Ove Sprogøe
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Dec 21, 1919
- Died
- Sep 14, 2004 (aged 84)
- Place of birth
- Odense, Danmark
- Credits
- 186
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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Known for
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
1969Movie
Dupond/Dupont (stemme)
You Are Not Alone
1978Movie
Kim's Father / Superintendent
The Olsen Gang
1968Movie
Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972Movie
Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1976Movie
Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973Movie
Egon Olsen
Filmography
The Olsen Gang: Forever!
2018Movie
Egon Olsen
Historien om Olsen Banden
2015Movie
The Olsen Gang's Last Trick
1998Movie
Egon Olsen
Barbara
1997Movie
Charlot og Charlotte
1996Movie
Grev Birksted
Charlot og Charlotte
1996TV
Grev Birksted
Carmen & Babyface
1995Movie
Engelsk lærere
Kærlighed ved første desperate blik
1994Movie
Crumb at a Gallop
1992Movie
Anders
Jasper's Ghost
1992Movie
The Ghost
Dr. Dip
1990TV
Finn Klar Rask
War of the Birds
1990Movie
The Male Magpie (voice)
Station 13
1988TV
Nielsen
Elvis Hansen, en samfundshjælper
1988Movie
Knudsen
Far på færde
1988TV
Hr. Hermansen
Hip Hip Hurrah!
1987Movie
Bonatzi
Sådan er det bare
1987TV
Kurt (Anettes far)
Final Act
1987Movie
Murder in the Dark
1986Movie
Bille
Når engle elsker
1985Movie
Gabriel, Archangel
Anthonsen
1984TV
Holger Anthonsen
Nissebanden
1984TV
Karl-Heinz Bierbaum
Ikke lutter lagkage
1984TV
Niels-Arthur
In the Middle of the Night
1984Movie
Købmand - Susans far
Dansk bladtegning: danske bladtegnere - En dokumentation
1984Movie
Sig selv
Kurt & Valde
1983Movie
Limpan
1983Movie
Preben
Den ubetænksomme elsker
1982Movie
Overbetjent Olufsen
Henover midten
1982TV
Erich von Herning
Your Money or Your Life
1982Movie
Bankdirektør
The Olsen Gang Long Gone
1981Movie
Egon Olsen
The Olsen Gang Jumps the Fence
1981Movie
Egon Olsen
Krigsdøtre
1981TV
Hr. Christensen
Stepping Out
1981Movie
Larsen
Danmark er lukket
1980Movie
Speaker
The Thralls' Children
1980Movie
Vores år
1980TV
Ludvig Blom
The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders
1979Movie
Egon Olsen
Jul i Gammelby
1979TV
Nissefar
The Revolt of the Thralls
1979Movie
Johnny Larsen
1979Movie
Kick Me in the Traditions!
1979Movie
Children of the Warriors
1979Movie
Matador
1978TV
Dr. Louis Hansen
The Olsen Gang Goes to War
1978Movie
Egon Olsen
Mirror, Mirror
1978Movie
You Are Not Alone
1978Movie
Kim's Father / Superintendent
Bandefører Balling
1978Movie
The Olsen Gang Outta Sight
1977Movie
Egon Olsen
Watch Your Back, Professor!
1977Movie
Konkurrerende redaktør
The Moelleby affair
1976Movie
Digter Mortensen
The Olsen Gang Sees Red
1976Movie
Egon Olsen
Hjerter er trumf
1976Movie
That Brief Summer
1976Movie
Baronen
Superfos Glasuld – et isoleret tilfælde
1976Movie
Egon Olsen
Aladdin or the Wonderful Lamp
1975TV
The Olsen Gang on the Track
1975Movie
Egon Olsen
The Goldcabbage Family
1975Movie
Leopold Phieselsknast
The Last Exploits of the Olsen Gang
1974Movie
Egon Olsen
Et dukkehjem
1974Movie
Sagfører Krogstad
The Hour of Parting
1973Movie
Michael Jacobsen
I Adams verden
1973Movie
The Olsen Gang Runs Amok
1973Movie
Egon Olsen
Noget om nisser
1972TV
Nu går den på Dagmar
1972Movie
The Olsen Gang's Big Score
1972Movie
Egon Olsen
Lenin, You Rascal, You
1972Movie
Mulligan
The Missing Clerk
1971Movie
Teodor Amsted
The Olsen Gang in Jutland
1971Movie
Egon Olsen
Hjemme hos William
1971Movie
Revolutionen i vandkanten
1971Movie
Mand fra en anden klode
Our Home Is Our Castle
1971Movie
Hr. Larsen
Famous Five Get in Trouble
1970Movie
Onkel Quentin
Revolution My A..
