- He worked as a movie director in 1912 for the first time when he realised "Kun en tigger".
- Holger-Madsen retired from the film business in 1937 and carried on a movie theater (Enghave Bio) in Copenhagen.
- He already entered the film business in 1908 where he first worked as an actor in countless productions, among them several movies with the figure SherlockHolmes. In these movies Holger-Madsen impersonated the role of Dr. Watson at the side of Viggo Larsen who played Sherlock Holmes.
- The 10s marked the height of the Danish film production and Denmark belonged to the stronghold of the international film industry. Holger-Madsen as well took part again in numerous movies in those years.
- The actor and director Holger-Madsen belonged to the most important film workers of the Danish film industry and he worked many years for the leading production company Nordisk.
- From 1905 he became a great personality of the Danish theater and he appeared in Copenhagen at the Casino-Teatret and at the Dagmar-Teatret.
- Holger-Madsen, who already retired from the theater in 1914 because of his extensive film career, also gained a foothold in the German silent movie where he worked both as an actor and director.
- He began his impressive career as a stage actor in 1896 and at the beginning his appearances were limited to small stages in Denmark.
- With the rise of the sound film ended his career in Germany and he returned to Denmark.
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