Osvald Helmuth

Osvald Helmuth (14 July 1894 – 18 March 1966) was a Danish stage and film actor and revue singer.

HIs career began in Randers in 1913, and he later appeared in the Nørrebro Teater in Copenhagen. In 1929 he got his big break with the revue song Ølhunden glammer by Poul Henningsen.

In 1936 he appeared in his first film, Cirkusrevyen, a musical comedy in which he displayed his singing talents, directed by acclaimed directors Lau Lauritzen, Jr. and Alice O'Fredericks. This paved the way for a successful film career in the 1930s and 1940s, successively appeareing in leading roles in musical comedies directed by these people such as Der var engang en vicevært (1937), En fuldendt gentleman (1937) but also thrillers such as Blaavand melder storm (1938). After the family film Familien Olsen in 1940, Helmuth ended his duel partnership with Lauritzen Jr. and Fredericks and in 1941 played the leading role in Emanuel Gregers's En mand af betydning in which he starred alongside Inger Stender and Sigrid Horne-Rasmussen . Helmuth did however reconcile with Fredericks in 1947 in the comedy Stjerneskud, co-directed with Jon Iversen.

In 1960 he performed as a narrator in the short documentary film directed by Jørgen Roos, A City Called Copenhagen. The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short.