Philip Dorn
Philip Dorn
Born Hein Van Der Niet, this handsome, deep-voiced leading man debuted onstage at age 14, going on to play leads in Dutch and European productions, in which he was billed as "Fritz Van Dongen." By the late '30s he was a popular matinee idol and screen actor. He moved to Hollywood when World War II broke out; beginning with Enemy Agent (1940) he played leads in numerous Hollywood films, often portraying refugees, anti-Nazi Germans, and Continental lovers. He began playing more mature roles in the late '40s, notably as Papa in I Remember Mama (1948) with Irene Dunne. Having long suffered from phlebitis, in 1945 he had the first of a series of strokes, which eventually ruined his voice; over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He returned to Europe in the early '50s and appeared in a number of films and plays; but following an injury in a stage accident he retired in 1955. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his California home. He was married to Dutch actress Marianne Van Dam. ~ All Movie Guide
Filmography of Philip Dorn:
- Reunion in France with Joan Crawford , John Wayne , Reginald Owen , Albert Basserman , John Carradine , J. Edward Bromberg , Moroni Olsen , Henry Daniell , Howard DaSilva , Charles Arnt , Morris Ankrum , Peter Whitney , Barbara Bedford , Ann Codee , Jean DelVal , Claudia Drake , William Edmunds , Ava Gardner , Jody Gilbert , Henry Kolker , Louis Mercier , Natalie Schafer , Arthur Space , Philip vanZandt , Michael Visaroff , Paul Weigel , Jacqueline White
- Random Harvest with Ronald Colman , Greer Garson , Susan Peters , Henry Travers , Edmund Gwenn , Reginald Owen , Bramwell Fletcher , Rhys Williams , Una O'Connor , Melville Cooper , Margaret Wycherly , Aubrey Mather , Alan Napier , Jill Esmond , Ann Richards , Norma Varden , Ivan Simpson , Olive Blakeney , David Clyde , Alec Craig , Henry Daniell , Elizabeth Risdon , Lumsden Hare , Sam Harris , Forrester Harvey , Terence Kilburn , Peter Lawford , Kay Medford , Leonard Mudie , C. Montague Shaw , Reginald Sheffield , Arthur Shields , Arthur Space , Ian Wolfe , Frederic Worlock
- The Fighting Kentuckian with John Wayne , Vera Ralston , Oliver Hardy , Marie Windsor , Hugo Haas , John Howard , Grant Withers , Paul Fix , Mae Marsh , Jack Pennick , Mickey Simpson , Fred Graham , Sam Harris , Cliff Lyons , Chuck Roberson , Hank Worden
- Ziegfeld Girl with James Stewart , Judy Garland , Hedy Lamarr , Lana Turner , Jackie Cooper , Ian Hunter , Charles Winninger , Edward Everett Horton , Paul Kelly , Eve Arden , Dan Dailey , Al Shean , Fay Holden , Felix Bressart , Rose Hobart , Mae Busch , Renie Riano , Josephine Whittell , Roscoe Ates , Joan Barclay , Joyce Compton , Myrna Dell , James Flavin , Bess Flowers , Reed Hadley , Al Hill , Armand Kaliz , George H. Lloyd , Elliott Sullivan , Ray Teal , Jean Wallace
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