Peter Jørgen Frydendahl (1766-1830), was a Danish stage actor. He belonged to the elite actors of the Royal Danish Theatre from 1786. He was described as a versatile actor, was active also as a singer, and particularly noted for his comic roles, for which he was called the most noted of his time. He was also principal of the acting school from 1816.
Early life and education Frydendahl grew up as the son of textile merchant Hans Peter Frydendahl (c. 1705-91) and Kirstine Mortensdatter (c. 1745-94) but his real father was Hans Wilhelm von Warnstedt who had served as managing director of the Royal Danish Theatre since 1876. He was apprenticed as an office clerk before his father got him into the Royal Theatre's singing school where he studied under Michel Angelo Potenza.
Career He had his debut on 7 December 1786 as Belcour in The West Indian followed by a role as Charles in The School for Scandal. Both performances were poorly received.
Personal life Frydendahl was the spouse of Catharine Frydendahl.
List of roles 1780s 1780 Den vægelsindede as Musikant 1785 Den døve elsker as Den fremmede 1786 Den stundesløse as Lars Dintfas, skriverkarl 1786 Figaros giftermaal as Tjener 1786 Vestindianeren as Belcour, ung vestindianer 1787 Bagtalelsens skole as Charles 1787 Barselstuen as Godthard, kantor 1787 Claudina af Villa Bella as Vagt 1787 Crispin lakaj og doktor as Leander, Alcines elsker 1787 Crispin sin herres rival as Valerius 1787 De nysgerrige mandfolk as Eraste, Julies elsker 1787 Den ellevte Juni as Proprietær / Vægter 1787 Den gerrige as Graaben 1787 Den nysgerrige as Grev Donner 1787 Den stolte as Philinte, Isabellas frier 1787 Den stundesløse as Barber 1787 Det uventede møde as Banu, slave 1787 Don Juan as Ragotin 1787 Emilie Galotti as Conti, maler 1787 Enke- og ligkassen as Bud 1787 Eugenie as Sir Carl, Eugenies broder 1787 Gert Westphaler as Apotekerdreng 1787 Greven af Walltron as Von Lictenau, adjudant 1787 Henrik den fjerdes jagt as Jean, jæger 1787 Hververne as Baron Wengfort 1787 Jeppe paa Bjerget as Baronens sekretær 1787 Kilderejsen as Leander 1787 Købmanden i Smyrna as Spanier 1787 Mediceerne as Montsec 1787 Melampe as Gamle Pandolfus 1787 Plutus as Moralist / Raadsherre 1787 Søofficererne as Smirk, gadejunker 1787 Ulysses von Ithacia as Kejser Asverus 1788 Aglae as Erastenes 1788 Aktierne as Frands Kronskjold 1788 Bagtalelsens skole as Charles 1788 Barberen i Sevilla as Alkade 1788 Datum in Blanco as Barthold, officer 1788 Den bedragne formynder as Fuldmægtig 1788 Den ellevte Juni as Proprietær / Vægter 1788 Den forlegne forfatter as Pladder 1788 Den gerrige as Valerius 1788 Den politiske as kandestøber Sanderus 1788 Den stundesløse as Lars Dintfas 1788 Den sværmende filosof as Turburgio 1788 Den taknemlige as søn Mikkel, bondekarl 1788 Den uheldige lighed as Denbigh 1788 Desertøren af sønlig kærlighed as Stich, korporal 1788 Det lykkelige skibbrud as Leander 1788 Florentineren as Leander 1788 General Schlenzheim og hans familie as Vagtmester Zelle 1788 Hekseri as Byvagt 1788 Henrik og Pernille as Leander 1788 Jeppe paa Bjerget as Baronens sekretær 1788 Jægerne as Rudolph 1788 Markeder as Løjtnant 1788 Pernilles korte frøkenstand as Leander 1788 Skotlænderinden as Kafégæst 1788 Skovbyggeren as Dolmon 1789 Aglae as Erastenes 1789 Apothekeren og doctoren as Politikommisær 1789 Bagtalelsens skole as Henry Bumper 1789 Barselstuen as Officer 1789 De to gerrige as Mustafa / Ali 1789 Den pantsatte bondedreng as Postkarl 1789 Den stundesløse as Barber / Lars Dintfas 1789 Den sværmende filosof as Florian, Clarices elsker 1789 Den uformodentlige forhindring as Valerius, spradebasse 1789 Desertøren as Eisenfelt, vagtmester 1789 Det unge menneske efter moden as Strax 1789 Det uventede møde as Kalender 1789 Don Juan as Don Alfonse 1789 Fejltagelserne as Krogæst 1789 Forbryderen af ærgerrig as Baron von Ritau 1789 Greven af Olsbach as von Wernin 1789 Henrik den Fjerdes jagt as Marki Conchiny 1789 Henrik og Pernille as Leander 1789 Hververne as Kittmann, vagtmester 1789 Julestuen as Leander 1789 Myndlingen as Valerius 1789 Ringen as Opvarter 1789 Tartuffe as Damon 1790 Damon og Phytias as Leptimus 1790 De aftakkede officerer as von Fannenberg 1790 De nysgerrige fruentimmere as Valerius
