--- name: "Carl Schenstrøm" canonical: "https://film.one/person/carl-schenstrm" fi1m_id: "carl-schenstrm" imdb_id: "nm0234670" tmdb_id: 591198 wikidata_id: "Q547604" roles: ["Actor"] born: "13 November 1881" died: "10 April 1942" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T06:03:43.646695+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Carl Schenstrøm ## Identity Carl Schenstrøm - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/carl-schenstrm - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** carl-schenstrm - **IMDb ID:** nm0234670 - **TMDB ID:** 591198 - **Wikidata ID:** Q547604 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schenstr%C3%B8m, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/591198 Actor. Born 13 November 1881 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Died 10 April 1942. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 13 November 1881, Copenhagen, Denmark - **Died:** 10 April 1942 - **Also known as:** Karl Georg Harald Schenstrøm - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Schenstr%C3%B8m, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q547604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0234670/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/591198 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Last Laugh*](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md) (84) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Carl Schenstrøm, also credited as Karl Georg Harald Schenstrøm, was a Danish actor born on 13 November 1881 in Copenhagen, where he died on 10 April 1942. He trained as a bookbinder before making his stage debut in 1903 at Nørrebros Teater and his film debut around 1910. He is best known as one half of the comedy duo Fyrtårnet og Bivognen (Fy og Bi), playing the tall, thin Fyrtårnet opposite Harald Madsen as Bivognen. The pair appeared together in dozens of films from 1921 to 1940, many directed by Lau Lauritzen, and achieved international success. Schenstrøm also had a supporting role as a wedding musician in F. W. Murnau's *The Last Laugh* (1924) and directed one film, *Midt i byens hjerte* (1938). *Sources: imdb.com, da.wikipedia.org, biografiskleksikon.lex.dk.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Last Laugh* (1924), Fi1m 84, as Wedding Musician — [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md) ## Complete filmography (89) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fy og Bi på eventyr* (1955), as Fyrtaarnet - *Her er vi igen* (1952), as Fyrtaarnet - *I de gode gamle Dage* (1940), as Fyrtaarnet - *Pat und Patachon im Paradies* (1937), as Pat - *Bleka greven* (1937), as Fyrtornet - *Stowaways* (1936), as Pat, blinder Passagier - *Mädchenräuber* (1936), as Pat - *Circus Saran* (1935), as Clown - *With Full Music* (1933), as Fyrtårnet - *He, She and Hamlet* (1932), as Fyrtårnet - *In the Army* (1932), Actor - *Pat and Patachon Invent the Gunpowder* (1931), as Fy - *Beware of the Girls* (1930), as Fy - *1000 German words* (1930), Actor - *William Tell and Son* (1930), as Fyrtaarnet - *The Mannequins* (1929), as Pat (Fyrtaarnet) - *Clever Cannibals* (1929), Actor - *Detectives* (1929), as Fy - *Cocktails* (1928), as Gin - *The Film Heroes* (1928), as Fyrtaarnet - *The King of Pelicania* (1928), as Fyrtaarnet, suffløren - *The Thunderstones* (1927), as Fyrtaarnet - *At the North Sea* (1927), as Fyrtarrnet - *Strength and Beauty* (1927), Actor - *Schwiegersöhne* (1926), Actor - *Don Quixote* (1926), as Don Quixote - *The Wheel of Fortune* (1926), as Fy - *The Ebberöd Bank* (1926), Actor - *The Wolf Hunters* (1926), as Fyrtaarnet - *The Demon Boxer* (1926), as Fy - *Millionaires* (1925), Actor - *Zwei Vagabunden im Prater* (1925), Actor - *Constable Paulus’ Easter Cracker* (1925), as Lunken - *The Bilberries* (1925), as Fy - *The Last Laugh* (1924), as Wedding Musician — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-last-laugh.md) - *The Mill* (1924), Actor - *At the Mediterranean* (1924), Actor - *Luck* (1924), Actor - *Professor Petersen's Pals* (1924), Actor - *The Run Away Bride* (1923), Actor - *The Refound Daughter* (1923), Actor - *Can Love Be Cured?* (1923), Actor - *Lodgers of Seventh Heaven* (1923), Actor - *Among Merry Musicians* (1922), Actor - *He, She and Hamlet* (1922), Actor - *Landligger - Idyl - Vandgang* (1922), as Fyrtaarnet - *Sunshine, Summer and Students* (1922), Actor - *We're Coming Back* (1922), Actor - *The Film and the Flirt* (1921), as Fyrtaarnet - *Our Mutual Friend* (1921), Actor - *The Chicken Chaser* (1921), Actor - *Love and Burglars* (1921), as Fyrtaarnet - *A Bachelor Husband* (1921), as Alfred - Amandas kavaljer - *The Racer* (1920), Actor - *Be Mine – for Tomorrow* (1920), as Nicolaus Persson - *The Master Hypnotist* (1919), Actor - *Nelly's Knights* (1919), Actor - *Towards the Light* (1919), as Djævelen - *The Blackleg* (1919), Actor - *Puss in Boots* (1918), as Man at party - *The Henpecked Husband’s Birthday* (1918), Actor - *The Treasure-Hat* (1918), Actor - *The Face in the River* (1918), Actor - *She Writes on a Machine* (1918), Actor - *His Phony Son* (1918), Actor - *Thief of Hearts* (1917), Actor - *Dance Frenzy* (1917), Actor - *The Love Potion* (1916), Actor - *The Trumpeter and the Author* (1916), Actor - *Oh! That Cheese* (1916), Actor - *The Candle and the Moth* (1915), Actor - *The Sweep Will Call Tomorrow* (1914), Actor - *The Woman with the Red Hair* (1914), Actor - *Alone At Last* (1914), Actor - *Love's Devotee* (1914), Actor - *Fred as Soldier* (1913), Actor - *In a Den of Lions* (1912), Actor - *En moders kærlighed* (1912), Actor - *The Story of a Mother* (1912), Actor - *A Homecoming* (1912), Actor - *The Vampire Dancer* (1912), Actor - *A Victim of the Mormons* (1911), as Larssons Mormon Friend - *The Big Win* (1911), Actor - *In the Hands of Imposters* (1911), as Grev X - *The Love of a Gypsy Girl* (1911), Actor - *The Black Hood* (1911), as Politibetjent - *Peder Tordenskjold* (1910), Actor - *A False Alarm* (1910), Actor - *The Child as Benefactor* (1909), as Tavern patron ## Gallery - ![Carl Schenstrøm](https://film.one/media/person/3849584/gallery-69abe4c66a82.jpg) Carl Schenstrøm — Unknown authorUnknown author, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Film_still_Kys%2C_klap_og_kommers.tif/lossy-page1-1280px-Film_still_Kys%2C_klap_og_kommers.tif.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Carl Schenstrøm](https://film.one/media/person/3849584/gallery-5d0bbb9b44ba.jpg) Carl Schenstrøm — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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