John Van Dreelen
- Birthday
- May 5, 1922
- Birthplace
- Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands
Bio: The son of a celebrated Dutch actor and a French countess, John Van Dreelen may have come by his debonair countenance with a bit of help from his continental pedigree. Fluent in several languages, he was reported to have escaped a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Holland by disguising himself as one of the German officers he would later play so often on both big… More Bio: The son of a celebrated Dutch actor and a French countess, John Van Dreelen may have come by his debonair countenance with a bit of help from his continental pedigree. Fluent in several languages, he was reported to have escaped a concentration camp in Nazi-occupied Holland by disguising himself as one of the German officers he would later play so often on both big and small screens. Though he bookended and sprinkled his career with appearances in many European films, Van Dreelen is best remembered as an A-list guest star in dozens of American television shows from the early sixties to the mid-eighties. Never a major player in American theatrical films, he nonetheless scored a few choice roles, including the Danish concert pianist who rescues and woos Lana Turner during an extended sequence in Madame X (1966). Van Dreelen also enjoyed an international stage career and starred in the original American touring production of "The Sound of Music." Despite his close identification with despotic roles, he also easily breezed through light drama and comedy and cuts a dashing and memorable figure in the sixties pop culture ouevre.
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Filmography
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Becoming Colette (1992)
- Albert
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Noble House (1988)
- Jacques de Ville
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Mascara (Make-up for Murder) (1987)
- Minister Weinberger
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The Money Pit (1986)
- Carlos
- 47%
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The Formula (1980)
- Hans Lehman
- 30%
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John Van Dreelen Videos
The Money Pit
1 minutes 18 seconds
Becoming Colette
2 minutes 34 seconds
The Ultimate Imposter
1 minutes 10 seconds
Lost Horizon
4 minutes 39 seconds
Topaz
1 minutes 37 seconds
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