Biography
Ejner Federspiel was a Danish actor. He was born on 12 August 1896 in Aarhus and died on 21 November 1981. He trained at the school attached to Det ny Teater and had engagements at Odense and Aarhus theatres before joining Betty Nansen Teatret in 1924, where he remained for eighteen years.
Federspiel appeared in fifty-eight films between 1934 and 1981. He played Peter Petersen (uncredited) in Carl Theodor Dreyer's Ordet (1955), a role he had earlier performed on stage as Mikkel Borgen in Kaj Munk's play. He was married to Gunver Fønss; their daughter Birgitte Federspiel was also an actress and appeared with him in the film. He took supporting roles in several entries in the Olsen Gang series, including The Olsen Gang (1968), The Olsen Gang Runs Amok (1973) and The Olsen Gang Never Surrenders (1979).
