Holger Munk

Holger Munk

Born: March 21, 1924
Died: September 2, 2005
Holger Munk (Andersen) begyndte i 1947 at læse hos Einar Juhl og blev uddannet på Det Kongelige Teaters elevskole 1948-1950. I denne periode spillede han mindre roller bl.a. i "Omstigning til paradis" og "Den stundesløse". Samtidig fik han sin sangstemme uddannet. Efter afgangsprøven blev han engageret til Aarhus Teater med debut i "Sankt Hansaften-spil". Han fik sit gennembrud i Riddersalen i 1950erne. Siden var han free lance skuespiller, fx havde han roller i "Nitouche" og "Napoleons vaskepige" på Det Ny Scala i 1958. Fra 1960-66 var han en af hovedkræfterne på Aalborg Teater med elskerroller i "Ruths bog" og "Vildfuglen" og "Helligtrekongersaften" og som den rare bøsse i "En duft af honning" i 1960 og med komiske roller som Barberen i "Folk og røvere i Kardemomme by" i 61 og Fyrstinde Grace i "Gidslet" og "Jean de France" i 62, men også alvorlige som Pateren i "Andorra" og som Baronen i "Båndet" i 64. Han var også en dygtig lærer på elevskolen. Og siden har han haft engagementer på Nørrebros Teater, Gladsaxe Teater, Betty Nansen Teatret og Folketeatret. Fra 1972-1984 var han teaterleder på det turnerende Hvidovre Teater, hvor han skabte en lang række bemærkelsesværdige forestillinger. Derefter etablerede han sit eget turneteater - Motivteatret - som dog kun kom til at vare i tre år. I slutningen af 1980erne og op gennem 1990erne medvirkede han i en række forestillinger på Aarhus Teater og siden på Det kgl. Teater, bl.a. i "Richard III", "Don Carlos" og "Sparekassen". Udover medvirken i en række film har han også medvirket i TV-serier som "Taxa" og "Hvide løgne", ligesom han har lagt stemme til flere tegnefilm. Han har medvirket i en lang række hørespil samt haft mange oplæsninger. Han har desuden haft instruktøropgaver ved teater og radio. Holger Munk medvirkede såvel i danske film som i udenlandske produktioner. Uden for teatret har Holger Munk siden 50erne dyrket sit talent for malerkunsten og han har udstillet på museer, gallerier og i kunstforeninger, ligesom hans værker indgår i såvel offentlige som private samlinger i en lang række lande. Holger Munk giftede sig med skuespillerinden Susanne Bruun Koppel den 4. juni 1963 i Budolfi Kirke, Aalborg.

Movies for Holger Munk...

Stolen Spring
Title: Stolen Spring
Released: January 29, 1993
Type: Movie
At their 25th high-school anniversary some bourgeois citizens remember their time in school as a happy one. In reality it was quite the contrary. The school was a madhouse in which the teachers, especially Blomme, tormented the students. As a result one of them became a murderer.
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Crumb at a Gallop
Title: Crumb at a Gallop
Released: December 4, 1992
Type: Movie
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Murder in Paradise
Title: Murder in Paradise
Character: Stationsbetjent
Released: October 14, 1988
Type: Movie
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The Boy Who Disappeared
Title: The Boy Who Disappeared
Character: Deputy Police Commissioner
Released: February 17, 1984
Type: Movie
Fed up with his quarreling middle class parents, thirteen-year-old Jonas runs away from home. He seeks his freedom in the woods, where he befriends a girl his own age and a drunken ex-pilot, who offers him some warmth and understanding.
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Topsy Turvy
Title: Topsy Turvy
Released: October 6, 1983
Type: Movie
An uptight young man and his equally uptight family moves next door to a hedonistic clan, including the beautiful, sexy Topsy, who charms the new neighbor boy Tom. But Tom discovers that the price of loving Topsy may be higher than he's willing to pay -- she insists on absolute honesty and a life and love without possession or exclusivity.
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Title: Opfinderkontoret
Character: Embedsmand
Released: May 8, 1982
Type: TV
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Mændenes Forbund
Title: Mændenes Forbund
Character: Mandlig dommer
Released: May 17, 1981
Type: Movie
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Title: En by i provinsen
Character: Fotohandler
Released: April 9, 1977
Type: TV
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Dummy Partner
Title: Dummy Partner
Released: August 27, 1976
Type: Movie
The last part of the trilogy about the Vesterbro Root Per, which differs from "The Flight" (1973) and "Per" (1975) by being more comedy. Per has become socially adapted, he gets married and gets permanent work. In his rise live two originals, Kasper and his blind friend Holger, who are busy revealing housing fraud in the neighborhood.
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Per
Title: Per
Released: January 22, 1975
Type: Movie
Ole Ernst stars as an energetic conman lured into trying to set a factory on fire to catch in on the insurance. The plan backfires and both the factory owner, his wife and the conman hunted by the police must flee to Sweden.
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Anne og Paul
Title: Anne og Paul
Character: Anthonsen
Released: January 4, 1975
Type: Movie
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Nineteen Red Roses
Title: Nineteen Red Roses
Character: Direktør Pelving
Released: August 17, 1974
Type: Movie
After his girlfriend is killed in an automobile accident, a man decides the best revenge on those responsible is to murder their loved ones.
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Hjemme hos William
Title: Hjemme hos William
Released: March 28, 1971
Type: Movie
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Den fine mand
Title: Den fine mand
Character: Spillemesteren
Released: January 1, 1971
Type: Movie
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The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
Title: The Veterinarian's Adopted Children
Character: Nyrespecialist
Released: November 29, 1968
Type: Movie
The Veterinarian's Adopted Children is a 1968 Danish comedy film directed by Carl Ottosen and starring Dirch Passer.
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Vi er allesammen tossede
Title: Vi er allesammen tossede
Released: December 18, 1959
Type: Movie
After a gruesome meeting with the tax authorities Alex Alexander takes a drive in the countryside to calm down. While driving, he accidentally runs into an elephant from a circus. When he is stopped by the police and tells them about the elephant they think he is crazy. He is committed to an asylum by the very authorities his taxes are funding. The doctor tries to convince him that the elephants were not really there, but he gets more help from manic fellow patient Knudsen who makes him realize that everybody in the world is crazy in some way.
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Fellowship of the Frog
Title: Fellowship of the Frog
Character: Sergeant Rubby
Released: September 4, 1959
Type: Movie
Both Scotland Yard and an amateur American sleuth are tracking a master criminal known as The Frog. This moniker refers to the bulging-eyed mask worn by the evildoer, and is reflected by the frog icons painfully tatooed onto the forearms of his henchmen. The trail leads to the country manor of an enigmatic, steely-eyed nabob, whose repressed son has eyes for the artistes at the Lolita cabaret, and whose lovely daughter captures the fancy of both the American playboy and the villain himself. Murder, kidnapping and seduction ensue.