Aage Hertel

Aage Hertel (17 October 1873 – 3 January 1944) was a Danish stage, radio and film actor whose career began in the 1890s working as a stagehand and set painter. Hertel appeared in approximately ninety films during the silent film area.

Early life and career Aage Hertel was born in Frederiksberg to Royal Danish Army colonel Harald Christian Hertel and Michaelle Elisabeth (née Thomsen) Hertel. After he finished his studies, he began working as a stagehand and set painter before studying drama at the Royal Danish Theatre in Copenhagen. In 1901, he began an engagement as an actor at the Dagmarteatret in Copenhagen which lasted until 1909. He played on various tours of the Danish provinces and in Norway before beginning an engagement at the Odense Teater for the 1923–1924 season.

In 1917, he founded Den Danske Filmskole, an academy for devoted to creating stage and film costume, makeup and effects, which utilized putty and plastics. The academy was only short-lived, however and closed shortly afterward.

Personal life and death On 20 June 1901, Hertel married Olivia Wilhelmine "Lulla" Omsted while on a theatre tour in Oslo.

Selected filmography Den farlige alder (1911) Pax aeterna (1917) Häxan (1922) Jokeren (1928) Millionærdrengen (1936)