Paul Hagen

Acting

Born March 19, 1920, København, Danmark

Paul Hagen was one the most famous Danish actors after the Second World War. He was born on 19th of March 1920 in Copenhagen. His father was painter named Åge Falck Rasmussen, his mother was an opera singer named Anna Hagen. Hagen was accepted into Frederiksberg's theatre school in 1944. He finished his education as an actor in 1945. He had his debut as an actor in 1944 in the play "Livet er jo dejligt" on "Riddersalen" in Copenhagen. He then worked at Aarhus theatre (until 1951). In 1953 he got famous for a song he made for "Fiffer Revyen". The song where entitled: "Lille Lise let-på-tråd". He worked in various theatres throughout the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. He finally said goodbye to theatre in 1998. Hagen had his debut in film in 1952, with the film: "Kærlighedsdoktoren". Hagen subsequently worked in 118 movies, plus TV series. In 1961 he worked with Preben Kaas, in "To skøre ho'der", were both of them wrote, produced, directed and acted in. In movies he frequently played a friend of the hero or a bright sidekick. Hagen had much success in the Danish film-series: "Støver-filmene", "Soldaterkammerater-filmene" and "Sengekants-filmene". Other notable appearances in film are: Bussen (1963), Hvis lille pige er du? (1963), Martha (1967), Ballade på Christianshavn (1971), Olsen-banden på sporet (1975) and Walter og Carlo - op på fars hat (1985). He married twice; first time with actress Asta Esper Hagen Andersen, with whom he had a son - Esper Hagen, who later also became an actor. He later married a woman named Alice Martens. On TV Hagen got very famous, throughout Denmark, with his role as the animal shop-clerk Clausen, in the very famous Danish TV series "Huset på Christianshavn" (1970). Hagen also acted in "Krummernes Jul" (1996). He died on the 20th of May 2003 and is buried in the cemetery: Langø Kirkegård, on Lolland.

