John van Dreelen

1922-05-05 Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands 52 Credits

Biography

John van Dreelen (born Jacques Theodore van Drielen Gimberg; 5 May 1922 – 4 September 1992) was a Dutch actor, who frequently performed on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.

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Becoming Colette

Becoming Colette

1991

as Jean-Albert Gauthier-Villars

3.7
Acting

French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.

Operation Las Vegas

Operation Las Vegas

1990

as Parker

3.0
Acting

Richard Harrison fights mobsters, terrorists, and ninjas in this no-budget flick.

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears

1989

as Geyer

Acting

In this wacky comedy, teen-aged Tony (Bentley C. Mitchum) has never known who is father is. Together with his best buddies Peter and Susan, he tracks ...

Born to Fight

Born to Fight

1989

as Gen. Weber

5.7
Acting

Vietnam War veteran Sam Wood is a survivor of a vicious prison camp where he was brutally and painfully tortured before finally managing to escape. Th...

Looking for Eileen

Looking for Eileen

1987

as Philips vader

6.6
Acting

After his wife Marjan has died in a car crash, Philip de Wit becomes a total wreck. Only after months does he return to a more or less normal life and...

Odyssey of Love

1987

as Dr. Alexander De Winter

6.0
Acting

Paul has a full-time lover, an older English woman whose common sense and down-to-earth qualities more than compensate for her relative lack of passio...

Mascara

Mascara

1987

as Minister Weinberger

4.8
Acting

A respected police commissioner has a reputation as a opera lover, but by night he also enjoys plunging into the transvestite scene. In addition, he h...

The Money Pit

The Money Pit

1986

as Carlos

6.5
Acting

After being evicted from their Manhattan apartment, a couple buy what looks like the home of their dreams—only to find themselves saddled with a bank-...

Covenant

Covenant

1985

as Heinrich Bosch

3.0
Acting

A powerful family that controls the world's banks has made a deal with Satan to help the forces of evil take over the world. An underground group name...

Evita Peron

Evita Peron

1981

as Capt. von Weber

Acting

Aspiring actress Eva Duarte rises from a minor celebrity to the wife of a powerful Argentine dictator, but her all consuming fiery rage, ambition, and...

The Formula

The Formula

1980

as Hans Lehman

5.5
Acting

While investigating the death of a friend and fellow cop, Los Angeles police officer Barney Caine stumbles across evidence that Nazis created a synthe...

Swan Song

Swan Song

1980

as Bergstrom

Acting

Sun Valley provides the backdrop to this story of a downhill ski racer who seeks to make a comeback after being branded a loser and the ski bunny who ...

Beggarman, Thief

Beggarman, Thief

1979

6.0
Acting

In this sequel to "Rich Man, Poor Man," moviemaker Gretchen Jordache, the until-now unseen sister, strives to pull the family together after the murde...

The Ultimate Impostor

The Ultimate Impostor

1979

as Ruben Parets

5.0
Acting

A series pilot about a secret agent who is armed with skills learned by a computer-brain link-up -- lasting only 72 hours at a time -- and is sent to ...

The Clone Master

The Clone Master

1978

as Salt

5.3
Acting

In order to test the validity of his experiments on cloning, a scientist makes clones of himself, but it causes problems that he didn't foresee.

The Great Wallendas

The Great Wallendas

1978

as Herman Wallenda

6.0
Acting

Drama based on the legendary circus family, its spectacular but tragic career, and its unique aerial act that includes the seven-member pyramid that l...

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)

The Hardy Boys and Nancy Drew Meet Dracula (Parts 1 & 2)

1977

as Mayor

Acting

While in Europe searching for their missing father, the Hardy Boys meet Nancy Drew and team up on a case that takes them to a rock festival in Transyl...

Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1977

as MacKenzie Portman

4.7
Acting

Gorgeous blonde assassin Samantha Fox accepts a contract to liquidate a quintet of gangsters in the Philippines. Problems ensue when she falls in love...

Rufus

Rufus

1975

as Marcel

6.0
Acting

Professional gambler Rufus convinces an ex-girlfriend to help him pull one over on a corrupt casino owner.

Diamantenparty

Diamantenparty

1973

as Direktor Konni Masur

Acting

Every year, rich people and celebrities gather for the race week in Baden-Baden - and with them the most valuable jewelry and the finest diamonds. Thi...

The Big Game

The Big Game

1973

as Lee

3.5
Acting

Two soldiers of fortune are hired by an inventor to protect him and his invention, a radar-like machine that is capable of controlling armies and forc...

Lost Horizon

Lost Horizon

1973

as Dr. Verden

5.4
Acting

While escaping war-torn China, a group of Europeans crash in the Himalayas, where they are rescued and taken to the mysterious Valley of the Blue Moon...

Nightshade

Nightshade

1972

as Jan Eckmann

5.0
Acting

A man wants to buy a house in Lower Saxony and meets a mysterious woman.

Topaz

Topaz

1969

as Claude Martin

6.0
Acting

Copenhagen, Denmark, 1962. When a high-ranking Soviet official decides to change sides, a French intelligence agent is caught up in a cold, silent and...

