Dirch Hartvig Passer (18 May 1926 – 3 September 1980) was a celebrated Danish actor. He was greatly renowned for his improvisational skills and, with a filmography comprising 90 movies, one of Denmark's most prolific actors. His life is depicted in the Danish semi-biographical film A Funny Man (2011, Danish title Dirch) directed by Martin Zandvliet.[1]
When he was young, Passer was very shy, but had an ambition to become an actor. Instead, he conformed to his father's wishes by attending the J. Lauritzen sea training school near Svendborg in 1944. But since he had persistent problems with seasickness, he later attended the drama school De frederiksbergske teatres Elevskole.
During the 1950s he formed a duo with his colleague and friend Kjeld Petersen.[2] Their revue sketches, based upon the contrast between Petersen's mixture of joviality and desperate anger and Passer's deadpan responses, are still considered classics by the public. The sudden death of Kjeld Petersen in 1962 led Passer to avoid revues for five years, but he built up an individual reputation and in 1967 he returned to the revue gaining new victories. Many thin jokes in the scripts were greatly improved by his performance. In particular, his many amiable eccentrics and "nature experts" together with his sketch roles as a baby and as a nonsense "Russian"-speaking clown made him famous. From his later years must be mentioned an almost silent sketch in which he portrays a man's vain attempt to stop smoking (also shown in West German TV). It was told that he could speak any language, however he wouldn't understand any of it, which was one of his good qualities.
In his life, Dirch Passer wanted to play more serious roles instead of remaining in comedy. However, his image as a comedian was so solid that his attempt to break into serious acting proved to be unsuccessful.[3]
Career
He was often referred to as a loud actor in spite of the fact that under-acting was responsible for much of his force. A Danish critic, Jens Kistrup, once said that one of the secrets behind the comedy of Passer was its combination of elements that are normally regarded as incompatible. He possessed noisiness and discretion, loudness and quietness, boundlessness and complete control, craziness and softness – all this combined with a special intimacy with the audience.[citation needed] Among the inspirations he mentioned Joe E. Brown but he was also known for his admiration of the British comedian Tommy Cooper. In his films, which were of very mixed quality, he often played kind and somewhat crazy "Everymen" or antiheroes. Among his best movie roles were stage roles transferred to film; here must be mentioned the hero in Charley's Aunt (1959), Celestin-Floridor in Frøken Nitouche (1963) and Leopold in Summer in Tyrol (i.e. The White Horse Inn, 1964).
He was so popular with the audience that they loved anything he said or did. I remember one performance at Circusrevyen where he lumbered up to the centerstage mic and just stood there for 30 seconds, silent. (30 seconds is a long time in this scenario!) Then, he took a deep, noisy breath and said: "Hrmpff." The audience roared with laughter. After that, the show finally went on.
Numerous Danish actors see him as a role model. In day-to-day life he was quite shy in behaviour, somewhat the opposite of his theatrical appearances.
Death
He collapsed just off stage, dressed as a clown for the opening number of the season premiere of Tivolirevyen [da], dying shortly after arrival at the hospital.