1879s 1790 De to gerrige as Ali 1790 De tre forpagtere as Jacob, Sørens søn 1790 Den stundesløse as Leander, Leonoras elsker 1790 Desertøren af sønlig kærlighed as Stich, korporal 1790 Det gavmilde testamente as Eraste, Isabelles kæreste 1790 Dobleren as Valerius, dobleren 1790 Frode og Fingal as Alf 1790 Grovsmeden as Bastian 1790 Italienerinden i London as Lord Arespingh 1790 Jacob von Tyboe as Officer 1790 Julie as Præsident 1790 Kun seks retter as Fritz 1790 Selim og Mirza as Orcan, sømand 1790 Skovbyggeren as Jæger 1790 Steffen og Lise as Jacob 1790 Søofficererne as Simmons 1790 Zemire og Azor as Sander, persisk købmand 1791 Aglae as Erastenes 1791 Bagtalelsens skole as Henry Bumber 1791 Balders Død as Thor 1791 Barselstuen as Officer 1791 Den honette ambition as Leander, Leonoras forlovede 1791 Den naturlige søn as Hr. Blushenley 1791 Den værdige fader as Grev Monheim 1791 Høstgildet as Thord Halvorson 1791 Lilla as Lubin, hyrde 1791 Richard Løvehjerte as Florestan 1791 Strelitzerne as Officer 1791 Syngesygen as Chrysante 1791 Taknemlighed og utaknemlighed as Løjtnant Berlau 1791 Zarine as Fire Sacer 1792 Aglae as Erastenes 1792 Bagtalelsens skole as Henry Bumber 1792 Balders Død as Thor 1792 Barselstuen as Gothard, kantor 1792 De forstilte utroskaber as Mondor 1792 Den bogstavelige udtydning as William 1792 Den døve elsker as Georg 1792 Den nysgerrige as Prins Kasimir 1792 Den skinsyge kone as Lord Trinket 1792 Feen Ursel as Oberjægermester 1792 Indianerne i England as Samuel, toldinspektør 1792 Jeppe paa Bjerget as Baronens sekretær / Doktor 1792 Maskeraden as Leander 1792 Myndlingerne as Hofraad Fressel 1792 Papegøjen as Ludvig 1792 Skotlænderinden as Kafégæst 1793 Apothekeren og doctoren as Politikommisær 1793 De to hatte as Hr. von Mørbak 1793 Indtoget as Bræger, degn 1793 Lise og Peter as Jespersen, købmand 1794 Apothekeren og doctoren as Politikommisær 1795 Aftenen as Vilhelm Steenberg 1795 Apothekeren og doctoren as Stødvel, apoteker 1795 Bagtalelsens skole as Gæst 1795 Barselstuen as Offic 1795 De to søskende as Dorval 1795 De to venner as Saint Albin, general told-forpagter 1795 Den stundesløse as Christoffer Federmesser 1795 Den værdige kone as Hr. Berg 1795 Det unge menneske efter moden as Strax 1795 Fejltagelserne as Marlow 1795 Gamle og nye sæder as Grøndal den yngre 1795 Gulddaasen as Visberg, proprietær 1795 Hekseri as Dommer 1795 Høstgildet as Hans Jensen 1795 I oprørt vand er godt at fiske as Baron 1795 Kinafarerne as Merian 1795 Kjolen fra Lyon as Hr. von Hornau 1795 Kong Theodorus i Venedig as Theodorus, konge af Korsika 1795 Minna af Barnheim as Ricaut de la Marliniere 1795 Moderen as Hr. von Horst 1795 Peter bryllup as Hans Smed 1795 Renaud d'Ast as Hr. Lisimon, guvernør 1795 Rosenbruden i Salency as Herremand 1795 Serenaden as Degnen 1795 Steffen og Lise as Jacob 1795 Strelitzerne as Soukaninn 1795 Zemire og Azor as Zander, persisk købmand 1796 Advokaterne as Justitsråd Gleiser 1796 Barberen i Sevilla as Grev Almaviva 1796 Barselstuen as Officer 1796 Den overtroiske as Hans Snak, urtegaardsmand 1796 Den politiske kandestøber Sanderus 1796 Den skarpe kniv kan let faa skaar Hofraad Reichenstein 1796 Den værdige fader Grev Monheim 1796 Dyveke Kong Christiern den anden 1796 Festen i Valhal Thor 1796 Gulddaasen Visberg, proprietær 1796 Indtoget Bræger, degn 1796 Kuren Schrep 1796 Landsbypigen Orgon, Sophies formynder 1796 Peters bryllup Hans Smed 1796 Ringen Grev Klingsberg 1796 Skotlænderinden Kafégæst 1796 Søofficererne Grev Worthinton 1796 