Philip Van Zandt
Philip Van Zandt wurde 1904 in Amsterdam geboren, der genaue Zeitpunkt seiner Übersiedlung nach Amerika ist unbekannt. Er selbst gab an, bereits in seiner frühen Jugend übergesiedelt zu sein und mit 15 Jahren Hollywood besucht zu haben. Andere Quellen besagen, dass er erst Ende der 1920er-Jahre in die USA gekommen sei, als er bereits in seinem Heimatland erste Schauspielerfahrungen gesammelt hatte. Im Juni 1931 machte er in der Komödie A Regular Guy sein Broadwaydebüt, hier trat er bis 1938 in zehn weiteren Produktionen auf. Anschließend wandte er sich dem Filmgeschäft zu.
Zwischen 1939 und 1958 trat Van Zandt in fast 250 Film- und Fernsehproduktionen in Hollywood auf, was ihn zu einem vielbeschäftigten Schauspieler machte, wenngleich seine Rollen meistens nur kleiner Natur waren. Wie er besetzt wurde, hing oft davon ab, ob er seinen dünnen Schnurrbart trug: Ohne diesen wurde er als Durchschnittskerl besetzt, mit diesem als Schurke. In vielen Kurzfilmen war er als Gegenspieler der Three Stooges zu sehen, oft als Verbrecher, Miesepeter oder verrückter Wissenschaftler. In den Komödien Air Raid Wardens (1943) und The Big Noise (1944) mimte er auch Gegensacher von Laurel und Hardy. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg spielte er wegen seiner europäischen Herkunft in Propagandafilmen oft feindliche Spione oder Offiziere, etwa in Tarzan und die Nazis. In die Filmgeschichte schrieb er sich 1941 auch durch eine kleine, aber wichtige Rolle in Citizen Kane: Van Zandt spielt zu Filmanfang den Chefredakteur der Nachrichtensendung, der den jungen Reporter auf die Suche nach der Bedeutung des Wortes „Rosebud“ losschickt.
Eine von ihm gegründete Schauspielschule blieb erfolglos, zugleich verspielte Van Zandt durch Glücksspielsucht in den 1950er-Jahren sein gesamtes Vermögen.
Fotos
Filme (139)
Fifi Blows Her Top
1958 · Mort--Fifi's Husband
Outer Space Jitters
1957 · The High Mucky Muck
The Crooked Circle
1957 · Max Maxwell
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957 · George Loane Tucker
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Vidal
Sweet Smell of Success
1957 · Radio Program Director (uncredited)
The Lonely Man
1957
The Midnight Story
1957 · Vince de Paul (uncredited)
Shoot-Out at Medicine Bend
1957 · Emporium Barker (uncredited)
The 27th Day
1957 · Taxi Driver
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · (uncredited)
Hot Stuff
1956 · Anemian Captain
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956 · District Attorney Marshall
Our Miss Brooks
1956 · Mr. Webster
Army Daze
1956 · Colonel Pretzelbender (uncredited)
Uranium Boom
1956 · Navajo Charlie
So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955 · Spider Murphy (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
1955 · Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
I Cover the Underworld
1955 · Jake Freeman
So You Want to Be on a Jury
1955 · Louie’s Lawyer
Bedlam in Paradise
1955 · The Devil
G.I. Dood It
1955 · Col. Phillip Potts
Scotched in Scotland
1954 · O.U. Gonga, The Dean
Knutzy Knights
1954 · The Black Prince
Apache
1954 · Inspector (uncredited)
Gog
1954 · Dr. Pierre Elzevir
Musty Musketeers
1954 · Mergatroid
Playgirl
1954 · Lew Martel
Yankee Pasha
1954 · Bassan Sa'id
Dragon's Gold
1954 · Sen
So You Want to Be an Heir
1953 · Hideous P. Scroogington (uncredited)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953 · Davis
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953 · Selim
Clipped Wings
1953 · Joe Eckler
Ride, Vaquero!
1953 · Second Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Spooks!
1953 · Dr. Jeckyl
So You Want a Television Set
1953 · TV Movie Host (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953 · Headwaiter
Because of You
1952 · Marvel (uncredited)
Yukon Gold
1952 · Clint McClay
Son of Ali Baba
1952 · Kareeb (uncredited)
At Sword's Point
1952
Macao
1952 · Customs Official (uncredited)
Thief of Damascus
1952 · Ali Baba
Viva Zapata!
