Peter van Eyck
- Birthday
- Jul 16, 1911
Bio: Trained as a musician, Peter Van Eyck fled his native Germany when Hitler assumed power in 1933. Van Eyck secured work in the U.S. as a musical arranger for some of the top names in the business. Through the kindness of fellow German expatriate Billy Wilder, Van Eyck was able to get work as a radio actor, and in 1942 was cast in his first film, The Moon Is Down.… More Bio: Trained as a musician, Peter Van Eyck fled his native Germany when Hitler assumed power in 1933. Van Eyck secured work in the U.S. as a musical arranger for some of the top names in the business. Through the kindness of fellow German expatriate Billy Wilder, Van Eyck was able to get work as a radio actor, and in 1942 was cast in his first film, The Moon Is Down. While his name and Teutonic bearing typecast Van Eyck as a Nazi in most of his wartime films, he was equally effective in sympathetic roles. Closing out his Hollywood career in 1951, Peter Van Eyck spent his last two decades as a popular leading man in European films. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Filmography
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Königskinder (Royal Children) (2012)
- Actor
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The Bridge at Remagen (1969)
- Gen. Von Brock
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Heidi (1968)
- Actor
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Shalako (1968)
- Frederick Von Hallstatt
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Comando de asesinos (High Season for Spies) (1966)
- Actor
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