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John van Dreelen was a Dutch-born American-based actor, who frequently performed on television from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Birth Name
Jacques Gimberg van Drielen
Born
Friday, 05 May 1922
Died
Friday, 04 September 1992
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Becoming Colette | Jean-Albert Gauthier-Villars | 1991 |
| Unsere Hagenbecks | Sir Henry | 1991 |
| Operation Las Vegas | Parker | 1990 |
| Schluss! Aus! Feierabend! | Hendrik | 1989 |
| Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears | Geyer | 1989 |
| Beppie | Helmut Schuszmeier | 1989 |
| Peter Strohm | Roy Bouterse | 1989 |
| Born to Fight | Gen. Weber | 1989 |
| Noble House | Jacques DeVille | 1988 |
| Looking for Eileen | Philips vader | 1987 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Becoming Colette | Jean-Albert Gauthier-Villars | 1991 |
| Unsere Hagenbecks | Sir Henry | 1991 |
| Operation Las Vegas | Parker | 1990 |
| Schluss! Aus! Feierabend! | Hendrik | 1989 |
| Real Men Don't Eat Gummi Bears | Geyer | 1989 |
| Beppie | Helmut Schuszmeier | 1989 |
| Peter Strohm | Roy Bouterse | 1989 |
| Born to Fight | Gen. Weber | 1989 |
| Noble House | Jacques DeVille | 1988 |
| Looking for Eileen | Philips vader | 1987 |
| Odyssée d'amour | Dr. Alexander De Winter | 1987 |
| Mascara | Minister Weinberger | 1987 |
| L'heure Simenon | Uncle Louis | 1987 |
| The Money Pit | Carlos | 1986 |
| Covenant | Heinrich Bosch | 1985 |
| Paper Dolls | Dr. Zwan | 1984 |
| Cover Up | Malcolm Caine | 1984 |
| Airwolf | Victor Janek | 1984 |
| Der schwarze Bumerang | Arzt | 1983 |
| Ace Crawford... Private Eye | Klaus Gutmann | 1983 |
| Remington Steele | Francois Periot | 1982 |
| Knight Rider | Hunt | 1982 |
| Falcon Crest | Johan Riebmann | 1981 |
| Evita Peron | Capt. von Weber | 1981 |
| Dynasty | Minister | 1981 |
| The Formula | Hans Lehman | 1980 |
| Swan Song | Bergstrom | 1980 |
| House Calls | Maitre d' | 1979 |
| Hart to Hart | Henri Beaumont | 1979 |
| The Ultimate Impostor | Ruben Parets | 1979 |
| Time Express | Dr. Wahl | 1979 |
| The Word | Dr. Fass | 1978 |
| The Clone Master | Salt | 1978 |
| The Great Wallendas | Herman Wallenda | 1978 |
| Washington: Behind Closed Doors | Wharton | 1977 |
| The Rhinemann Exchange | Dietrich | 1977 |
| Too Hot to Handle | MacKenzie Portman | 1977 |
| The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries | Mayor | 1977 |
| Charlie's Angels | Alexander Cruz | 1976 |
| Wonder Woman | Dante | 1975 |
| Kommissariat IX | William S. Shilling (as John van Dreelen) | 1975 |
| Rufus | Marcel | 1975 |
| The Rockford Files | Gunderson | 1974 |
| The Six Million Dollar Man | Alfredo Tucelli / Theodore J. Matheson | 1974 |
| Diamantenparty | Direktor Konni Masur | 1973 |
| The Big Game | Lee | 1973 |
| Police Story | John Vander Veer | 1973 |
| Lost Horizon | Dr. Verden | 1973 |
| Barnaby Jones | Victor Sonderheim | 1973 |
| The Sandy Duncan Show | Le Moko | 1972 |
| Nightshade | Jan Eckmann | 1972 |
| Hamburg Transit | Van Drees | 1970 |
| Die Kriminalerzählung | Mr. Judson | 1970 |
| McCloud | Rissient | 1970 |
| Paris 7000 | Zeigler | 1970 |
| Topaz | Claude Martin | 1969 |
| Bracken's World | Rick Lawrence | 1969 |
| Marcus Welby, M.D. | Frederick Bramstedt | 1969 |
| Mod Squad | Karl | 1968 |
| The Name of the Game | Deist | 1968 |
| Die Ente klingelt um halb acht | Rechtsanwalt Kellermann | 1968 |
| It Takes a Thief | Valdone / General Alekseiko / Gen. Kunay | 1968 |
| Ironside | Carl Shiller / Igor Varenya | 1967 |
| Garrison's Gorillas | Col. Mantfreeling | 1967 |
| Von Null Uhr Eins bis Mitternacht - Der abenteuerliche Urlaub des Mark Lissen | Mark Lissen | 1967 |
| I Deal in Danger | von Lindendorf | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Prime Minister Henrik Durvard | 1966 |
| Jericho | Colonel Paul Gunther | 1966 |
