Norwegian character actor with a formidable stage presence, always playing with an intensity and glow. On the stage from 1900, he was engaged to The National Stage in Bergen from 1903 to 1924, working as an actor and director. Between 1926 and 1945 engaged to different theaters in Oslo. His best parts were in the national repertoire, often played in a fanatic and religious way. Sadly, this great and sensitive actor became a member of the National Party, during the turbulent years of the thirties and forties. In films he played only small parts,appearing in three Norwegian films, and in one Swedish film in 1939. Married three times.

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Johan Hauge

Actor