Philip Dorn

Personal Info

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

Philip Dorn

Biography

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...

Acting

1942

Calling Dr. Gillespie

as Dr. John Hunter Gerniede

1942

Random Harvest

as Dr. Jonathan Benet

1941

1942

Reunion in France

as Robert Cortot

1948

1949

The Fighting Kentuckian

as Col. Georges Geraud

1944

1938

Waltz Melodies

as Hans v. Waldenau

1935

The Crosspatch

as Willy van Hergershuizen

1941

Underground

as Eric Franken

1940

Escape

as Dr. Ditten

1944

Blonde Fever

as Peter Donay

1946

I've Always Loved You

as Leopold Goronoff

1945

Escape in the Desert

as Philip Artveld

1951

Sealed Cargo

as Konrad

1938

The Indian Tomb

as Chandra, Maharadscha von Eschnapur

1938

The Tiger of Eschnapur

as Maharadscha von Eschnapur

1943

Paris After Dark

as Jean Blanchard

1952

Behind Monastery Walls

as Thomas Holinka

1940

Ski Patrol

as Viktor Ryder

1939

The Journey to Tilsit

as Endrik Settegast

1950

Spy Hunt

as Paul Kopel

1938

Covered Tracks

as Bezirksarzt Dr. Morot

1941

Ziegfeld Girl

as Franz Kolter

1952

Türme des Schweigens

as Captain de Vries

1943

Chetniks!

as Gen. Draja Mihailovitch

1940

Enemy Agent

as Jeffry Arnold

1940

Diamond Frontier

as Jan Stafford De Winter

1953

Dreaming Lips

as Michael

1954

Salto Mortale

as Cadenos

1938

1934

1944

Twenty Years After

as (archive footage)

1936

Rubber

as Johannes 'John' van Laer

1935

On the Move

as George van Reen

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