Philip Dorn

Actor: Philip Dorn

Born: Sep 30, 1901 in Scheveningen, Netherlands
Died: 1975
Occupation: Actor
Active: '40s-'50s
Major Genres: Drama, War
Career Highlights: I Remember Mama, Passage to Marseille, Random Harvest
First Major Screen Credit: Diamond Frontier (1940)

Biography

Born Hein Van Der Niet, this handsome, deep-voiced leading man debuted onstage at age 14, going on to play leads in Dutch and European productions, in which he was billed as "Fritz Van Dongen." By the late '30s he was a popular matinee idol and screen actor. He moved to Hollywood when World War II broke out; beginning with Enemy Agent (1940) he played leads in numerous Hollywood films, often portraying refugees, anti-Nazi Germans, and Continental lovers. He began playing more mature roles in the late '40s, notably as Papa in I Remember Mama (1948) with Irene Dunne. Having long suffered from phlebitis, in 1945 he had the first of a series of strokes, which eventually ruined his voice; over the next few years he went on to have a heart attack and to require brain surgery. He returned to Europe in the early '50s and appeared in a number of films and plays; but following an injury in a stage accident he retired in 1955. He lived the last two decades of his life confined to his California home. He was married to Dutch actress Marianne Van Dam. ~ All Movie Guide

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Philip Dorn
from the trailer The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Born	Hein van der Niet 30 September 1901(1901-09-30) Scheveningen South Holland
Died	9 May 1975 (aged 73) Los Angeles
Other name(s)	Frits van Dongen
Spouse(s)	Cornelia Maria Twilt (1921-1930) Marianne van Dam (1933-1937)

Philip Dorn, born Hein van der Niet and sometimes billed as Frits van Dongen, (30 September 1901 - 9 May 1975) was a Dutch actor who had a career in Hollywood.

Dorn was born in Scheveningen, South Holland and made his stage debut at age 14 in Dutch productions. By the 1930s, he was a popular matinee 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 in 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.

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. He was married to the Dutch actress Marianne van Dam.

Partial filmography

Op hoop van zegen (1934)
Op Stap (1935)
The Cross-Patch or De Kribbebijter (1935)
Rubber (1936)
De Big van het Regiment (1939)
Escape (1940)
Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Underground (1941)
Tarzan's Secret Treasure (1941)
Random Harvest (1942)
Reunion in France (1942)
Chetniks! The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
Passage to Marseille (1944)
I Remember Mama (1948)
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
Sealed Cargo (1951)

Bibliography

Ingo Schiweck/Hans Toonen Maharadscha, Tschetnik, Kriegsheimkehrer : der Schauspieler Frits van Dongen oder Philip Dorn , Osnabrück 2003. ISBN 3-89959-058-9

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