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Other names
  
Frits van Dongen

Role
  
Actor

Name
  
Philip Dorn

Years active
  
1934–1955

Occupation
  
Actor


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Full Name
  
Hein van der Niet

Born
  
30 September 1901 (
1901-09-30
)
Scheveningen, The Hague, South Holland

Died
  
May 9, 1975, Woodland Hills, California, United States

Resting place
  
Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery

Spouse
  
Marianne van Dam (m. 1933–1975), Cornelia Maria Twilt (m. 1921–1930)

Movies
  
Random Harvest, The Fighting Kentuckian, Reunion in France, Passage to Marseille, I Remember Mama

Similar People
  
George Waggner, Richard Eichberg, Susan Peters, Jeffrey Lynn, Helmut Dantine

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Philip Dorn (30 September 1901 – 9 May 1975), born Hein van der Niet and sometimes billed as Fritz van Dungen (or variants thereof), was a Dutch actor who had a career in Hollywood.

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Dorn was born in Scheveningen, The Hague, Netherlands in 1901 and made his stage début at age 14 in Dutch productions. By the 1930s, he was a popular matinée idol and was acting in films. From Germany, where he had worked with the likes of Veit Harlan, he moved to United States when World War II broke out and acted in a number of films, starting with Enemy Agent (1940). He was usually cast as Continental lovers, anti-Nazi Germans or refugees. In the 1950s, he returned to Europe and acted in German films.

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Dorn suffered from phlebitis, requiring surgery and causing a number of strokes. After an accident on stage, he retired in 1955 and spent the next 20 years of his life in his home in California. He died of a heart attack in Los Angeles on May 9, 1975.

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He was married twice. His first wife was Cornelia Maria Twilt (1921–1930). He was married to Dutch actress Marianne van Dam until his death (1933–1975).

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Filmography

Actor
1953
Salto Mortale as
Cadenos (as Frits van Dongen)
1953
Der träumende Mund as
Michael (as Frits van Dongen)
1952
Türme des Schweigens as
Captain de Vries (as Frits van Dongen)
1952
The Unholy Intruders as
Thomas Holinka (as Frits van Dongen)
1951
Sealed Cargo as
Konrad
1950
Spy Hunt as
Paul Kopel
1949
The Fighting Kentuckian as
Col. Georges Geraud
1948
I Remember Mama as
Papa (Lars Hanson)
1946
I've Always Loved You as
Leopold Goronoff
1945
Escape in the Desert as
Philip Artveld
1944
Blonde Fever as
Peter Donay
1944
Passage to Marseille as
Renault
1943
Paris After Dark as
Jean Blanchard
1943
The Fighting Guerrillas as
General Draja Mihailovitch
1942
Reunion in France as
Robert Cortot
1942
Random Harvest as
Dr. Jonathan Benet
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie as
Dr. John Hunter Gerniede
1941
Tarzan's Secret Treasure as
Vandermeer
1941
Underground as
Eric Franken
1941
Ziegfeld Girl as
Franz Kolter
1940
Escape as
Dr. Ditten
1940
Diamond Frontier as
Jan Stafford De Winter
1940
Ski Patrol as
Lt. Viktor Ryder
1940
Enemy Agent as
Doctor Jeffry Arnold
1939
The Trip to Tilsit as
Endrik Settegast (as Frits van Dongen)
1938
Der Hampelmann as
Peter (as Frits van Dongen)
1938
Covered Tracks as
Dr. Fernand Morot (as Frits van Dongen)
1938
Das indische Grabmal as
Maharadscha von Eschnapur (as Frits van Dongen)
1938
Waltz Melodies as
Hans v. Waldenau (as Frits van Dongen)
1938
The Tiger of Eschnapur as
Maharadscha von Eschnapur (as Frits van Dongen)
1936
Rubber as
John van Laer (as Frits van Dongen)
1935
Op stap as
George van Reen (as Frits van Dongen)
1935
The Cross-Patch as
Willy (as Frits van Dongen)
1935
De Big van het regiment as
Berkhage (as Frits van Dongen)
1934
Op hoop van zegen as
Geert - haar zoon (as Frits van Dongen)
Archive Footage
1991
The Republic Pictures Story (TV Movie documentary) as
Leopold Goronoff (clip from I've Always Loved You (1946)) (uncredited)
1944
Twenty Years After (Short)

References

Philip Dorn Wikipedia