1970Movie
Arthur Antonsen
Tough Guys of the Prairie
1970Movie
Dommer
Amour
1970Movie
Gammel døv dame
The House at Christianshavn
1970TV
Larsen, Hr. Larsen
Give God a Chance on Sunday
1970Movie
Præst ved Roskilde Domkirke
The Only Way
1970Movie
Hr. Petersen
Tintin and the Temple of the Sun
1969Movie
Dupond/Dupont (stemme)
Five and the Spies
1969Movie
Onkel Quentin
Toppen og bolden
1969Movie
Fortæller (voice)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix
1969Movie
Egon Olsen
The Egborg Girl
1969Movie
Advokat Kurt Mikkelsen
Fun in the Streets
1969Movie
"Fløjten"
Along Came a Soldier
1969Movie
Baron Royal King von Konig
Kys til højre og venstre
1969Movie
Ruths Husband
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
1968Movie
Kristian
Days in My Father's House
1968Movie
Gunnar
The Olsen Gang
1968Movie
Egon Olsen
Magic in Town
1968Movie
Politiassistent Møller
Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run
1968Movie
Oberst ved konkurrerende regiment
What a Pity About Daddy
1968Movie
Det var en lørdag aften
1968Movie
Johansen
Farvel Thomas
1968Movie
Nyhavns glade gutter
1967Movie
Direktør Schwartz
Martha
1967Movie
Hovmester Watson
Love Thy Neighbour
1967Movie
Pastor Weigaard
Wife on vacation
1967Movie
Apoteker John Bjerre
Jeg er sgu min egen
1967Movie
Værgen
Det er ikke appelsiner - det er heste
1967Movie
The Reluctant Sadist
1967Movie
Baron
The Loose Tile
1966Movie
Principle
The Girl and the Viscount
1966Movie
Nielsen
Der var engang
1966Movie
Første frier
Søskende
1966Movie
Bedemanden
Tre små piger
1966Movie
Biebitz Von Biebitz
Flagermusen
1966Movie
Blind
Relax Freddy
1966Movie
David Smith
Strike First Freddy
1965Movie
David Smith
Een pige og 39 sømænd
1965Movie
Andersen
Mor bag rattet
1965Movie
The Girl and the Playboy
1965Movie
Andresen - advokat
It's Nifty in the Navy
1965Movie
Knud Hansen
Passer Babysitting Girls
1965Movie
Thorbjørn Hansen
En ven i bolignøden
1965Movie
Børge Blom
Don Olsen kommer til byen
1964Movie
Brandmand
Summer in Tyrol
1964Movie
Sigismund Sülzheimer
Når enden er go'
1964Movie
Thør
The Major's Guard
1964Movie
Major Clausen
Dust for all the Money
1963Movie
Thorbjørn Hansen
Bussen
1963Movie
Vik
A Day Without Lies
1963Movie
Frøken Nitouche
1963Movie
Ferdinand Piper, teaterdirektør
April
1963Movie
Lægeforsker Vagn Jochumsen
Peters landlov
1963Movie
Direktør William H. Schmidt
The Queen's Guardsman
1963Movie
Tam, "Kulsoen"s mand
Vi har det jo dejligt
1963Movie
Opfinderen
The Girl and the Press Photographer
1963Movie
Madsen
Drømmen om det hvide slot
1962Movie
Johan
Oskar
1962Movie
Direktør Bernhard Bang
Still Dust on the Brain
1962Movie
Thorbjørn Hansen
Det stod i avisen
1962Movie
Læge S. Gregersen
Sømænd og svigermødre
1962Movie
Peter Jensen - Kanustis ven
Crazy Paradise
1962Movie
Simon
Journey to the Seventh Planet
1962Movie
Barry O'Sullivan
Lykkens musikanter
1962Movie
Havemand Texas
The Musketeers
1961Movie
Tam
Dust on the Brain
1961Movie
Hr. Thorbjørn Hansen
Sorte Shara
1961Movie
Tom
Poeten og Lillemor i forårshumør
1961Movie
Anton
Forelsket i København
1960Movie
Carni
Baronessen fra benzintanken
1960Movie
Lars Tofte
The Greeneyed Elephant
1960Movie
Tolderen
The Poet and Lillemor and Lotte
1960Movie
Anton
Charley's Aunt
1959Movie
Charles Smith
Onkel Bill fra New York
1959Movie
Johnny Jensen
The Poet and the Little Mother
1959Movie
Anton
Styrmand Karlsen
1958Movie
Ole Olsen
Tag til marked i Fjordby
1957Movie
Knud Tofte
Der var engang en gade
1957Movie
Danselærer Johny Johnsen
Be Dear to Me
1957Movie
Den kloge mand
1956Movie
Færgekroen
1956Movie
Lars Tofte, kroejer og færgemand
Kispus
1956Movie
Max Møller
Hvad vil De ha'?
1956Movie
Gæst hos Hansens
Det var paa Rundetaarn
1955Movie
Hans Ramløse
På tro og love
1955Movie
Henry
Det er så yndigt at følges ad
1954Movie
I kongens klæ'r
1954Movie
Jens Rasmussen - rekrut 65
Father of Four
1953Movie
Bager Høst
Ved Kongelunden...
1953Movie
Vognstyrer Iversen
Den gamle mølle paa Mols
1953Movie
Buschauffør
Vi som går køkkenvejen
1953Movie
The Tove Andersen Criminal Case
1953Movie
Nolle
Det store løb
1952Movie
Fuld mand i bus
Rekrut 67 Petersen
1952Movie
"68"
Dorte
1951Movie
Hr. Smith
Vores fjerde far
1951Movie
All this - and Iceland too
1951Movie
Naalen
1951Movie
Helmer, kriminalassistent
Smedestræde 4
1950Movie
Ejnar - Pouls ven - cyklebud
En dag i radioen
1950Movie
En maler
The Red Horses
1950Movie
Niels Peter Dalum, Oles medstuderende
Kampen mod uretten
1949Movie
Berlingske Tidende 1749-1949
1949Movie
Næste Gang er det dig
1948Movie
Mand i cottoncoat
3 years after
1948Movie
Hotelkarlen
Kristinus Bergman
1948Movie
Bud med nøgle
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman
1948Movie
I de lyse nætter
1948Movie
Penge som græs
1948Movie
Hatten er sat
1947Movie
Lise kommer til byen
1947Movie
Discretion Wanted
1946Movie
Hans Store Aften
1946Movie