Philip Dorn (1901 - 1975) فيليب دورن
Biography
A Dutch actor, born in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, as Hein Van der Niet. He married twice and had two children. His credits include Passage to Marseille (1944), Random Harvest (1942), Escape in the Desert (1945), and The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938). He fled to America two...Read more weeks before the outbreak of World War II under the pseudonym Philipp. Dorn played the roles of anti-Nazi patriots and European romantics in Hollywood cinema, becoming the first Dutchman to have a successful career in Hollywood. Philip Dorn began standing on the Dutch theater stage at the age of 14. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Scheveningen, served in the Dutch Royal Guard, and worked in a theater company until he moved to Germany in 1938 and appeared in several German films before the outbreak of World War II and his escape to Hollywood. He contracted with Universal Pictures and MGM. He was later loaned to Warner Bros. and RKO Pictures. He returned to Germany to participate in German cinema, and his last film was Salto Mortale (1953). He returned to theatrical work but was forced to retire after he was seriously injured while on stage in the Netherlands in 1965 and lived the rest of his life in relative isolation after suffering from ill health and a series of heart attacks until he died in Los Angeles, California, USA, on May 9, 1975, as a result of a heart attack.
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- Nationality:
- Netherlands
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- Date of Birth:
- 30 September 1901
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- Birth Country:
- Netherlands
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- Death Country:
- US
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- Passage to Marseille
- 1944 - Movie
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- 1942 - Movie
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A Dutch actor, born in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands, as Hein Van der Niet. He married twice and had two children. His credits include Passage to Marseille (1944), Random...Read more Harvest (1942), Escape in the Desert (1945), and The Tiger of Eschnapur (1938). He fled to America two weeks before the outbreak of World War II under the pseudonym Philipp. Dorn played the roles of anti-Nazi patriots and European romantics in Hollywood cinema, becoming the first Dutchman to have a successful career in Hollywood. Philip Dorn began standing on the Dutch theater stage at the age of 14. He graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts and Architecture in Scheveningen, served in the Dutch Royal Guard, and worked in a theater company until he moved to Germany in 1938 and appeared in several German films before the outbreak of World War II and his escape to Hollywood. He contracted with Universal Pictures and MGM. He was later loaned to Warner Bros. and RKO Pictures. He returned to Germany to participate in German cinema, and his last film was Salto Mortale (1953). He returned to theatrical work but was forced to retire after he was seriously injured while on stage in the Netherlands in 1965 and lived the rest of his life in relative isolation after suffering from ill health and a series of heart attacks until he died in Los Angeles, California, USA, on May 9, 1975, as a result of a heart attack.
- Nationality:
- Netherlands
- Birth Name:
- Hein Van der Niet
- Date of Birth:
- 30 September 1901
- Birth Country:
- Netherlands
- Death Country:
- US
- Death City:
- California
