Actor, Film Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer. He is best remembered for his role of 'Ingenieur Knud Svane' in the silent film "Afgrunden" (1910, AKA "The Woman Always Pays" and "The Abyss"). Born Robert Theodor Louis Camillo Dinesen in Copenhagen, Denmark, on October 23, 1874, the son of a pharmacist, he studied singing under Vilhelm Herold and acting under actor Nicolai Neiiendam. He made his acting debut at the Dagmarteatret Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1894, and toured several countries with actor Peter Fjestrup's troupe before he returned to the Dagmarteatret Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, in 1905. He also appeared in theater productions at the Casino Theater in Copenhagen, Denmark, and The New Theater or (Det Ny Teater) in Copenhagen, Denmark. He made his actual film debut in the silent picture, "Afgrunden" ( AKA "The Woman Always Pays" and "The Abyss") in 1910. The film which also starred actress Asta Nielsen in her debut role was produced by Hjalmar Davidsen and directed by Urban Gad. The story begins at a tramcar in Copenhagen, Denmark, where the piano teacher Magda Vang meets the young man Knud Svane, who falls in love with her. She is invited to spend the summer with him and his parents at the vicarage in Gjerslev. Outside the vicarage, a circus troupe passes by, and Magda is saluted by the performer Rudolph Stern. In the night Rudolph climbs a ladder to Magda's bedroom. She tries to flee his advances, but after a hot kiss, she surrenders and runs away with him. Magda is hired as a dancer with Rudolph at the Empire Varieté. When Rudolph fondles a ballet dancer Magda gets furious and starts a fight in front of the audience. Magda and Rudolph are fired. To earn some money Rudolph forces Magda to play the piano in a band at a garden restaurant. Knud turns up and recognizes her. Incognito he asks her for a private meeting. Magda thinks she is asked to sell her body and refuses, but Rudolph forces her to go. When Rudolph after a while interrupts and finds Magda with Knud, he gets furious and starts to beat her. During the turmoil, she grabs a knife and stabs Rudolph in his chest. In her despair, she clings to his dead body and has to be taken away by force. Besides, "Afgrunden" (1910, AKA "The Woman Always Pays" and "The Abyss"), his many other film credits include, "The Black Chancellor" (1912), "The Governor's Daughter" (1912), "Vanquished" (1912), "Hjælpen" (1913), "Den kvindelige dæmon" (1913), "Flugten gennem Luften" (1913), "Gar el Hama III" (1914), "For Lykke og Ære" (1915), "Den sidste Nat" (1915), "Slangeøen" (1915), "Kornspekulantens Forbrydelse" (1916), "For hendes Skyld" (1916), "Den ny Rocambole" (1917), "De skraa Brædder" (1918), "Kammerpigen" (1918), "Gøglerbandens adoptivdatter" (1919), "Konkurrencen" (1919), and "En Skuespillers Kærlighed" (1920). In 1912, he joined the Nordisk Film Company in Copenhagen, Denmark, and directed over 85 films for them. He also founded the famed Swedish Palladium in Stockholm, Sweden, and worked for several years with German film director Joe May. He then spent sometime in Berlin, Germany, doing solo work for other film companies including May-Film , Projektions-AG Union (or PAGU), Phoebus-Film AG , Fery-Film GmbH , Maxim-Film Gesellschaft Ebner & Co. and Universum Film AG (or UFA). As a film director and screenwriter his many film credits include, "The Four Daredevils" (1911), "Den farlige leg" (1911), "En bryllupsaften" (1911), "The Right Of Youth" (1911), "Vampyrdanserinden" (1912), "A Bride Of Death" (1912), "Montmartrepigen" (1912), "For Her Sister's Sake" (1912), "Atlantis" (1913), "Through The Test Of Fire" (1913), "Døvstummelegatet" (1913), "In The Hour Of Temptation" (1914), "Et Kærlighedsoffer" (1914), "Om kap met døden" (1915), "Kvinden, han frelste" (1915), "Kornspekulantens Forbrydelse" (1916), "Gar el Hama IV " (1916), "Hjertekrigen paa Ravnsholt" (1917), "Hotel Paradiso" (1917), "Hjerteknuseren" (1918), "Gøglerbandens adoptivdatter" (1919), "Hvorledes jeg kom til Filmen" (1919), "Frauen vom Gnadenstein" (1920), "Der Leidensweg der Inge Krafft" (1921), "Die Erbin von Tordis" (1921), "Ödets redskap" (1922), "Tatjana" (1923), "Malva" (1924), "Thamar, das Kind der Berge" (1924), "In The Name Of The Kaisers" (1925), "Die Feuertänzerin" (1925), ""Wenn die Liebe nicht wär'!" (1925), "Die Hölle der Jungfrauen" (1928), "Ariadne in Hoppegarten" (1928), and "The Way Through The Night" (1929). During the 1930s, he settled on a farm in France and sold eggs to tourists. During the 1940s, he returned to Berlin, Germany, to continue working in film, but he could not find work because of instructions of Nazi and Propaganda ministers including Joseph Goebbels. He later retired from his acting and film career and spent the rest of his life in retirement doing the next best thing that he loved which was painting. He was married three times, to the Danish actresses Marie Dinesen, and Johanne Dinesen, and to the German actress Margarete Schön. He passed away in Berlin, Germany, on March 8, 1972, at the age of 97, and he was buried in the Waldfriedhof Heerstrasse in Charlottenburg, Germany, where several other famous German personalities including his wife the actress Margarete Schön are also laid to rest.