| Tarzan | Duprez | 1966 |
| The Man Who Never Was | Van Zeeland | 1966 |
| Preview Tonight | (as John Van Dreelan) | 1966 |
| Blue Light | von Lindendorf / (as John van Dreelan) / Gen. Von Lindendorf | 1966 |
| Madame X | Christian Torben | 1966 |
| Get Smart | Algernon DeGrasse | 1965 |
| The Wild Wild West | Count Balkovitch / Marquis Philippe de La Mer | 1965 |
| The F.B.I. | Alex Yustov / Stan Brown / Karl Schindler / Ernst Conrad | 1965 |
| Green Acres | Count Freidmeister | 1965 |
| I Spy | Kraft | 1965 |
| Run for Your Life | Jan Vlasek / Henrik Verbeck | 1965 |
| Von Ryan's Express | Col. Gortz / Colonel Gortz | 1965 |
| See How They Run | 1964 | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Harold Bufferton | 1964 |
| 12 O'Clock High | Capt. Staufman / Maj. Max Schindler / Gen. Reger / Colonel von Datz / Col. Alfred Hoeptner | 1964 |
| Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea | Admiral the Baron Gustave Von Neuberg / Schroder | 1964 |
| Kraft Suspense Theatre | Dr. Eduardo Lenzi | 1963 |
| Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre | Niklas Strellin / Col. Nauman | 1963 |
| The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Dr. Armin Weller | 1963 |
| Grindl | Antoine | 1963 |
| The Gallant Men | Francioso Cardinale | 1962 |
| Combat! | Lt. Kramer | 1962 |
| The Dick Powell Theatre | 'Juliano' | 1961 |
| King of Diamonds | Guy | 1961 |
| The Wizard of Baghdad | Sultan Jullnar / Sultan Julnar | 1961 |
| The Roaring 20's | Alonzo the Great | 1960 |
| Surfside 6 | Martin Harriby / Fredrik Lundstrom | 1960 |
| Michael Shayne | Voltane | 1960 |
| My Three Sons | Prince Sundra | 1960 |
| Thriller | Joel Stone | 1960 |
| Assignment: Underwater | Jacques Blanchard | 1960 |
| Beyond the Time Barrier | Dr. Bourman | 1960 |
| 13 Ghosts | Van Allen | 1960 |
| The Enemy General | General Bruger | 1960 |
| The Leech Woman | Bertram Garvay / David Garvay (listed as "Bertram" in end credits but called "David" in the film) | 1960 |
| Overland Trail | Captain Fortesque | 1960 |
| The Flying Fontaines | Victor Fontaine | 1959 |
| The Detectives | Dr. Fredericks | 1959 |
| Hawaiian Eye | Prince Abdur Rahman / Otto Von Helgren / Hilary Kane / Gregor Kandinsky / Curt Viner | 1959 |
| Adventures in Paradise | Monsieur Coret / Lieutenant Troveaux / Charles Arnoux | 1959 |
| The Twilight Zone | Commissar Vassiloff | 1959 |
| Men Into Space | Col. Tolchek | 1959 |
| The Man and the Challenge | Georges Bolet | 1959 |
| Markham | George Wagner | 1959 |
| Rawhide | Ulrich | 1959 |
| 77 Sunset Strip | Alexis Manet / Colonel Szatmar / Dr. Volta / Hendrick Van Horn / Henrik Van Horn / Max Comstock / Padi Shah of Benar | 1958 |
| The Ann Sothern Show | Dumas | 1958 |
| Lawman | Malcolm Tyler DeVries | 1958 |
| A Time to Love and a Time to Die | Political Officer | 1958 |
| Perry Mason | Jarvis Logan / Gideon Long | 1957 |
| Zwei Herzen voller Seligkeit | Dieter Lorenz | 1957 |
| The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna | Thornbury | 1956 |
| In Hamburg sind die Nächte lang | o.A. | 1956 |
| Gunsmoke | Gruber | 1955 |
| Bedevilled | Michel Trevelle | 1955 |
| The Last Ten Days | Major Brinkmann | 1955 |
| The Millionaire | Hugh Wilson | 1955 |
| A Girl from Paris | 1954 | |
| The Magical World of Disney | Dr. Hans Linquist / Travell / George Travell | 1954 |
| Rote Rosen, rote Lippen, roter Wein | Hans Westhoff | 1953 |
| Moselfahrt aus Liebeskummer | Bernd Zagler | 1953 |
| Moulin Rouge | Minor Role | 1952 |
| Full House | Le G'man Lemmy Caution (segment "Je suis un tendre") / Le G'man Lemmy Caution | 1952 |
| We Will All Go to Monte Carlo | Rudy Walter | 1951 |
| Gigi | Bit Part | 1949 |
| But Not in Vain | Minor Role / Fred van Nespen | 1948 |
| Niet tevergeefs | Fred van Nespen | 1948 |
| Studio One | Philip Clary | 1948 |
| The Philco Television Playhouse | 1948 |