Vinhøsten Oberst Tosberg 1796 Væddemaalet Marki af Blainville 1797 Bagtalelsens skole Gæst 1797 Barnlig kærlighed Armand 1797 Coquetten og den forstilte kyskhed Damis, Cephises mand 1797 De fire formyndere Sir Phillip Modelove 1797 De noble passioner Grev Blomsterkrantz 1797 De snorrige fættere Hr. Orgon 1797 Den stundesløse Leander / Erik Madsen, bogholder 1797 Dragedukken Gæst 1797 Embedsiver Justitsraad Listar 1797 Galejslaven Greven af Anplace 1797 Hververne Kittmann, Vagtmester 1797 Jaordet Ville, købmand 1797 Jockeyen Damon 1797 Jøden Charles Ratchliffe 1797 Lykkens hjul Woodville 1797 Menneskehad og anger Major von der Horst 1797 Niels Ebbesen af Nørreris Stig Andersen 1797 Nonnerne Postkarl 1797 Sammensværgelsen mod Peter d. Store En fransk officer 1797 Strelitzerne Soukaninn 1797 Venskab paa prøve Blandford, skibskaptajn 1798 Bagtalelsens skole Gæst 1798 Barselstuen Officer 1798 Den ellevte Juni Proprietær 1798 Den skinsyge kone Major Oakly 1798 Det unge menneske efter moden Lisimon 1798 Elskernes skole Astolfo 1798 Entreprenøren i knibe Polifem, entreprenør 1798 Falsk undseelse Justitsraad Heldmand 1798 Fejltagelserne Roller, en ung julinsk helt 1798 Pebersvendene Poul Jensen 1798 Peters bryllup Hans Jensen 1798 Rejsen til Byen Hofraad Reising 1798 Ringen Grev Klingsberg 1798 Skumlerne Edward smith 1799 Bortførelsen Arvire, en britannisk Fyrste 1799 Desertøren Eisenfelts, vagtmester 1799 Emigranterne Aldrende emigrant 1799 Hekseri Dommer 1799 Hververne Baron Plume 1799 Medbejlerne Major Schreckenfeldt 1799 Naturens Røst Belcour, Claires Fader 1799 Philip og Annette Martin, kræmmer 1799 Udstyret Kammerraad Wallmann 1800 De pudserlige arvinger Baron von Falkenburg 1800 Den stundesløse Erik Madsen, Bogholder
1800s ' 1800 Det lykkelige skibbrud as Officer 1800 Fredsmægleren as Dorval 1800 Herman von Unna as Greven af Unna 1800 Landsbyteatret as Kaptajn Lavish 1800 Min bedstemoder as Lafleur 1800 Nonnerne as Frontin 1800 Optimisten as Oberst Dalberg 1800 Ægteskabsforslaget as Cazini, Rosalines onkel 1801 Advokaterne as Justitsraad Gleiser 1801 Armod og høimodighed as Peter Plum 1801 Barberen i Sevilla as Grev Almaviva 1801 De forliebte haandværksfolk as Partout 1801 De to grenaderer as Sans-Regret, Dragon 1801 Herman von Unna as Greven af Unna 1801 Hvad vil folk sige? as Officer 1801 Høstgildet as Thord Halvorsen 1801 Indtoget as Bræger, degn i en Landsby 1801 Myndlingerne as Kansler Flessel 1801 Pebersvendene as Poul Jensen 1801 Sølvbrylluppet as Grev Skjoldholm 1801 Udstyret as Kammerraad Wallmann 1802 Armod og høimodighed as Claus 1802 Barberen i Sevilla as Grev Almaviva 1802 Den fattige familie as Grandin 1802 Den politiske kandestøber as Sanderus 1802 Den snedige brevvexling as Fougère, historie-Maler 1802 Hjemkomsten as Poul Hansen 1802 Octavia as Ventidius, romersk general 1802 Onkelrollen as Dorval, handelsmand 1802 Operetten as Florimon 1802 Syv tusinde Rigsdaler as Kaptajn Hennings 1803 Barberen i Sevilla as Grev Almaviva 1803 Barselstuen as Officer 1803 Coquetten og den forstilte kyskhed as Damis, Cephises mand 1803 De fire formyndere as Sir Phillip Modelove 1803 De lystige passagerer as Saint-Hilaire, skuespiller 1803 De to dage as Guiscardo 1803 Den stundesløse as Erik Madsen, Bogholder 1803 Den værdige fader as Grev Wodmar 1803 En time borte as Merinval 1803 Lønkammeret as Dupont 1803 Pebersvendene as Poul Jensen 1803 Pigen fra Marienborg as Alexander Menzikoff, fyrste 1803 Ponce de Léon as Caffardo 1803 Rivalerne as Hr. Orgon 1803 Rosenkæderne as Thøger, broder til Norbeks første kone 1803 Skumlerne as Grev von scharfeneck, premierminister 1804 Advokaterne as Justitsraad Geisler 1804 Balders død as Thor 1804 Barnlig kærlighed as Armand 1804 Barselstuen as Officer 1804 Den logerende as Sommer, godsejer 1804 Kun seks retter as Major von Wurmb 1804 Kvaksalverne as Robert 1804 Nytaarsgaven as Meerval, en rig mand