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.
Known For
Complete Filmography

Becoming Colette
1991
as Jean-Albert Gauthier-Villars
French writer recalls her start as the country wife of a Paris publisher who called her erotic work his own.

Operation Las Vegas
1990
as Parker
Richard Harrison fights mobsters, terrorists, and ninjas in this no-budget flick.

Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears
1989
as Geyer
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
1989
as Gen. Weber
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
1987
as Philips vader
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
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
1987
as Minister Weinberger
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
1986
as Carlos
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
1985
as Heinrich Bosch
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
1981
as Capt. von Weber
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
1980
as Hans Lehman
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
1980
as Bergstrom
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
1979
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
1979
as Ruben Parets
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
1978
as Salt
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
1978
as Herman Wallenda
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)
1977
as Mayor
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
1977
as MacKenzie Portman
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
1975
as Marcel
Professional gambler Rufus convinces an ex-girlfriend to help him pull one over on a corrupt casino owner.

Diamantenparty
1973
as Direktor Konni Masur
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
1973
as Lee
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
1973
as Dr. Verden
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
1972
as Jan Eckmann
A man wants to buy a house in Lower Saxony and meets a mysterious woman.

Topaz
1969
as Claude Martin
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
1969
as George Travell
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
1968
as Rechtsanwalt Kellermann

Madame X
1966
as Christian Torben
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
1965
as Colonel Gortz
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
1964
as Jervis Pendleton
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
1964
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
1964
as Narrator
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
1962
as Shelby Carpenter
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
1961
as Sultan Julnar
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
1960
as General Bruger
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
1960
as Dr. Bourman
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
1960
as Van Allen
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
1960
as David Garvay (listed as "Bertram" in end credits but called "David" in the film)
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
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
1958
as Political Officer
A German soldier home on leave falls in love with a girl, then returns to World War II.
Monsignores große Stunde
1957
as Rechtsanwalt
Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit
1957
as Dieter Lorenz
Staatsbegräbnis
1956
as Pilot
Schiff ohne Hafen
1956
as Ein holländischer Marineoffizier
In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang
1956
as o.A.
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
1955
as Major Brinkmann
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

Red Roses, Red Lips, Red Wine
1953
as Hans Westhoff
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
1953
as Bernd Zagler
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
1952
as G'man Lemmy Caution (segment "Je suis un tendre")
Anthology film with three shorts each featuring a famous detective: Monsieur Wens, Lemmy Caution and Maigret.

Monte Carlo Baby
1951
as Rudy Walter
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
1949
as Bit Part (uncredited)
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
1948
as Fred van Nespen
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...