Holger Petersen

(b. **/**/1892? - d. **/**/****). Actor. Despite the fact that between 1916 and 1919, Holger Petersen acted in nine silent films for African Film Productions, nothing much is known about him. Initially he played supporting roles, but in Copper Mask he had the title role as the highwayman who falls in love with Adele Fillis. In June 1919, shortly after that film’s release, it was announced that he had joined Norman H. Lee’s Rand School of Cinema Acting, but August saw the opening of the Holger Petersen School of Cinema Acting and Dramatic Art. A mining contractor named Holger Petersen, born in 1892, came to South Africa in 1912 at the age of 20 on board the Braemar Castle.

FILMS: A Zulu’s Devotion (Lorimer Johnston/1916), The Splendid Waster (Lorimer Johnston/1916), De Voortrekkers (Harold M. Shaw/1916), And Then--- (Dick Cruikshanks & Joseph Albrecht/1917), The Piccanin’s Christmas (Dick Cruikshanks & Joseph Albrecht/1917), The Symbol of Sacrifice (Dick Cruikshanks/1918), Bond and Word (Dick Cruikshanks/1918), Copper Mask (Joseph Albrecht/1919), Fallen Leaves (Dick Cruikshanks/1919). (FO)