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Dirch Passer news newspapers books scholar JSTOR January 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Dirch Hartvig Passer 18 May 1926 3 September 1980 was a celebrated Danish actor He was greatly renowned for his improvisational skills and with a filmography comprising 90 movies one of Denmark s most prolific actors His life is depicted in the Danish semi biographical film A Funny Man 2011 Danish title Dirch directed by Martin Zandvliet 1 Dirch PasserDirch Passer 1974 BornDirch Hartvig Passer 1926 05 18 18 May 1926Osterbro Copenhagen DenmarkDied3 September 1980 1980 09 03 aged 54 Copenhagen DenmarkOccupation s Actor comedianYears active1947 1980Spouse s Hanne Bjerre da no Sigrid Horne RasmussenPartner s Judy Gringer Bente AskjaerChildrenDorte Passer da Carsten Krog nielsen born 7 August 1951 and Josefine Passer born 13 January 1966 Contents 1 Life 2 Career 3 Death 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 External linksLife EditWhen he was young Passer was very shy but had an ambition to become an actor Instead he conformed to his father s wishes by attending the J Lauritzen sea training school near Svendborg in 1944 But since he had persistent problems with seasickness he later attended the drama school De frederiksbergske teatres Elevskole During the 1950s he formed a duo with his colleague and friend Kjeld Petersen 2 Their revue sketches based upon the contrast between Petersen s mixture of joviality and desperate anger and Passer s deadpan responses are still considered classics by the public The sudden death of Kjeld Petersen in 1962 led Passer to avoid revues for five years but he built up an individual reputation and in 1967 he returned to the revue gaining new victories Many thin jokes in the scripts were greatly improved by his performance In particular his many amiable eccentrics and nature experts together with his sketch roles as a baby and as a nonsense Russian speaking clown made him famous From his later years must be mentioned an almost silent sketch in which he portrays a man s vain attempt to stop smoking also shown in West German TV It was told that he could speak any language however he wouldn t understand any of it which was one of his good qualities In his life Dirch Passer wanted to play more serious roles instead of remaining in comedy However his image as a comedian was so solid that his attempt to break into serious acting proved to be unsuccessful 3 Career EditHe was often referred to as a loud actor in spite of the fact that under acting was responsible for much of his force A Danish critic Jens Kistrup once said that one of the secrets behind the comedy of Passer was its combination of elements that are normally regarded as incompatible He possessed noisiness and discretion loudness and quietness boundlessness and complete control craziness and softness all this combined with a special intimacy with the audience citation needed Among the inspirations he mentioned Joe E Brown but he was also known for his admiration of the British comedian Tommy Cooper In his films which were of very mixed quality he often played kind and somewhat crazy Everymen or antiheroes Among his best movie roles were stage roles transferred to film here must be mentioned the hero in Charley s Aunt 1959 Celestin Floridor in Froken Nitouche 1963 and Leopold in Summer in Tyrol i e The White Horse Inn 1964 Dirch Passer right with composer Aage Stentoft He was so popular with the audience that they loved anything he said or did I remember one performance at Circusrevyen where he lumbered up to the centerstage mic and just stood there for 30 seconds silent 30 seconds is a long time in this scenario Then he took a deep noisy breath and said Hrmpff The audience roared with laughter After that the show finally went on Numerous Danish actors see him as a role model In day to day life he was quite shy in behaviour somewhat the opposite of his theatrical appearances Death EditHe collapsed just off stage dressed as a clown for the opening number of the season premiere of Tivolirevyen da dying shortly after arrival at the hospital Selected filmography EditSikken en nat da 1947 Publikum uncredited Stjerneskud 1947 Hendes hardtslaende ven Lykke pa rejsen 1947 Statist Den opvakte jomfru 1950 Somand i 1520 Som sendt fra himlen 1951 Soldat Dorte 1951 Amerikaner Vi arme syndere 1952 Vaertshusgaest Vejrhanen 