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Peter van Eyck

Actor | * 07/16/1911 († 57, 07/15/1969) | Steinwehr, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamienny Jaz, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
Peter van Eyck (born Götz von Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969) was a German-American film and television actor. Born in Prussian Pomerania, he moved to the United States in the 1930s and established a career as a character actor. After World War II, he returned to his native country and became a star of West German cinema. Internationally, his best known roles included The Wages of Fear (1953), Mr. Arkadin (1955), The Longest Day (1962), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), and the 1960s Dr. Mabuse films. He was twice nominated for the German Film Award for Best Actor, for Blind Justice (1961) and for The River Line (1964). ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | War

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In March of 1945, as the War in Europe is coming to a close, fighting erupts between German and American troops at the last remaining bridgehead across the Rhine. ...

The Bridge at Remagen

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1969 | 3.3/5 | 1h 57min
History, War, Action
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In a run-down South American town, four men are paid to drive trucks loaded with nitroglycerin into the jungle through to the oil field. Friendships are tested and rivalries develop as they embark upo ...

The Wages of Fear

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1953 | 4.0/5 | 2h 33min
Drama, Thriller, Adventure
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The British Army, retreating ahead of victorious Rommel, leaves a lone survivor on the Egyptian border who finds refuge at a remote desert hotel. He is helped by the hotel's owner, despite protest fro ...

Five Graves to Cairo

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1943 | 3.5/5 | 1h 36min
Thriller, War
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The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's A ...

The Longest Day

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1962 | 3.8/5 | 2h 58min
War, Action, Drama
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Movies with Peter van Eyck as Actor(84)

as Helmut Wurster (archive footage)2018 Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse
as Gen. Von Brock1969 The Bridge at Remagen
as Walter Green1968 Assignment to Kill
as Priest1968 Tevye and His Seven Daughters
as il colonnello Kerr1968 Red Roses for the Fuhrer
as Baron Frederick Von Hallstatt1968 Shalako
as Dr. Bernd Reboux1968 Heidi
as Muller1967 Million Dollar Man
as Ivar Kreuger1967 Ivar Kreuger der Zündholzkönig
as Peter von Kessner1966 À belles dents
as Oscar Rubeck1966 Requiem for a Secret Agent
as Kramer / Jack Haskins1966 High Season for Spies
as Don McGow1965 Duel at Sundown
as US-Colonel1965 Die Herren
as Hans-Dieter Mundt1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
as Petchatkin1965 The Dirty Game
as Captain McPherson1964 Kidnapped to Mystery Island
as Der Reiher1964 The River Line
as Maj. Bob Anders1964 The Death Ray of Dr. Mabuse
as Günther Rohn1963 An Alibi for Death
as Kramer1963 Station Six-Sahara
as Chef1963 And So to Bed
as Major Bill Tern1963 Dr. Mabuse vs. Scotland Yard
as Peter1963 Seduction by the Sea
as Dr. Peter Corrie1962 The Brain
as Georg Droste1962 The Devil's Agent
as Dr. Fred Calonder1962 Finden Sie, daß Constanze sich richtig verhält?
as Lt. Col. Ocker1962 The Longest Day
as Bleck1961 On Friday at Eleven
as Bönisch1961 Die Stunde, die du glücklich bist
as Hauptmann Paul Langenau1961 Love, Freedom and Treachery
as Michel Georgenko1961 No Time for Ecstasy
as Robert Kessler1961 Blind Justice
as Henry B. Travers1960 The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
as Count Almaszy1960 Foxhole in Cairo
as Dr. Hans Simon1960 Sweetheart of the Gods
as Graf von Almassy1959 Rommel ruft Kairo
as Karl Amsel1959 Lockvogel der Nacht
as Pink Roberti1959 Rebel Flight to Cuba
as Paul Claudius1959 The Rest Is Silence
as Robert Golder1959 The Black Chapel
as Alexander1959 Du gehörst mir
as Gefängnisarzt Dr. Knittel1959 Verbrechen nach Schulschluß
as Ron Stevens1959 Labyrinth
as Paul Decker1958 The Snorkel
as Studienrat Dr. Torsten Agast1958 Schmutziger Engel
as Fribert1958 Rosemary
as Alexandre1958 Schwarze Nylons – Heiße Nächte
as Kommissar Léon Ferrier1958 Doctor Crippen Lives
as Eric Fréminger1957 There's Always a Price Tag
1957 Le Feu aux poudres
as Cyril Gad1957 Anyone Can Kill Me
as John Lawrence1957 The Glass Tower
as Peter Simon1957 Fric-frac en dentelles
as SS Captain1956 Attack
as Dr. Van Anders / Col. Wilham Von Andre1956 Run for the Sun
as Andre Boucher1956 The Rawhide Years
as Thaddeus1955 Mr. Arkadin
as Mönchschreiber1955 Der Cornet
as Franck Richter1955 Girl on the Third Floor
as Dr. Celliers1955 Tarzan's Hidden Jungle
as Lt. Heinrich Heldman1955 Jump Into Hell
as Eric Hartman1955 A Bullet for Joey
as Mathias Valdès1954 Flesh and Desire
as Capt. Sergei "Petey" Petrochine1954 Night People
as Fred1954 Flesh and the Woman
as Bimba1953 The Wages of Fear
as Howard1953 Alarm in Morocco
1952 Heart of the Casbah
as German Officer1951 The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as Rolf Carste1950 Export in Blond
as Paul König1950 Königskinder
as Peter von Rhoden1950 Furioso
as FBI-Agent Bennister alias Steward Stephan Lund1950 Epilogue
as Renato1950 Die Dritte von rechts
as Tom Keller1949 Hallo, Fräulein!
as Hafner1944 The Impostor
as Heinrich Schulz1944 Address Unknown
as Capt. Granach - Young Nazi Officer1944 Resisting Enemy Interrogation
as Lt. Schwegler1943 Five Graves to Cairo
as Lt. Tonder1943 The Moon Is Down
as German Soldier (uncredited)1943 Edge of Darkness
1943 Hitler's Madman
as German Ensign (uncredited)1943 Action in the North Atlantic

TV Shows/Series with Peter van Eyck as Actor(3)

as Herr Wegener1969 Der Kommissar
1957 Code 3
as Officer1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Full Name: Peter Van Eyck
Born: Sunday, 07/16 1911 (July) in Steinwehr, Pomerania, Germany [now Kamienny Jaz, Zachodniopomorskie, Poland]
Died: Tuesday, 07/15 1969 (July) in Männedorf (aged: 57)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Pig)
Languages: German (DE), English (EN, native language)
Spouses (current/former): Ruth Ford
Other names for Peter van Eyck (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Götz von Eick"
"Петер ван Эйк"
"Гётц ван Эйк"
Peter van Eyck frequently works together with these people:
Artur Brauner (13x, Crew)
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Orson Welles (9x, Actor)
Norman Lloyd (9x, Actor)
Russell Collins (9x, Actor)
Ray Teal (8x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (8x, Actor)
John Williams (8x, Actor)
Nunnally Johnson (7x, Crew)
Helmut Käutner (7x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:8844, Added: 05/06/2018, Last updated: 04/13/2024