Peter Most's skuespillerportrætter
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Peter Most. Ung kvinde, Betty Borchsenius, skuespillerinde Betty Guldbrandsen. minsamling.dk (Fra album tilhørende Robert Watt). Betty Borchsenius er beskrevet (og der ses mange fotos af hende) i Før & Nu 1918 s. 252.
Harald Kolling, 1835-1904, skuespiller på Folketeatret i Nørregade i København. 1. i "Afgrunden", 2. Privatoptagelse, 3. "Baron Ødeland", 4. "Naar Katten er ude", 5. "Redaktionssekretæren", 6. i "Revyen", 7.  i "Redaktionssekretæren", 8 i "Hexefløjten" 9. i "Verdens Herkules". (Nogle af portrætterne ses i Før & Nu 1918 s. 233, med fortællingen om Folketeateret). Serien er i privateje, solgt på ebay 2014. Se også HER.

2019: Courtesy of Paul Frecker / The Library of Nineteenth-Century Photography, HER.
Group of nine, near mint, cdvs of Harald Colling (1835-1904) (aka Johan Frederik Harald Colling or Kolling) a noted Danish comic actor of the 19th century who was the first private actor to receive the Knight's Cross. All the cdv's bear a Peter Most, 22 Ostergade, Copenhagen backmark. Colling was born in Copenhagen. He began his career as an amateur actor while he was a tobaccospinner.
The director of the People's Theater, Hans Wilhelm Lange, saw him perform and signed him to a contract with the People's Theater.
He had a small role in the Theater's September 18, 1857 opening performance, but this was the start of more than 450 characters he would play throughout his career. He was a hit with the Copenhagen bourgeoisie. Slight of build Colling was an excellent character actor. His most noted roles included the character Charles Sapeur (the editor) in "Copy Editor." Redaktionssekretæren)
He played one season (1870-71) at the Royal Theater, but missed performing every night, and the following season returned to the Peoples Theater and remained one of their best (if not, the best) comedians.
His last performance was on Sept. 14, 1901. He died three years later. He was the first private theater actor who received the Knight's Cross.

[Peter Most (aka Carl Peter Herman Most (1826-1900) was a Danish photographer]. These photographs came from a Danish cdv album with most of the cdv's dating 1869, so I assume that is also the time period for these cdvs (thus making him in his mid-30s when these were taken).
All these cdv's were for roles he had at the Peoples Theater.

The top row, left to right, 1, 2, 3:
1. as a character in "No Thoroughfare", "Afgrunden" Folketeatret 1869 by Charles Dickens.
2.  private view of Harald Kolling, and
3. Caracter in "Baron Spendthrift" "Baron Ødeland", Opera-Farce i 3 Akter af Meilhac og Halévy. Music of Offenbach.

The middle row, 4, 5, 6:
4. "When the Cat's away" - "Når katten er ude" a farce by Carl Møller, 1844-1898.
5. the woman's role as Lydia Bassing (?) in "Copy Editor" "Redaktionssekretæren"  by Erik Bøgh, and
6. Lieutenant Colonel Power (?) in "Revue", "Revyen" vaudevillekomedie by Frits Holst 1869.

