Biography
Poul David Reichhardt (2 February 1913 – 31 October 1985) was a Danish actor, well known for his roles in Danish 1940s/1950s comedies. Later on, he also played more serious and varied roles; he has also starred in Huset på Christianshavn, Matador and as various minor characters in the Olsen-banden films.
For almost thirty years Reichhardt was a leading Danish heroic charmer in movies and partly also on stage. His acting debut was in 1931 as an extra in the play Styrmand Karlsens flammer in Nørrebros Theater. Already during the 1930s he won himself a name, this was cemented during World War II and from 1945 he stood as the movie hero par excellence: the plain, regular, quick-witted, sometimes hot-tempered, but often humorous man playing in melodramas and comedies. His versatile talent of acting and singing created him a widespread area as an artist.
Poul Reichhardt got a special popularity during his performing in the so-called Morten Korch movies in the 1950s based upon novels written by a just as popular Danish regionalist light literate – here he normally played the honest young farmer fighting for his happiness and for his love. Often criticised for playing in low quality products he always did his best even in poor roles and his temporary overplay and loudness was compensated by his engagement and self-irony. Perhaps his best movie roles were as a resistance man (De røde Enge - "The Red Meadows", 1945), and as the soldier in Soldaten og Jenny, ("The Soldier and Jenny", 1947. His ability as a singer even made him opera roles (Papageno in The Magic Flute) and though normally considered a typical "man of the people" he also mastered the role as a man of the world.
Besides his many popular roles Reichhardt also, mostly on stage, emerged into a respected character actor (Biff and later Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman, Archie in Osborne's The Entertainer, several Shakespeare roles). He also dubbed the animated films Fantasia and The Sword in the Stone when they were released in Danish. Not leaving the heroic line until relatively late he won a new popularity in elder roles also on TV. Perhaps his most popular one was as the blustering and intolerant but yet sympathetic furniture remover Olsen in the series Huset på Christianshavn ("The House on Christianshavn"). In the fall of 1981, he suffered a cerebral hemorrhage, which left him partially paralyzed. For the last four years of his life, the popular actor was dependent on a wheelchair, and Poul Reichhardt died at the age of 72 on October 31, 1985.
Reichhardt is the father of actor Peter Reichhardt.
Filmography
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Movies 130
TV Shows 3
self 2
The Olsen Gang Long Gone (1981)
Torvet (1981)
Slægten (1978)
Bandefører Balling (1978)
Watch Your Back, Professor! (1977)
Terror (1977)
The Moelleby affair (1976)
Barselstuen (1976)
Lørdagshjørnet (1976)
Den dobbelte mand (1976)
The Olsen Gang on the Track (1975)
Nineteen Red Roses (1974)
Erasmus Montanus (1973)
The Olsen Gang's Big Score (1972)
I morgen, min elskede (1971)
Our Home Is Our Castle (1971)
Revolution My A.. (1970)
The House at Christianshavn (1970)
Me and My Kid Brother and Doggie (1969)
The Olsen Gang in a Fix (1969)
Kys til højre og venstre (1969)
Flagermusen (1968)
The Red Horses (1968)
The Olsen Gang (1968)
Me and My Kid Brother and the Smugglers (1968)
Me and My Kid Brother (1967)
Martha (1967)
Jeg er sgu min egen (1967)
Flagermusen (1966)
Venom (1966)
Ballerina (1966)
The Heir to Næsbygaard (1965)
Landmandsliv (1965)
Passer Babysitting Girls (1965)
Kampen om Næsbygaard (1964)
Death Comes at High Noon (1964)
The Castle (1964)
Paradise and Back (1964)
South of Tana River (1963)
Gudrun (1963)
Sikke'n familie (1963)
April (1963)
Peters landlov (1963)
Dronningens vagtmester (1963)
Der brænder en ild (1962)
Rikki og mændene (1962)
Det stod i avisen (1962)
The Counterfeit Traitor (1962)
Jetpiloter (1961)
Mine tossede drenge (1961)
Komtessen (1961)
Det skete paa Møllegaarden (1960)
Faith, Hope and Witchcraft (1960)
Helle for Helene (1959)
3 må man være (1959)
Vagabonderne paa Bakkegaarden (1958)
Seksdagesløbet (1958)
6-Day Race (1958)
Verdens rigeste pige (1958)
Englen i sort (1957)
Sønnen fra Amerika (1957)
Jeg elsker dig (1957)
Flintesønnerne (1956)
Qivitoq (1956)
Taxa K-1640 efterlyses (1956)
Kispus (1956)
My Daughter Nelly (1955)
På tro og love (1955)
The Blinded (1955)
The Heir (1954)
A Sailor goes ashore (1954)
Hendes store aften (1954)
Fløjtespilleren (1953)
Father of Four (1953)
Adam and Eve (1953)
Husmandstøsen (1952)
Det store løb (1952)
2 Minutes Late (1952)
Det gamle guld (1951)
Frihed forpligter (1951)
Meet Me on Cassiopeia (1951)
All this - and Iceland too (1951)
Mosekongen (1950)
Café Paradis (1950)
Min kone er uskyldig (1950)
The Red Horses (1950)
Det gælder os alle (1949)
The Viking Watch of the Danish Seaman (1948)
Jenny and the Soldier (1947)
My Name Is Petersen (1947)
Lise kommer til byen (1947)
We Meet at Tove's (1946)
Fyrtøjet (1946)
Red Meadows (1945)
De kloge og vi gale (1945)
The Invisible Army (1945)
Stop tyven (1945)
Mens sagføreren sover (1945)
Otte akkorder (1944)
Besættelse (1944)
Elly Petersen (1944)
Melody of a Murder (1944)
Det ender med bryllup (1943)
En pige uden lige (1943)
The Burning Question (1943)
Moster fra Mols (1943)
Tyrannens fald (1942)
Frk. Vildkat (1942)
Tag til Rønneby kro (1941)
Peter Andersen (1941)
En mand af betydning (1941)
Far skal giftes (1941)
I de gode gamle dage (1940)
Jens Langkniv (1940)
Nordhavets mænd (1939)
De tre måske fire (1939)
Fröken Julia jubilerar (1938)
Alarm (1938)
Der var engang en vicevært (1937)
Frk. Møllers jubilæum (1937)
Incognito (1937)
Panserbasse (1936)
Millionærdrengen (1936)
Snushanerne (1936)
Week-end (1935)
Barken Margrethe (1934)
Ud i den kolde sne (1934)
Københavnere (1933)
Fem raske piger (1933)
Tango (1933)
With Full Music (1933)
He, She and Hamlet (1932)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1913-02-02
Deathday1985-10-31 (72 years old)
Birth PlaceGanløse, Denmark
RelationshipsCharlotte Ernst (1962-06-25 - 1973-06-11), Margareta Fahlén (1955-05-31 - 1962-01-01), Lili Lani (1946-05-20 - 1955-01-01)
ChildrenCaroline Reichhardt, Peter Reichhardt
RelativesRoberta Reichhardt
CitizenshipsKingdom of Denmark
Also Known AsПауль Рейхардт, Поуль Рейхардт, Пол Райхардт, Поуль Райхардт
AwardsKnight of the 1st Class of the Order of the Dannebrog, Teaterpokalen, Bodil Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role
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