Philip Van Zandt
Acting
Biography
Philip Van Zandt, sometimes billed as Phil Van Zandt, was a Dutch-American actor of stage, film, and television. He made nearly 250 film and television appearances between 1939 and 1958.
Born: October 4, 1904
Place of Birth: Amsterdam, Holland
Known For
New York Town
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City studio apartment with Polish immigrant painter Stefan Janowski. The big city doles out joy and misery indiscriminately: In the apartment below Victor and Steve, Gus Nelson learns that his wife has given birth to quintuplets, while the lonely tenant in the apartment below Gus has given up on life and committed suicide.
Citizen Kane
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.
Sweet Smell of Success
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his Broadway column, but one thing that he can't control is his younger sister, Susan, who is in a relationship with aspiring jazz guitarist Steve Dallas. Hunsecker strongly disapproves of the romance and recruits publicist Sidney Falco to find a way to split the couple, no matter how ruthless the method.
Three Arabian Nuts
The stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with genie. Three Arabian bad guys are after the magic lamp, but the stooges defeat them once they get the "genius", (as Shemp calls the genie) on their side.
The Thin Man
Nick Charles was a private detective who married the wealthy Nora and decided to settle down and leave the good life. Unfortunately for the couple, Nick's past frequently caught up with him and got the couple involved in mystery after mystery. The series was based on the popular MGM series of movies of the 1930's starring William Powell and Myrna Loy. Peter Lawford and Phyllis Kirk starred as the televison versions of Nick and Nora which ran on NBC for two seasons from 1957-59.
Gilda
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
The Lady from Shanghai
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
The Ford Television Theatre
This show started in New York City, with Broadway actors and actresses. It then moved to Hollywood, California, where Hollywood actors and actresses headed the cast.
To Catch a Thief
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The Cat” Robie. To clear his name, he sets out to trap the copycat himself—entangling a wealthy widow and her beguiling daughter in a seductive game of pursuit, deception, and desire.
The Big Clock
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again - when a glamorous blonde is murdered and he is assigned by his publishing boss to find the killer. As the investigation proceeds to its conclusion, Stroud must try to disrupt his ordinarily brilliant investigative team as they increasingly build evidence that he is the killer.
Filmography
as Mort--Fifi's Husband
as The High Mucky Muck
as Max Maxwell
as George Loane Tucker
as Vidal
as Radio Program Director (uncredited)
as Vince de Paul (uncredited)
as Emporium Barker (uncredited)
as Taxi Driver
as (uncredited)
as Walters
as Anemian Captain
as District Attorney Marshall
as Mr. Webster
as Colonel Pretzelbender (uncredited)
as Navajo Charlie
as Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
as Jake Freeman
as The Devil
as Col. Phillip Potts
as O.U. Gonga, The Dean
as The Great Merado (uncredited)
as The Black Prince
as Inspector (uncredited)
as Dr. Pierre Elzevir
as Mergatroid
as Lew Martel
as Bassan Sa'id
as Sen
as Selim
as Hopak
as Joe Eckler
as Second Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
as Dr. Jeckyl
as Lou
as Marvel (uncredited)
as Blind Man
as Mario
as Miral
as Nick Marone
as Regan
as Clint McClay
as Kareeb (uncredited)
as Customs Official (uncredited)
as Ali Baba
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
as Pharisee
as Angelo
as Gavin
as SS Man at Hospital (uncredited)
as Milo Morrissey
as Jose Morro
as Dr. Basil Granville
as Karl (uncredited)
as Pharisee
as Ahmed
as Man with Gazette
as Milo DeLong
as Sheriff Wattling (as Philip van Zandt)
as Joe Quist
as Curt Raidler
as Fortune Hunter
as Hessian Noble (uncredited)
as Professor
as Artie Jerome, lawyer
as Police Lt. Schiavone (uncredited)
as Head-waiter
as Minor Role (uncredited)
as Chuck (as Phil Van Zandt)
as Capt. Rork
as Watchman
as Futamon (Tax Collector)
as Chris
as Anton Radchek
as Matt Hethron, Theatrical Agent
as Calomar Balog
as Bail Bondsman (Uncredited)
as Joseph Pindello
as Murgittroyd, the Magician
as Harry Swift
as Sidney Kislav
as The Black Prince
as Policeman / Thug (uncredited)
as Yusef
as Mailman
as Mr. Gunce (uncredited)
as Liberal Lyons
as Tommy
as Jarvis
as Oney Kessel
as Librettist (uncredited)
as Malone
as Morelli (as Phil Van Zandt)
as Navy Doctor
as Freddie Wells
as Cartel Member (uncredited)
as Prioress Guard (uncredited)
as Grand Wazir AbuHassan
as Galkronye
as Setna
as Muller (uncredited)
as Ulrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
as Assistant Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
as Dutch Glassman
as Merlini - the Magician
as Merlini
as German Lieutenant
as Japanese Guard (uncredited)
as Dutch Gunner (uncredited)
as Cullen (uncredited)
as Major (uncredited)
as Captain (uncredited)
as Kushmet
as Hotel Night Manager (uncredited)
as Aschenhausen Henchman Kurt (Uncredited)
as Herman
as Officer (uncredited)
as Captain Bausch
as Eddie (Uncredited)
as Customer (uncredited)
as First Poker Dealer
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
as Detroit Dance Hall Waiter (uncredited)
as SS Man (uncredited)
as Stage Manager (Uncredited)
as Thug (uncredited)
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
as Thick Workman (uncredited)
as Cuban Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
as Peddler (uncredited)
as Radio Operator (Uncredited)
as Blacksmith
as Mr. Rawlston
as King Peterson
as Shell Game Operator
as Bachmann
as Baxter
as Second Court Clerk (uncredited)
as Henchman
as Short Kidnapper (uncredited)
as Freddie (uncredited)