John van Dreelen

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-05-05 (70 years old)

Deathday

1992-09-04

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands

John van Dreelen

Biography

John van Dreelen (born Jacques Theodore van Drielen Gimberg; 5 May 1922 – 4 September 1992) was a Dutch actor, who frequently performed on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.

Acting

1969

Topaz

as Claude Martin

1965

Von Ryan's Express

as Colonel Gortz

1957

1980

The Formula

as Hans Lehman

1975

Rufus

as Marcel

1966

Madame X

as Christian Torben

1969

My Dog, the Thief

as George Travell

1985

Covenant

as Heinrich Bosch

1987

Looking for Eileen

as Philips vader

1964

Daddy-Long-Legs

as Jervis Pendleton

1953

1981

Evita Peron

as Capt. von Weber

1978

The Great Wallendas

as Herman Wallenda

1987

Odyssey of Love

as Dr. Alexander De Winter

1953

1960

13 Ghosts

as Van Allen

1972

Nightshade

as Jan Eckmann

1968

Die Ente klingelt um halb acht

as Rechtsanwalt Kellermann

1960

1989

Born to Fight

as Gen. Weber

1977

Too Hot to Handle

as MacKenzie Portman

1986

The Money Pit

as Carlos

1959

The Flying Fontaines

as Victor Fontaine

1952

Full House

as G'man Lemmy Caution (segment "Je suis un tendre")

1958

1973

Diamantenparty

as Direktor Konni Masur

1960

The Enemy General

as General Bruger

1980

Swan Song

as Bergstrom

1978

1979

The Ultimate Impostor

as Ruben Parets

1960

The Leech Woman

as David Garvay (listed as "Bertram" in end credits but called "David" in the film)

1956

Schiff ohne Hafen

as Ein holländischer Marineoffizier

1961

The Wizard of Baghdad

as Sultan Julnar

1990

1951

Monte Carlo Baby

as Rudy Walter

1973

1957

1962

Laura

as Shelby Carpenter

1956

1991

Becoming Colette

as Jean-Albert Gauthier-Villars

1955

The Last Act

as Major Brinkmann

1987

Mascara

as Minister Weinberger

1973

Lost Horizon

as Dr. Verden

1949

Gigi

as Bit Part (uncredited)

1948

But Not in Vain

as Fred van Nespen

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