Svend Methling

Svend Methling (1 October 1891 – 4 June 1977) was a Danish actor and film director.

He was a director for Dansk Skolescene 1924–1929, for Folkescenen 1925 and for Komediehuset 1929–1930. He also worked as a director at the Det Ny Teater between 1926 and 1929. From 1932 to 1962 he worked as an actor in numerous films – often family musical oriented films. During this time he also directed several films, but the bulk of his work on film was in the 1940s. In 1946 he directed The Tinderbox, the first Danish animated feature film, animated by Børge Ring.

Selected filmography as an actor Der var engang - 1922 Hadda Padda - 1924 Kirke og orgel - 1932 Champagnegaloppen - 1938 Det store ansvar - 1944 Familien Gelinde - 1944 Den usynlige hær - 1945 Soldaten og Jenny - 1947 Tre år efter - 1948 For frihed og ret - 1949 Berlingske Tidende (film) - 1949 Historien om Hjortholm - 1950 Unge piger forsvinder i København - 1951 Fra den gamle købmandsgård - 1951 Husmandstøsen - 1952 Kærlighedsdoktoren - 1952 The Crime of Tove Andersen (1953) We Who Go the Kitchen Route (1953) Karen, Maren og Mette - 1954 Bruden fra Dragstrup - 1955 Der kom en dag - 1955 En kvinde er overflødig - 1957 Tre piger fra Jylland - 1957 Ingen tid til kærtegn - 1957 Sømænd og svigermødre - 1962