After being a student at Odense Theatre and then having the opportunity to play small roles on several Copenhagen stages, he entered the Royal Theatre's student school in 1952.
In the following years he appeared mostly in the capital's theatres, but also spent a number of years at the Aarhus Theatre.
Bertel Lauring had several roles in radio and television and managed to record a number of films.
He is buried in Bispebjerg Cemetery.
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