Ove Verner Hansen (20 July 1932 – 20 February 2016) was a Danish opera singer and actor.

[1] He played a tall, large, and slow-moving henchman, often seen lifting Egon Olsen up over his head, carrying him under one arm, and trying to kill him.

Hansen began his career as an office clerk, but during his early life he also worked as a sailor, miner, lumberjack, and ambulance driver.

Born with a deep and voluminous voice, he later began singing professionally, and in 1958 he became accepted into the Danish National Radio Choir.

For several years afterwards he was considered the Royal Danish Opera's primary basso buffo.