1952 Ekspeditionssekretaer i Kirkeministeriet Rekrut 67 Petersen 1952 Lillebilchauffor Larsen Dromsemester 1952 Mogens Jensen Solstik 1953 Politimanden Ved kongelunden 1953 Konduktor Svendsen Sju svarta be ha 1954 Jens Nielsen I kongens klae r 1954 Soren Rask rekrut 66 Sju svarta be ha 1954 Sol sommer og badevand da 1954 Far och flyg 1955 Peder Det var paa Rundetaarn 1955 Hans Ramlose musiker Hvad vil De ha 1956 Jansen Den store gavtyv 1956 K M M Mathisen Faergekroen 1956 Erik Hansen Tag til marked i Fjordby 1957 Lange Emil Andersen Dirch amp Kjeld hos C amp G da 1957 Short Krudt og klunker 1958 Fotograf Styrmand Karlsen 1958 Valdemar Bogelund Pigen og vandpytten 1958 Fabrikant Munk Mode ved midnat 1958 TV Short Mr Fox Dirch amp Kjeld blir nye mennesker da 1958 Short Poeten og Lillemor 1959 Bageren Onkel Bill fra New York 1959 Hans Hoj Soldaterkammerater rykker ud 1959 Vagtsoldat Charles tante 1959 Grev Ditlev Lensby Vi er allesammen tossede 1959 Sporvognskonduktor Knudsen TV te vands 1959 TV Movie Chef Poeten og Lillemor og Lotte 1960 The baker Elefanter pa loftet 1960 Dennis Baronessen fra benzintanken 1960 Hans Hoy Somand i knibe 1960 Freddy Summer and Sinners 1960 Kansas Joe Skibet er ladet med 1960 Guvernor Alfond d 1 Alfond d 2 Panik i paradis 1960 Greven Forelsket i Kobenhavn 1960 Kunstmaler Kobolski Reptilicus 1961 Petersen Peters baby 1961 William Thorsen Poeten og Lillemor i forarshumor 1961 Bageren Stov pa hjernen 1961 Alf Thomsen Gongehovdingen 1961 Ib Lykkens musikanter 1962 Elevatorforer Gogol Han Hun Dirch og Dario 1962 Eigil Hansen Det tossede paradis 1962 Angelus Bukke Somaend og svigermodre 1962 Kanusti Mogensen Filmdesorientering da 1962 Short Det stover stadig 1962 Alf Thomsen Oskar 1962 Martin Kristiansen Svinedrengen og prinsessen pa aerten 1962 voice Venus fra Vesto 1962 Ditlev Egede Schack Pigen og pressefotografen 1963 Bastian Vi har det jo dejligt 1963 Thorvald Madsen Hvis lille pige er du 1963 Hans Froken Nitouche 1963 Floridor Celestin Bussen 1963 Buschauffor Martin Tre piger i Paris 1963 Kok Harald Mikkelsen Stov for alle pengene 1963 Alf Thomsen Majorens oppasser 1964 Thomas Edison Hansen Sommer i Tyrol 1964 Leopold Ulrik Joackim Brantmeyer Blajackor 1964 Sam Don Olsen kommer til byen 1964 Thorsen Har kommer barsarkarna 1965 Garm Passer passer piger 1965 Alf Thomsen Fladens friske fyre 1965 Valdemar Jensen Pigen og millionaeren 1965 Jens Moller Jag en alskare 1966 Mortensen Der var engang 1966 Kasper Roghat Slap af Frede 1966 Fettucino Pigen og greven 1966 Andreas Lillelys Copenhagen Design 1967 TV Movie Elsk din naeste 1967 Olaf Cirkusrevyen 67 1967 Onkel Joakims hemmelighed 1967 Fyrst Fingernem uncredited Mig og min lillebror 1967 Soren Severinsen Soldaterkammerater pa bjornetjeneste 1968 Vagtkommandor 419 uncredited Mig og min lillebror og storsmuglerne 1968 Soren Severinsen Min sosters born vaelter byen 1968 Dr Mogensen Dyrlaegens plejeborn 1968 Dyrlaege Linsager Musikken var af Kai Normann Andersen 1968 TV Movie Sjov i gaden 1969 Peter Jensen Pigen fra Egborg 1969 John Sogaard Mig og min lillebror og Bolle 1969 Soren Severinsen Kyrkoherden 1970 Bartolomeus Amour 1970 Blikkenslager Noglen til paradis 1970 Gudmund praest og rejsearrangor Praeriens skrappe drenge 1970 Biggy Hurra for de bla husarer 1970 Spjellerup Den Gyldenblonde fortaeller 1970 TV Movie Hvor er liget Moller 1971 Vilhelm Harlung Guld til praeriens skrappe drenge 1971 Biggy Min sosters born nar de er vaerst 1971 Viggo Takt og tone i himmelsengen 1972 Grev Axel von Hasteen Lenin din gavtyv 1972 General Ludendorff Solstik pa badehotellet 1973 Doktor Gra Mig og mafiaen 1973 Victor Viffer Hansen Mafiaen det er osse mig 1974 Victor Viffer Hansen Dirch 1974 TV Movie Himself Babyen Piger i trojen 1975 Oversergent Vasby Spogelsestoget 1976 Theodor Teddy T Thonder Piger i trojen 2 1976 Vasby Alt pa et braet 1977 Alfred Emanuelsen Piger til sos 1977 Seniorsergent Vasby Faengslende feriedage 1978 Faengselsinspektor FrostReferences Edit imdb com A Funny Man Jesper Gaarskjaer March 2011 Kjeld amp Dirch Historien om Danmarks storste komikerpar ArtPeople ISBN 978 87 7108 387 3 Tommy Gustafsson 2015 Nordic Genre Film Edinburgh University Press pp 2 ISBN 978 0 7486 9319 1 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dirch Passer Dirch Passer at IMDb Who was Dirch Passer article at Eurochannel Retrieved from https en 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