Roose studied at the
Emmanuel Larsen and debuted in 1901 at the
Aarhus Theatre as Leander in
The Christmas Shop and was employed at Aarhus Theatre until 1904. He also had an "official" debut as Wilfrid Brudenell in
Nemesis, but most notable was his performance of
Erasmus Montanus figure. Then he was in the periods 1904-1919 and 1922-1951 associated with the
Royal Theatre stage director. In the years 1919-1923 he was director of
Dagmar Theatre, and organized in 1922, guest performances from
Artist Theatre in
Moscow. From 1927-1950, he was also a teacher at
drama school and the first
stage director from 1931 to 1939. He gave a series of lectures on the reading of
Danish and
classical literature and
drama at the University in the years 1925-1931. Thorkild Roose had farewell performance at the
Royal Theatre with its brilliance role as the lovable
Portuguese cardinal in
Kardinalernes Dinner on October 25, 1951, the 50th anniversary of his debut. In 1910, he starred as Count in his first film
The Apparently Dead and managed to contribute in nearly 20
silent films and a smaller number of sound
film. Silent films include:
Through Struggle To Victory,
Her Honor,
Gold Coin,
A Difficult Choice and
Exchange Victim. He is remembered for his role as pastor Absalon, whose wife is cheating on him with his own son in the movie
Day of Wrath from 1943. Thorkild Roose was chairman of the Danish School Scenes of Representatives from 1922 to 1954 and then
honorary member. He was a member of the Radio Council Programme 1937-1954 and president of the 3rd Nordic Theater Congress in 1948. In 1940 he received Theatre trophy and in 1943 he was Studenternes honorary artist - in 1951 he was awarded the medal Ingenio et Arti and in 1958 he became an honorary member of the Danish Solistforbund. He was married June 27, 1902 in
Copenhagen with Lillian Amalie Eleonora Kirstine Krøldrup (30 March 1880 - 18 December 1960). ==References==