Aage Hertel (17 October 1873 – 3 January 1944)[1] was a Danish stage, radio and film actor whose career began in the 1890s working as a stagehand and set painter.
[2] He was often cast in the villainous roles and is possibly best known for starring roles in the Gar-el-Hama film series that ran in installments from 1911 until 1918, directed, in parts, by Eduard Schnedler-Sørensen and Robert Dinesen, and as John Smith in the A. W. Sandberg directed series Manden med de ni Fingre, which ran in installments from 1915 until 1917.
[1] Another prominent role was that of the Witch Judge in director Benjamin Christensen's 1922 Danish-Swedish coproduction silent horror film Häxan.
[2][3] In 1917, he founded Den Danske Filmskole, an academy for devoted to creating stage and film costume, makeup and effects, which utilized putty and plastics.
[3] His last silent film role was as Jonny in the 1928 Georg Jacoby directed drama Jokeren, a Danish-German-French coproduction which featured an international cast including Gabriel Gabrio, Elga Brink, Renée Héribel, and Henry Edwards.