Paul Hagen

Paul Hagen was one the most famous Danish actors after the Second World War He was born on 19th of March 1920 in Copenhagen His father was painter named Åge Falck Rasmussen his mother was an opera singer named Anna Hagen Hagen was accepted into Frederiksbergs theatre school in 1944 He finished his education as an actor in 1945 He had his debut as an actor in 1944 in the play Livet er jo dejligt on Riddersalen in Copenhagen He then worked at Aarhus theatre until 1951 In 1953 he got famous for a song he made for Fiffer Revyen The song where entitled Lille Lise letpåtråd He worked in various theatres throughout the 50s 60s 70s 80s and 90s He finally said goodbye to theatre in 1998 Hagen had his debut in film in 1952 with the film Kærlighedsdoktoren Hagen subsequently worked in 118 movies plus TV series In 1961 he worked with Preben Kaas in To skøre hoder were both of them wrote produced directed and acted in In movies he frequently played a friend of the hero or a bright sidekick Hagen had much success in the Danish filmseries Støverfilmene Soldaterkammeraterfilmene and Sengekantsfilmene Other notable appearances in film are Bussen 1963 Hvis lille pige er du 1963 Martha 1967 Ballade på Christianshavn 1971 Olsenbanden på sporet 1975 and Walter og Carlo op på fars hat 1985 He married twice first time with actress Asta Esper Hagen Andersen with whom he had a son Esper Hagen who later also became an actor He later married a woman named Alice Martens On TV Hagen got very famous throughout Denmark with his role as the animal shopclerk Clausen in the very famous Danish TV series Huset på Christianshavn 1970 Hagen also acted in Krummernes Jul 1996 He died on the 20th of May 2003 and is buried in the cemetery Langø Kirkegård on Lolland