud Hansen
En ven i bolignøden
Movie · as Børge Blom
Mor bag rattet
Movie
Summer in Tyrol
Movie · as Sigismund Sülzheimer
Don Olsen kommer til byen
Movie · as Brandmand
Når enden er go'
Movie · as Thør
The Major's Guard
Movie · as Major Clausen
Frøken Nitouche
Movie · as Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
The Queen's Guardsman
Movie · as Tam, "Kulsoen"s mand
Dust for all the Money
Movie · as Thorbjørn Hansen
Bussen
Movie · as Vik
A Day Without Lies
Movie
April
Movie · as Lægeforsker Vagn Jochumsen
Vi har det jo dejligt
Movie · as Opfinderen
Peters landlov
Movie · as Direktør William H. Schmidt
The Girl and the Press Photographer
Movie · as Madsen
Journey to the Seventh Planet
Movie · as Barry O'Sullivan
Sømænd og svigermødre
Movie · as Peter Jensen - Kanustis ven
Still Dust on the Brain
Movie · as Thorbjørn Hansen
Lykkens musikanter
Movie · as Havemand Texas
Det stod i avisen
Movie · as Læge S. Gregersen
Crazy Paradise
Movie · as Simon
Oskar
Movie · as Direktør Bernhard Bang
Drømmen om det hvide slot
Movie · as Johan
The Musketeers
Movie · as Tam
Dust on the Brain
Movie · as Hr. Thorbjørn Hansen
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
Movie · as Anton
Sorte Shara
Movie · as Tom
Baronessen fra benzintanken
Movie · as Lars Tofte
The Greeneyed Elephant
Movie · as Tolderen
Forelsket i København
Movie · as Carni
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
Movie · as Anton
Charley's Aunt
Movie · as Charles Smith
Onkel Bill fra New York
Movie · as Johnny Jensen
The Poet and the Little Mother
Movie · as Anton
Styrmand Karlsen
Movie · as Ole Olsen
Tag til marked i Fjordby
Movie · as Knud Tofte
Der var engang en gade
Movie · as Danselærer Johny Johnsen
Be Dear to Me
Movie
Kispus
Movie · as Max Møller
Færgekroen
Movie · as Lars Tofte, kroejer og færgemand
Hvad vil De ha'?
Movie · as Gæst hos Hansens
Den kloge mand
Movie
På tro og love
Movie · as Henry
Det var paa Rundetaarn
Movie · as Hans Ramløse
I kongens klæ'r
Movie · as Jens Rasmussen - rekrut 65
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
Movie
Ved Kongelunden...
Movie · as Vognstyrer Iversen
Father of Four
Movie · as Bager Høst
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
Movie · as Buschauffør
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
Movie · as Nolle
Vi som går køkkenvejen
Movie
Rekrut 67 Petersen
Movie · as "68"
Det store løb
Movie · as Fuld mand i bus
Dorte
Movie · as Hr. Smith
Naalen
Movie · as Helmer, kriminalassistent
Vores fjerde far
Movie
All this - and Iceland too
Movie
The Red Horses
Movie · as Niels Peter Dalum, Oles medstuderende
Smedestræde 4
Movie · as Ejnar - Pouls ven - cyklebud
En dag i radioen
Movie · as En maler
Kampen mod uretten
Movie
Berlingske Tidende 1749-1949
Movie
I de lyse nætter
Movie
Penge som græs
Movie
3 years after
Movie · as Hotelkarlen
Kristinus Bergman
Movie · as Bud med nøgle
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
Movie
Næste Gang er det dig
Movie · as Mand i cottoncoat
Lise kommer til byen
Movie
Hatten er sat
Movie
Discretion Wanted
Movie
Hans Store Aften
Movie