1952 · Commanding Officer (uncredited)
Submarine Command
1951 · Gavin
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951 · SS Man at Hospital (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
1951 · Jose Morro
Ghost Chasers
1951 · Dr. Basil Granville
Life with Buster Keaton
1951
Target Unknown
1951 · Karl (uncredited)
Three Arabian Nuts
1951 · Ahmed
Where Danger Lives
1950 · Milo DeLong
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950 · Man with Gazette
Copper Canyon
1950 · Sheriff Wattling (as Philip van Zandt)
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950 · Joe Quist
Indian Territory
1950 · Curt Raidler
One Shivery Night
1950 · Fortune Hunter
The Flame and the Arrow
1950 · Hessian Noble (uncredited)
Dopey Dicks
1950 · Professor
The Blonde Bandit
1949 · Artie Jerome, lawyer
Tension
1949 · Police Lt. Schiavone (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
1949 · Head-waiter
House of Strangers
1949 · Minor Role (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
1949 · Chuck (as Phil Van Zandt)
Fuelin' Around
1949 · Capt. Rork
Alias Nick Beal
1949 · Watchman
Mummy's Dummies
1948 · Futamon (Tax Collector)
The Saxon Charm
1948 · Chris
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948 · Anton Radchek
Embraceable You
1948 · Matt Hethron, Theatrical Agent
The Vicious Circle
1948 · Calomar Balog
The Street with No Name
1948 · Bail Bondsman (Uncredited)
The Shanghai Chest
1948 · Joseph Pindello
Fiddlers Three
1948 · Murgittroyd, the Magician
April Showers
1948 · Harry Swift
The Big Clock
1948 · Sidney Kislav
Squareheads of the Round Table
1948 · The Black Prince
The Lady from Shanghai
1947 · Policeman / Thug (uncredited)
Slave Girl
1947 · Yusef
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947 · Mailman
California
1947 · Mr. Gunce (uncredited)
Last Frontier Uprising
1947 · Liberal Lyons
Decoy
1946 · Tommy
Pardon My Terror
1946 · Jarvis
Below the Deadline
1946 · Oney Kessel
Night and Day
1946 · Librettist (uncredited)
Avalanche
1946 · Malone
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946 · Morelli (as Phil Van Zandt)
Somewhere in the Night
1946 · Navy Doctor
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946 · Freddie Wells
Gilda
1946 · Cartel Member (uncredited)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946 · Prioress Guard (uncredited)
A Thousand and One Nights
1945 · Grand Wazir AbuHassan
Counter-Attack
1945 · Galkronye
Sudan
1945 · Setna
House of Frankenstein
1944 · Muller (uncredited)
The Unwritten Code
1944 · Ulrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
The Conspirators
1944 · Customs Official (uncredited)
The Very Thought of You
1944 · Assistant Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Big Noise
1944 · Dutch Glassman
Swing Hostess
1944 · Merlini - the Magician, Merlini
Till We Meet Again
1944 · German Lieutenant
Dragon Seed
1944 · Japanese Guard (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944 · Dutch Gunner (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944 · Cullen (uncredited)
A Guy Named Joe
1944 · Major (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
1944 · Captain (uncredited)
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943 · Kushmet
Old Acquaintance
1943 · Hotel Night Manager (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
1943 · Aschenhausen Henchman Kurt (Uncredited)
Air Raid Wardens
1943 · Herman
Hangmen Also Die!
1943 · Officer (uncredited)
Tarzan Triumphs
1943 · Captain Bausch
The Hard Way
1943 · Eddie (Uncredited)
Commandos Strike at Dawn
1942 · Thirsty German Soldier (uncredited)
Reunion in France
1942 · Customer (uncredited)
Northwest Rangers
1942 · First Poker Dealer
The Devil with Hitler
1942 · Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Wake Island
1942
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942 · Detroit Dance Hall Waiter (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
1942 · SS Man (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942 · Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Nazi Agent
1942 · Thug (uncredited)
All Through the Night
1942 · Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
Paris Calling
1941 · Thick Workman (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
1941 · Cuban Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
New York Town
1941 · Peddler (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love
1941 · Radio Operator (Uncredited)
Ride on Vaquero
1941 · Blacksmith
Citizen Kane
1941 · Mr. Rawlston
City of Missing Girls
1941 · King Peterson
In Old Colorado
1941 · Shell Game Operator
So Ends Our Night
1941 · Bachmann
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941 · Baxter
The Lady in Question
1940 · Second Court Clerk (uncredited)
Winners of the West
1940 · Henchman
Dancing Co-Ed
1939 · Short Kidnapper (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
1939 · Freddie (uncredited)
Serien (21)
The Thin Man
1957
Broken Arrow
1956 · Walters
The Count of Monte Cristo
1956
Crossroads
1955 · Gangster (uncredited)
Jungle Jim
1955
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1954
Father Knows Best
1954 · The Great Merado (uncredited)
The Whistler
1954
Topper
1953 · Hopak
The Life Of Riley
1953 · Lou
Terry and the Pirates
1952
The Ford Television Theatre
1952 · Blind Man
Cavalcade of America
1952 · Mario
Adventures of Superman
1952 · Miral, Nick Marone, Regan
Hopalong Cassidy
1952
Gang Busters
1952
Dangerous Assignment
1952 · Angelo
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
Boston Blackie
1951 · Milo Morrissey
The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
1951 · Baron
The Living Christ
1951 · Pharisee