# Poul Bundgaard

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{{Short description|Danish actor and singer (1922–1998)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Poul Arne Bundgaard
| image       = Poul Bundgaard.jpg
| image_size  = 250px
| caption     = Poul Bundgaard 1991
| birth_date  = {{birth date|df=y|1922|10|27}}
| birth_place = [Hellerup](/source/Hellerup), Denmark
| death_date  = {{death date and age|df=y|1998|6|3|1922|10|27}}
| death_place = [Gentofte](/source/Gentofte), Denmark
}}
'''Poul Arne Bundgaard''' (27 October 1922 – 3 June 1998) was a Danish actor and singer. He is probably best known for his role as the henpecked Kjeld in the ''[Olsen-banden](/source/Olsen-banden)'' films.

He also appeared in the 1966 spy film ''[Strike First Freddy](/source/Strike_First_Freddy)'' as the villain, and as the elf Gammel Nok in ''[The Julekalender](/source/The_Julekalender)''.

==Biography==
In addition to having appeared in a large number of Danish films, Bundgaard starred in a number of [operetta](/source/operetta)s in the late 1940s until the 1950s, and worked at the [Royal Danish Theatre](/source/Royal_Danish_Theatre) as a singer between 1958 and 1973; however, he focused mostly on acting later on in his career, partly due to [stage fright](/source/stage_fright).<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller/838.html | title=Poul Bundgaard | publisher=Den danske film database | accessdate=7 January 2016 | language=Danish }}</ref>

He died during the filming of ''[Olsen-bandens sidste stik](/source/The_Olsen_Gang's_Last_Trick)'' and [Tommy Kenter](/source/Tommy_Kenter) was used as stand-in for some of the scenes while [Kurt Ravn](/source/Kurt_Ravn) did his voice.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://politiken.dk/kultur/filmogtv/ECE1480237/guide-seks-film-hvor-alt-gik-galt/ | title=Guide: Seks film hvor alt gik galt | work=Politiken | date=15 December 2011 | accessdate=7 January 2016 | author=Grøn, Tommy | language=Danish}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IMDb name|id=0120381|name=Poul Bundgaard}}
* [http://www.danskefilm.dk/skuespiller/838.html Profile] (in Danish) from the Danish Film Database
* [http://www.olsenbandenfanclub.de/darsteller/poul_bundgaard.php Olsenbandenfanclub Deutschland :: Poul Bundgaard als Kjeld Jensen ::] (in German)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060525041901/http://dnfx.dfi.dk/pls/dnf/pwt.page_setup?p_pagename=dnfnavn&p_parmlist=navneid=779 Profile] (in Danish) from the Danish Film Institute

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Category:Danish male film actors
Category:20th-century Danish male opera singers
Category:Danish resistance members
Category:20th-century Danish male actors
Category:Danish male stage actors
Category:People from Gentofte Municipality
Category:Musicians from the Capital Region of Denmark
Category:Burials at Mariebjerg Cemetery

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