Philip Van Zandt

Personal Info

Birthday

October 4, 1904

Day of Death

1958-02-15

(53 years old)

Place of Birth

Amsterdam, Holland

Also Known As

Phil Van Zandt

Philip Van Zandt

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.

Known For

The Life Of Riley

Topper

Father Knows Best

The Ford Television Theatre

Broken Arrow

Adventures of Superman

The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok

The Adventures of Boston Blackie

Filmography

1958
Fifi Blows Her Top
as Mort--Fifi's Husband
1957
Outer Space Jitters
as The High Mucky Muck
The Crooked Circle
as Max Maxwell
Man of a Thousand Faces
as George Loane Tucker
The Pride and the Passion
as Vidal
Sweet Smell of Success
as Radio Program Director (uncredited)
The Midnight Story
as Vince de Paul (uncredited)
The 27th Day
as Taxi Driver
1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
as (uncredited)
Hot Stuff
as Anemian Captain
Three for Jamie Dawn
as District Attorney Marshall
Our Miss Brooks
as Mr. Webster
Army Daze
as Colonel Pretzelbender (uncredited)
Uranium Boom
as Navajo Charlie
1955
So You Want to Be a V.P.
as Spider Murphy (uncredited)
To Catch a Thief
as Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
I Cover the Underworld
as Jake Freeman
So You Want to Be on a Jury
as Louie’s Lawyer
Bedlam in Paradise
as The Devil
G.I. Dood It
as Col. Phillip Potts
1954
Scotched in Scotland
as O.U. Gonga, The Dean
Knutzy Knights
as The Black Prince
Apache
as Inspector (uncredited)
Gog
as Dr. Pierre Elzevir
Musty Musketeers
as Mergatroid
Playgirl
as Lew Martel
Yankee Pasha
as Bassan Sa'id
Dragon's Gold
as Sen
1953
So You Want to Be an Heir
as Hideous P. Scroogington (uncredited)
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
as Davis
Prisoners of the Casbah
as Selim
Clipped Wings
as Joe Eckler
Ride, Vaquero!
as Second Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Spooks!
as Dr. Jeckyl
So You Want a Television Set
as TV Movie Host (uncredited)
So You Want to Be a Musician
as Headwaiter
1952
Because of You
as Marvel (uncredited)
Yukon Gold
as Clint McClay
Macao
as Customs Official (uncredited)
Thief of Damascus
as Ali Baba
Viva Zapata!
as Commanding Officer (uncredited)
The Living Bible
as Pharisee
1951
Submarine Command
as Gavin
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
as SS Man at Hospital (uncredited)
His Kind of Woman
as Jose Morro
Ghost Chasers
as Dr. Basil Granville
Target Unknown
as Karl (uncredited)
Three Arabian Nuts
as Ahmed
1950
Cyrano de Bergerac
as Man with Gazette
Where Danger Lives
as Milo DeLong
Copper Canyon
as Sheriff Wattling (as Philip van Zandt)
Between Midnight and Dawn
as Joe Quist
Indian Territory
as Curt Raidler
One Shivery Night
as Fortune Hunter
The Flame and the Arrow
as Hessian Noble (uncredited)
Dopey Dicks
as Professor
1949
The Blonde Bandit
as Artie Jerome, lawyer
Tension
as Police Lt. Schiavone (uncredited)
Red, Hot and Blue
as Head-waiter
House of Strangers
as Minor Role (uncredited)
The Lady Gambles
as Chuck (as Phil Van Zandt)
Fuelin' Around
as Capt. Rork
Alias Nick Beal
as Watchman
1948
Mummy's Dummies
as Futamon (Tax Collector)
The Saxon Charm
as Chris
Walk a Crooked Mile
as Anton Radchek
Embraceable You
as Matt Hethron, Theatrical Agent
The Vicious Circle
as Calomar Balog
The Street with No Name
as Bail Bondsman (Uncredited)
The Shanghai Chest
as Joseph Pindello
Fiddlers Three
as Murgittroyd, the Magician
April Showers
as Harry Swift
The Big Clock
as Sidney Kislav
Squareheads of the Round Table
as The Black Prince
1947
The Lady from Shanghai
as Policeman / Thug (uncredited)
Slave Girl
as Yusef
Easy Come, Easy Go
as Mailman
California
as Mr. Gunce (uncredited)
Last Frontier Uprising
as Liberal Lyons
1946
Decoy
as Tommy
Pardon My Terror
as Jarvis
Below the Deadline
as Oney Kessel
Night and Day
as Librettist (uncredited)
Avalanche
as Malone
Don't Gamble with Strangers
as Morelli (as Phil Van Zandt)
Somewhere in the Night
as Navy Doctor
Joe Palooka, Champ
as Freddie Wells
Gilda
as Cartel Member (uncredited)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Prioress Guard (uncredited)
1945
A Thousand and One Nights
as Grand Wazir AbuHassan
Counter-Attack
as Galkronye
Sudan
as Setna
1944
House of Frankenstein
as Muller (uncredited)
The Unwritten Code
as Ulrich, German Soldier (uncredited)
The Very Thought of You
as Assistant Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
The Big Noise
as Dutch Glassman
Swing Hostess
as Merlini - the Magician
Till We Meet Again
as German Lieutenant
Dragon Seed
as Japanese Guard (uncredited)
The Story of Dr. Wassell
as Dutch Gunner (uncredited)
Shine on Harvest Moon
as Cullen (uncredited)
None Shall Escape
as Captain (uncredited)
1943
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
as Kushmet
A Guy Named Joe
as Major (uncredited)
Old Acquaintance
as Hotel Night Manager (uncredited)
Above Suspicion
as Aschenhausen Henchman Kurt (Uncredited)
Hangmen Also Die!
as Officer (uncredited)
Air Raid Wardens
as Herman
Tarzan Triumphs
as Captain Bausch
The Hard Way
as Eddie (Uncredited)
1942
Reunion in France
as Customer (uncredited)
Northwest Rangers
as First Poker Dealer
The Devil with Hitler
as Gestapo Officer (uncredited)
Invisible Agent
as SS Man (uncredited)
Calling Dr. Gillespie
as Detroit Dance Hall Waiter (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man
as Stage Manager (Uncredited)
Nazi Agent
as Thug (uncredited)
All Through the Night
as Assistant Auctioneer (uncredited)
1941
Paris Calling
as Thick Workman (uncredited)
The Night of January 16th
as Cuban Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
New York Town
as Peddler (uncredited)
They Dare Not Love
as Radio Operator
Ride on Vaquero
as Blacksmith
Citizen Kane
as Mr. Rawlston
City of Missing Girls
as King Peterson
In Old Colorado
as Shell Game Operator
So Ends Our Night
as Bachmann
Where Did You Get That Girl?
as Baxter
1940
The Lady in Question
as Second Court Clerk (uncredited)
Winners of the West
as Henchman
1939
Dancing Co-Ed
as Short Kidnapper (uncredited)
Those High Grey Walls
as Freddie (uncredited)