Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1901-09-30 (74 years old)
Deathday
1975-05-09
Place of Birth
Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Also known As
Philip Dorn
Fritts van Dongen
Hein van der Niet
Frits van Dongen
Frits van Dongen (1901–1975), born Hein van der Niet and sometimes billed as Philip Dorn, was a Dutch actor who had a career in Hollywood. As a teenager he moved out of his parental home to perform in an amateur theatre group; his stage name Frits van Dongen already dates from that period. In the early 1920s, Van Dongen ended up in the professional stage, but it was not until 1934 that he starred in his first film: 'Op Hoop van Zegen'. This film marked his breakthrough as a film star in the Netherlands: in 1935 he played in 'De Big van het Regiment', 'De Kribbebijter' and 'Op Stap' and in 1936 in 'Rubber'. Van Dongen then left for Berlin to w...
1942
as Dr. John Hunter Gerniede
1942
as Dr. Jonathan Benet
1941
as Vandermeer
1942
as Robert Cortot
1948
as Papa
1949
as Col. Georges Geraud
1944
as Renault
1938
as Hans v. Waldenau
1935
as Willy van Hergershuizen
1941
as Eric Franken
1940
as Dr. Ditten
1944
as Peter Donay
1946
as Leopold Goronoff
1945
as Philip Artveld
1951
as Konrad
1938
as Chandra, Maharadscha von Eschnapur
1938
as Maharadscha von Eschnapur
1943
as Jean Blanchard
1952
as Thomas Holinka
1940
as Viktor Ryder
1939
as Endrik Settegast
1950
as Paul Kopel
1938
as Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot
1941
as Franz Kolter
1952
as Captain de Vries
1943
as Gen. Draja Mihailovitch
1940
as Jeffry Arnold
1940
as Jan Stafford De Winter
1953
as Michael
1954
as Cadenos
1938
as Peter
1934
as Geert
1944
as (archive footage)
1936
as Johannes 'John' van Laer
1935
as George van Reen
1935
as Berkhage
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