Filmography

• Bølle Bob — Sjokke
• 1999Manden som ikke ville dø — Nielsen
• 1998Bølle Bob — Sjokke
• Krummernes jul — Svendsen
• 1994The Crumbs 3: Dad's Bright Idea — Vicevært Svendsen
• Blackout — Hr Sjöstrøm
• The Gønge Chieftain — Kasper Dam
• 1992The Return — The protestant priest
• 1990Casanova — Albin
• 1986Hvor der er vilje, er der vej — Carl August Lorentzen
• 1985Walter and Carlo - Up on Daddy's Hat — Manfred
• Anthonsen — Bjerre
• One Big Family — Sigurd Henriksen, bogholder
• D.A.S.K. — Olsen
• 1981The Olsen Gang Long Gone — Chef
• 1980Assassination — Knudsen
• 1980Danmark er lukket — Tomaten
• 1980Sparekassen - eller Når enden er god, er alting godt — Hr. Skaarup
• 1978Agent 69 Jensen in the Sign of Sagittarius — Dr. Schmierkäse
• 1977En ordentlig omgang — Advokat Andersen
• 1977The Olsen Gang Outta Sight — Hansen
• 1976Barselstuen — Troels
• 1976Bedside Sailors
• 1976Jumpin' at the Bedside — Ingeniør Poulsen
• 1975Come to My Bedside — Hagbard
• 1975Girls at Arms — First Lieutenant Prås
• 1975The Olsen Gang on the Track — Godtfredsen
• 1974Nøddebo præstegård — Ovesen
• 1974Pigen og drømmeslottet — Bette Ras
• 1973Bedside Romance — Jacobsen
• 1973På'en igen Amalie — Advokatfuldmægtig Larsen
• Vinterbyøster — Carlo Caramella
• 1972Bedside Head — Holst
• 1972Bedside Highway — Driver
• 1971Bedside Dentist — Advokat Schultze
• 1971Gold for the Tough Guys of the Prairie — Shorty
• 1971Our Home Is Our Castle — Dyrehandler Clausen
• 1970Amour — 1. brandmand
• 1970Bedroom Mazurka — Herbert Holst
• 1970Hooray for the Blue Hussars — Krovært
• 1970Revolution My A.. — Grønthandler
• The House at Christianshavn — Hr. Clausen
• 1970The Song of the Red Ruby — Faderen
• 1970Tough Guys of the Prairie — Shorty
• 1969Along Came a Soldier
• 1969Kys til højre og venstre — Bartender
• 1969The Olsen Gang in a Fix — Hansen
• 1969Toppen og bolden — (voice)
• 1968Bamse — Bellevue hotel clerk
• 1968Friends at Arms: On a Bear Run — Menig 613
• 1968Stormvarsel
• 1968The Olsen Gang — Hansen (uncredited)
• 1967Love Thy Neighbour — Bådebygger Myserud
• 1967Martha — Radiotelegrafist Marius Knudsen
• 1967Nyhavns glade gutter — Viggo
• 1967The Reluctant Sadist — Privatchauffør
• 1966Flagermusen — Frosch
• 1966I, A Lover — Torbjørn Pauce
• 1966The Girl and the Viscount — Bastian Gyldenstjerne
• 1966The Loose Tile — Psychiatrist
• 1966Tre små piger
• 1965It's Nifty in the Navy — Svend Nielsen
• 1965Jensen længe leve!
• 1965Mor bag rattet — Olsen
• 1965Passer Babysitting Girls — Sælger
• 1965The Girl and the Playboy — Morris - butler hos Jens Møller
• 1964Mord for åbent tæppe — Oluf Svendsen
• 1964Selvmordsskolen — Taler foran Folketinget
• 1964Summer in Tyrol — Photographer Schmidt
• 1964The Major's Guard — Sørensen
• 1963A Day Without Lies
• 1963Bussen — Kæmneren
• 1963Dust for all the Money — Smart sælger
• 1963Frøken Nitouche — Oppasser hos ritmester Schmuck
• 1963Hvad med os? — Fotografen
• 1963Hvis lille pige er du? — Benny
• 1963The Girl and the Press Photographer — Søren
• 1963Three Girls in Paris — Frederik
• 1962Crazy Paradise — Poul Ibenholdt
• 1962Friends at Arms: Causing Mischief — Henrik Didriksen (617)
• 1962Prinsesse for en dag
• 1962Still Dust on the Brain — Fotograf
• 1961Den grønne elevator
• 1961Dust on the Brain — Sælgeren
• 1961Een blandt mange — Kunstmalerens ven
• 1961Friends at Arms: On Autumn Exercises — Henrik Didriksen (617)
• 1961Peter's baby — Holgersen - flypassager
• 1961The Boy Who Loved Horses — Oles stedfar
• 1961To skøre ho'der — Paul Jensen, Director
• 1960Friends at Arms: Operation Camel — Henrik Didriksen (617)
• 1960Gymnasiepigen
• 1959Friends at Arms: Marching Out — Henrik Didriksen (617)
• 1959The Poet and the Little Mother — Postbudet
• 19586-Day Race — Søren Kristensen
• 1958Friends at Arms — Henrik Didriksen (617)
• 1958Møde ved midnat — Han
• 1958Verdens rigeste pige — Journalist Lund
• 1957Henrik and Pernille
• 1957Jeg elsker dig
• 1957Night Girls — Mand der bliver rullet
• 1957Tag til marked i Fjordby — F. I. Duus
• 1957Tre piger fra Jylland
• 1956Hvad vil De ha'? — Husar
• 1956Kristiane af Marstal — Frederik
• 1956Taxa K-1640 efterlyses — "Spætten", taxachauffør
• 1955Det var paa Rundetaarn
• 1954A Sailor goes ashore — Værtshusgæst
• 1954I kongens klæ'r — Gadebetjent
• 1954Jan går til filmen — Produktionsleder
• 1954Sukceskomponisten — Steen, Mogens' bror
• 1954The Heir — Mads Olsen
• 1953Father of Four — Indbrudstyv
• 1952Kærlighedsdoktoren — 2. Kontorist
• 1952Ta' Pelle med — Gustav