Philip Dorn
Birthday
1901/09/30
Day of death
1975/05/09 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
Also know as
Philip Dorn, Fritts van Dongen, Hein van der Niet, Frits van Dongen
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 Neth...Read more
Acting
(1942) Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Dr. John Hunter Gerniede
(1942) Random Harvest
as Dr. Jonathan Benet
(1941) Tarzan's Secret Treasure
as Vandermeer
(1942) Reunion in France
as Robert Cortot
(1948) I Remember Mama
as Papa
(1949) The Fighting Kentuckian
as Col. Georges Geraud
(1944) Passage to Marseille
as Renault
(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) Der Hampelmann
as Peter
(1934) The Good Hope
as Geert
(1944) Twenty Years After
as (archive footage)
(1936) Rubber
as Johannes 'John' van Laer
(1935) On the Move
as George van Reen
(1935) De big van het regiment
as Berkhage