{{Short description|Norwegian actor and singer (1887–1974)}} {{Infobox person | image = OB.F06483c Carl Struve.jpg | caption = Carl Struve circa 1935 | name = Carl Struve | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1887|04|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = Halden, Norway | death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|11|26|1887|04|12|mf=y}} | death_place = Oslo, Norway | resting_place = Cemetery of Our Saviour | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = | spouse = | children = | mother = | father = | relatives = }}
'''Carl Struve''' (April 12, 1887 – November 26, 1974) was a Norwegian actor and singer. He studied singing with Wilhelm Kloed and made his debut at the National Theater in Oslo in 1908. Struve was engaged with the theater until 1919, when he also made his US debut.<ref>{{cite news |title=Talks Modernism and Native Land. Carl Struve Discusses Music in Norway |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107080636/carl-struve-1887-1974/ |work=The Journal and Tribune |date=December 7, 1919 |location=Knoxville, TN |page=22 |accessdate=August 6, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{Open access}}</ref> He also performed at a number of theaters in Stockholm, Finland, and the UK from 1921 to 1928. From 1935 to 1959, he worked as an actor at the Central Theater.<ref name="NBL">{{cite encyclopedia |last1=Vanberg |first1=Vidar |title=Carl Struve |encyclopedia=Norsk biografisk leksikon |year=2022 |url=https://nbl.snl.no/Carl_Struve |language=Norwegian |accessdate=August 6, 2022}}</ref>
As a singer, Struve mastered a demanding repertoire, and he was praised for his role as Canio in ''Pagliacci''.<ref name="NBL"/>
== Lead roles in operas == * ''Carmen'' as Don José * ''Mignon'' as Wilhelm Meister * ''Madama Butterfly'' as B. F. Pinkerton * ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' as Hoffmann
== Roles as a stage actor == * ''Pygmalion'' as Alfred Doolittle * ''Rosmersholm'' as Ulrik Brendel
== Filmography == {{colbegin}} * 1936: ''Morderen uten ansikt'' as Berge, a country merchant * 1940: ''Tørres Snørtevold'' as a lawyer * 1941: ''Hansen og Hansen'' as Blunke * 1943: ''Den nye lægen'' as Øyvind, Ulrich's younger brother * 1944: ''En herre med bart'' as Byberg, a mason * 1946: ''To liv'' as Gustafsen * 1948: ''Det var en gang'' as the wanderer * 1948: ''Trollfossen'' as Melsom, a board member * 1950: ''Min kone er uskyldig'' as the guest at hotel in Norway * 1951: ''Kranes konditori'' as Buck, a lawyer * 1954: ''I moralens navn'' as Balthazar Krahn-Johnsen * 1961: ''Den store barnedåpen'' (television theater) as the priest {{colend}}
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==External links== * {{IMDb name|0835385|name=Carl Struve}} * [https://www.svenskfilmdatabas.se/sv/item/?type=person&itemid=141576 Carl Struve] at the Swedish Film Database * [https://filmfront.no/aktor/50984/carl-struve Carl Struve] at Filmfront * [https://sceneweb.no/nb/artist/19730 Carl Struve] at Sceneweb
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