ACTOR

Viggo Larsen

1880 - 1957

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Viggo Larsen (14 August 1880 – 6 January 1957) was a Danish film actor, director and producer from the early silent era to the 'talkies'. He appeared in 140 films between 1906 and 1942. He also directed 235 films between 1906 and 1921. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Viggo Larsen has received more than 24,430 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Viggo Larsen is the 3,932nd most popular actor (down from 3,739th in 2019), the 436th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 26th most popular Danish Actor.

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  • 24k

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  • 49.30

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 19

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.95

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.79

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Viggo Larsen ranks 3,932 out of 13,578. Before her are Rory McCann, Osvaldo Ríos, Ingvar Eggert Sigurðsson, Rosenda Monteros, Alexandra Rapaport, and Pankaj Kapur. After her are Jason Scott Lee, Ellen Corby, Virginie Efira, Joe Manganiello, Martin Ferrero, and Khandi Alexander.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1880, Viggo Larsen ranks 151. Before her are Thomas H. Ince, Jesse L. Lasky, Seán O'Casey, Oswald Veblen, Fred Alexander, and Louis Hémon. After her are Radclyffe Hall, Lawrence Oates, Hans Moser, Xhafer Ypi, Kullervo Manner, and Francis de Miomandre. Among people deceased in 1957, Viggo Larsen ranks 156. Before her are Carl-Gustaf Rossby, P. C. Chang, Leopold Staff, Elizabeth Hesselblad, Alice Milliat, and Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. After her are Gustav Mie, Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, Piero Carini, Demetrio Neyra, Aleksey Remizov, and Ronald Knox.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Viggo Larsen ranks 436 out of 1,032. Before her are Lis Hartel (1921), Johan Jensen (1859), Ludvig Holstein-Holsteinborg (1815), Claes Bang (1967), Lorenz Frølich (1820), and Brian Steen Nielsen (1968). After her are Jørgen Leth (1937), Lauge Koch (1892), Kaare Klint (1888), Christen Sørensen Longomontanus (1562), Patricia Crone (1945), and Emil Hartmann (1836).

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Among ACTORS In Denmark

Among actors born in Denmark, Viggo Larsen ranks 26. Before her are Sofie Gråbøl (1968), Johanne Luise Heiberg (1812), Thomas Bo Larsen (1963), Thure Lindhardt (1974), Vivi Bach (1939), and Claes Bang (1967). After her are Ole Ernst (1940), Nils Asther (1897), Betty Nansen (1873), Paprika Steen (1964), Pilou Asbæk (1982), and Lili Bech (1883).

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Television and Movie Roles

Lion Hunting
Lion Hunter
Two big game hunters are on safari in the jungle with their African guide. They observe zebras, ostrich and a hippopotamus, and catch a small monkey for a pet. During the night they are awakened by a lion which kills a small goat and then the hunters' horse. The hunters shoot the lion as it stands by the water on a beach. They discover another lion and shoot it also. The lions are gutted and skinned. The happy hunters sit and smoke cigarettes afterward.
Nov 11th 19084.3 / 10
The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law
Anarkisten
The Anarchist's Mother-in-Law premiered on October 23, 1906. It featured director Viggo Larsen as the anarchist and Margrethe Jespersen as his wife. The movie is about a mother-in-law disturbing the house peace. (Stumfilm.dk)
Oct 23rd 19063.5 / 10
The Tinderbox
Soldaten
Viggo Larsen’s adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's famous fairy tale about the soldier who gets hold of a magic tinderbox capable of calling forth three dogs with big eyes that can fulfill all his wishes. When the soldier has one of the dogs transport a sleeping princess to his room, he is arrested and sentenced to death. But his adventure, as we know, does not end here.
Oct 3rd 19073.75 / 10