The bottom row, 7, 8, 9:
7. Charles Sapeur in "Copy Editor" = "Redaktionssekretæren".  (Redaktør Bassing, forklædt som Charles Sapeur)
8. one of many characters in "Hexefløjten" by Erik Bøgh, (Farce-Operette i 1 Akt. Scenegangen efter en gammel Opera: »Le fifre enchanté«. Musikken dels af J. Offenbach, dels af Georg Lumbye)
9. A school administrator in the "World of Hercules", syngespillet "Verdens Hercules", 1866) by Adolph von der Recke, 1820-1867, and Robert Watt, 1837-1894. Playing Valancourt, direktør for en drengepensions-skole.
Source: the former owner of the CDV's - redigeret af webmaster.
Harald Kolling, Johan Frederik Harald Kolling, ved dåben Kelling, 29.4.1835-11.12.1904, skuespiller. Født i Kbh. (Petri), død sst., begravet sst. (Vestre).
Som tobaksspindersvend spillede K. dilettantkomedie hvad der dengang var almindeligt blandt mange håndværkere. Direktør H. W. Lange så ham optræde i dilettanternes eldorado, Kalkeballen i St. Kannikestræde og engagerede ham til sit nye Folketeater på Nørregade, i hvis åbningsforestilling 18.9.1857 K. medvirkede i en lille rolle, den første af hans mere end 450 figurer, og hermed var en forbindelse knyttet der blev til stor glæde for det københavnske borgerskab, blandt hvis yndlingsskuespillere K. var i mange år. Langt mere end sin samtidige Otto Zinck prægede K. den folkelige scene med sin tilforladelighed, sit diskrete lune og sin evne til at karakterisere.
Kolling var en dramatisk naturbegavelse, under hvis hænder stoffet fik scenisk liv i en egen hyggelig form der hverken savnede fantasi eller komik, og som altid var præget af kunstnerens respekt for opgaven. Den lille mand med det fortræffelige sceneansigt blev som ingen anden fremstilleren af borgere fra det gamle voldkvarter hvor Folketeatret har til huse, de flittige, brave håndværkere der med varm overbevisning kunne sige det fornemme pak sandheden eller røre til tårer når de priste hjemmets glæder. Hans forvandlingsevne fejrede triumfer når han spillede Bassing i Redaktionssekretæren mens han som Tanne i Hun skal debutere viste sin evne til at forene det komiske med det rørende.
En sæson, 1870–71, var K. knyttet til Det kgl. teater, men han trivedes ikke i et miljø hvor han ikke optrådte hver aften. Så vendte han tilbage til Nørregades teater og forblev der, med sin formende evne i behold, til han 14.9.1901 optrådte sidste gang. H. Hellemann og E. Helsengreen blev hans arvtagere, men det som på scenen var hans egenart, noget stilfærdigt og elskeligt, småborgerens beskedne følelsesliv i voldenes tid, forsvandt med K. Han var den første privatteaterskuespiller som modtog ridderkorset. Hans søn, Valdemar Henrik Vilhelm K. (1863–1912) havde 1884 sin københavnske debut på Casino og tilhørte hovedsagelig denne scene sit liv til ende.
Harald Kolling, Johan Frederik Harald Kolling, by baptism Kelling, 29.4.1835-11.12.1904, actor. Born in Kbh. (Petri), dead and buried in Copenhagen.
As a tobacco spinner, Kolling played dilettant comedy what was then common among many artisans. Director H. W. Lange saw him perform in the Eldorado of the amateurs Kalkeballen St. Kannikeststrede and engaged him to his new Folketeater at Nørregade, in whose opening performance 18.9.1857 Kolling joined in a small role, the first of his more than 450 characters, and thus was a connection that became a great pleasure for the Copenhagen bourgeoisie, among whose favorite actors Kolling was for many years. Far more than his contemporary Otto Zinck, Kolling characterized the folk scene with his reluctance, his discreet temper and his ability to characterize.
Kolling was a dramatic gift of nature, under whose hands the art gained scenic life in its own pleasant form that lacked neither imagination nor comedy, and which was always marked by the artist's respect for the task. The little man with the excellent stage face became like no other maker of citizens from the old district of violence where the Folketeatret is housed, the diligent, courageous craftsmen who could say with warm conviction the noble pack of truth or stir to tears when praising the pleasures of home. His transformation ability celebrated triumphs when he played Bassing in the Secretary while debuting as Tanne in "She has to debut" to reconcile the comic with the touching.
One season, 1870–71, Kolling worked for "Det kgl. Theater", but he did not thrive in an environment where he did not perform every night. Then he returned to the theater of Nørregade and remained there, with his shaping ability retained, until the last performance on 14.9.1901.
H. Hellemann and E. Helsengreen became his heirs, but what on stage was his peculiarity, something quiet and lovable, the petty citizen's modest emotional life in the time of the violence, disappeared with Kolling He was the first private theater actor to receive the Knight's Cross. His son, Valdemar Henrik Vilhelm Kolling (1863-1912) had his Copenhagen debut at the Casino in 1884 and mainly belonged to this scene for his life.
Som Holberg-Skuespiller har han bl. a. spillet Arv i «Julestuen», «Henrik og Pernille», «Maskeraden» og «Den honette Ambition», Jens i «Jacob v. Thybo», Henrik i «Den vægelsindede» og Jeronimus i «Abracadabra». Desuden fortjene følgende Roller af hans Repertoire at fremhæves: Ludvig Thostrup i «Østergade og Vestergade», Geronte i «Testamentet», Argante i «Scapins Skalkestykker», Coliche i «Coliche», Mads i «Soldaterløjer», Rasmus i «En Søndag paa Amager» og Bogholder Sjøberg i «De fattiges Dyrehave».
Kilde; Robert Neiiendam: Harald Kolling i Dansk Biografisk Leksikon, 3. udg., Gyldendal 1979-84. Hentet 16. august 2019 fra http://denstoredanske.dk/index.php?sideId=292846