My Dog, the Thief

My Dog, the Thief

1969

as George Travell

6.7
Acting

As ratings for Jack Crandall's lifeless airborne traffic reports plummet, a super-size St. Bernard on the lam stows away in his chopper. Crandall's ne...

Die Ente klingelt um halb acht

Die Ente klingelt um halb acht

1968

as Rechtsanwalt Kellermann

4.0
Acting
Madame X

Madame X

1966

as Christian Torben

6.5
Acting

A woman married to a wealthy socialite, is compromised by the accidental death of a man who had been romantically pursuing her, and is forced by her m...

Von Ryan's Express

Von Ryan's Express

1965

as Colonel Gortz

7.1
Acting

Von Ryan's Express stars Frank Sinatra as a POW colonel who leads a daring escape from WWII Italy by taking over a freight train, but he has to win ov...

Daddy-Long-Legs

Daddy-Long-Legs

1964

as Jervis Pendleton

Acting

Dutch television adaptation of the English theatre musical 'Love from Judy' by Eric Maschwitz and Hugh Martin, based on the novel 'Daddy-Long-Legs' by...

See How They Run

See How They Run

1964

4.0
Acting

Three children are stalked by hired killers after they unknowingly take evidence pointing to the existence of a corrupt international cartel, which ha...

The Legend of Two Gypsy Dogs

The Legend of Two Gypsy Dogs

1964

as Narrator

Acting

Two carefree dogs in Hungary come to the attention of an old fisherman. Later they free a hawk from a cage, and he joins them. They have adventures wi...

Laura

Laura

1962

as Shelby Carpenter

6.0
Acting

The detective investigating Laura Hunt's murder finds himself becoming obsessed with the dead woman only to find out she's actually still alive.

The Wizard of Baghdad

The Wizard of Baghdad

1961

as Sultan Julnar

6.0
Acting

A genie turned mortal after his many failures is sent to Baghdad. As his last chance to prove himself he must help a prince and princess fulfill a pro...

The Enemy General

The Enemy General

1960

as General Bruger

5.5
Acting

OSS agent, working with the French underground, ambushes Nazi convoy with high-ranking general, who escapes. Later they take him from a Nazi prison an...

Beyond the Time Barrier

Beyond the Time Barrier

1960

as Dr. Bourman

5.9
Acting

In 1960, a pilot testing an experimental rocket powered aircraft accidentally flies into the future and finds himself in a sealed city whose people su...

13 Ghosts

13 Ghosts

1960

as Van Allen

5.7
Acting

Reclusive Dr. Zorba has died and left his mansion to his nephew Cyrus and his family. They will need to search the house to find the doctor's fortune,...

The Leech Woman

The Leech Woman

1960

as David Garvay (listed as "Bertram" in end credits but called "David" in the film)

4.6
Acting

An endocrinologist in a dysfunctional marriage with an aging, alcoholic wife journeys to Africa seeking a drug that will restore youth.

The Flying Fontaines

1959

as Victor Fontaine

Acting

Director George Sherman's 1959 circus drama stars Michael Callan as a cocky aerialist causing romantic problems under the Big Top.

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

A Time to Love and a Time to Die

1958

as Political Officer

7.2
Acting

A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.

Monsignores große Stunde

1957

as Rechtsanwalt

Acting

Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit

1957

as Dieter Lorenz

Acting

Staatsbegräbnis

1956

as Pilot

Acting

Schiff ohne Hafen

1956

as Ein holländischer Marineoffizier

Acting

In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang

1956

as o.A.

Acting

Reporters Peter Drante and Conny roam Hamburg’s Reeperbahn at night, uncovering three intertwined tales: Lilli, a aging dancer, searches for her missi...

The Last Act

The Last Act

1955

as Major Brinkmann

8.0
Acting

Albin Skoda embodies a frantic Adolf Hitler in his last days, scrambling to keep the Third Reich alive as morale within the bunker wanes and Berlin is...

Ein Mädchen aus Paris

1954

Acting
Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine

Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine

1953

as Hans Westhoff

4.8
Acting

Art dealer Thormann asks for the hand of his beautiful secretary Nora, but Nora loves Captain Hans Westhoff. But while Westhoff is hiding in Italy to ...

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer

Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer

1953

as Bernd Zagler

Acting

Thomas offers Dorette a trip to Moselle that she rejects saying it's short notice, but when Thomas shows at her apartment the next day he finds she's ...

Full House

Full House

1952

as G'man Lemmy Caution (segment "Je suis un tendre")

6.6
Acting

Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.

Monte Carlo Baby

Monte Carlo Baby

1951

as Rudy Walter

6.8
Acting

When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is m...

Gigi

Gigi

1949

as Bit Part (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

Gilberte is a sixteen year old girl raised by her aunt and grandmother to be a demimondaine. But she's not ready for that yet, and spends her days in ...

But Not in Vain

But Not in Vain

1948

as Fred van Nespen

5.8
Acting

Farmer Jan Alting, who has disowned his son for collaborating with the nazis, provides shelter for a Jewish couple, a wanted communist and a rebel ari...