Philip Van Zandt
Date of birth: 1904-10-04
Place of birth: Amsterdam, Holland
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Phil 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.
Movie Credits
Citizen Kane
1941-04-17
Newspaper magnate Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich
Decoy
1946-09-14
A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before s
Where Danger Lives
1950-11-16
A young doctor falls in love with a disturbed young woman and apparently becomes involved in the dea
The Big Clock
1948-03-18
George Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor, has to postpone a vacation with his wife - again
The Pride and the Passion
1957-07-10
During the Napoleonic Wars, when the French have occupied Spain, some Spanish guerrilla soldiers are
Pardon My Terror
1946-09-12
Private detectives Gus and Dick take a murder case where nearly everyone is trying to kill them.
Walk a Crooked Mile
1948-09-02
A security leak is found at a Southern California atomic plant. The authorities stand in fear that t
His Kind of Woman
1951-08-15
Career gambler Dan Milner agrees to a $50,000 deal to leave the USA for Mexico, only to find himself
Cyrano de Bergerac
1950-11-16
France, 1640. Cyrano, the charismatic swordsman-poet with the absurd nose, hopelessly loves the beau
One Shivery Night
1950-07-13
Hugh and his partner, Julius are assigned to demolish a old mansion that's rumored to have a fortune
I Cover the Underworld
1955-05-19
Gunner O'Hara is about to be released from prison after serving a five-year sentence, and receives a
The Lady Gambles
1949-05-20
When Joan Boothe accompanies husband-reporter David to Las Vegas, she begins gambling to pass the ti
The Vicious Circle
1948-07-21
In Hungary, a rich baron discovers that there are extensive oil deposits underneath nearby propertie
Below the Deadline
1946-08-03
A veteran, Joe Hilton, returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton, a gangster, has
Between Midnight and Dawn
1950-10-01
Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreake
Air Raid Wardens
1943-04-04
Two bumblers, failures as businessmen and air raid wardens, stumble across a nest of Nazi saboteurs
Invisible Agent
1942-07-31
The Invisible Man's grandson uses his secret formula to spy on Nazi Germany.
Gog
1954-06-04
A mechanical brain is programmed to sabotage the government's secret lab while working on the first
House of Strangers
1949-07-01
Gino Monetti is a ruthless Italian-American banker who is engaged in a number of criminal activities
Don't Gamble with Strangers
1946-06-22
Two card sharks, pretending to be brother and sister, clean out a small-town banker, then take over
The Street with No Name
1948-07-14
After two gang-related killings in "Center City," a suspect (who was framed) is arrested, released o
Counter-Attack
1945-04-26
Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building.
Tarzan's Desert Mystery
1943-12-26
A letter from Jane, who is nursing British troops, asks Tarzan's help in obtaining a malaria serum e
Tarzan Triumphs
1943-01-20
Zandra, white princess of a lost civilization, comes to Tarzan for help when Nazis invade the jungle
Clipped Wings
1953-08-14
Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves
So You Want to Be on a Jury
1955-05-07
Joe and Homer are both on a jury trying an accident case involving their boss and a gangster. Interf
So You Want to Be an Heir
1953-12-19
Thinking he may inherit a million dollars from his dying grandmother, Joe McDoakes finds himself the
So You Want a Television Set
1953-05-23
Joe and Alice buy a television set and, due to some excuse, or another, the neighbors begin to drop
The Big Noise
1944-09-22
During World War II Stan and Ollie find themselves as improbable bodyguards to an eccentric inventor
Tension
1949-11-25
Warren Quimby manages a drugstore while trying to keep his volatile wife, Claire, happy. However, wh
Swing Hostess
1944-09-08
An out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.
Night and Day
1946-07-02
When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he
Those High Grey Walls
1939-09-21
Dr. MacAuley, a kindly, beloved country doctor, is sent to Fillmore Prison. His crime was for removi
The Very Thought of You
1944-10-20
Army sergeants Dave and "Fixit" spend a three-day pass in Pasadena, where they meet Janet and Cora,
Bedlam in Paradise
1955-04-14
Shemp dies but cannot get into heaven until he reforms Moe and Larry. He returns to earth as an invi
The 27th Day
1957-01-07
Five individuals from five nations, including the USA, USSR, and China, suddenly find themselves on
The Unwritten Code
1944-10-26
A Nazi spy sneaks into the U.S., hoping to release hundreds of German prisoners. He fails, but not u
Dragon Seed
1944-07-20
Life in a small Chinese village is turned upside down when the Japanese invade it. A heroic young Ch
Ghost Chasers
1951-04-29
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
The Saxon Charm
1948-09-28
In order to get his way, New York producer Matt Saxon manipulates and controls everyone around him b
Fiddlers Three
1948-05-06
The stooges are musicians at the court of King Cole. When they ask the king's permission to marry th
Squareheads of the Round Table
1948-03-04
Set in Arthurian times, the Stooges decide to help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand o
Mummy's Dummies
1948-11-04
Set in ancient Egypt, the stooges run a used chariot lot where they unload defective chariots on uns
Fuelin' Around
1949-04-07
The Stooges are carpet layers working in the home of a scientist, Professor Sneed, who has invented
Dopey Dicks
1950-03-02
The stooges become detectives and go to the aid of girl in the clutches of a mad scientist. The boys
Three Arabian Nuts
1951-01-04
The stooges are delivering some Arabian antiques, which include a magic lamp complete with genie. Th
Musty Musketeers
1954-05-13
Set in the middle ages, the stooges wish to marry their sweethearts, but the King won't give his con
Scotched in Scotland
1954-11-04
Would be detectives, the stooges get a job guarding a Scotch castle while the owner is away. The ser
Spooks!
1953-06-15
The stooges are private detectives hired to find a missing girl. The boys disguise as pie salesmen a
Knutzy Knights
1954-09-02
Set in Elizabethan times, the stooges help their friend Cedric the Blacksmith win the hand of the fa
Swing Hostess
1944-09-08
An out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.
Fifi Blows Her Top
1958-04-10
The stooges reminisce about their wartime romances in Europe. After they finish their tales, they di
Hot Stuff
1956-09-06
The stooges are government agent entrusted with protecting professor Sneed, who has invented a super
Outer Space Jitters
1957-12-05
The stooges accompany professor Jones on an expedition to Venus, where they discover that the Venusi
Thief of Damascus
1952-04-01
A young man assembles a band of adventurers to take on an evil sultan.
Slave Girl
1947-07-17
Tongue-in-cheek adventure tale of an American attempting to free sailors held as hostages and becomi
Uranium Boom
1956-03-02
Ex-lumberjack Brad Collins and mining engineer Grady Mathews find uranium in the Colorado badlands.
To Catch a Thief
1955-08-03
When a string of jewel robberies hits the French Riviera, suspicion falls on retired thief John “The
The Crooked Circle
1957-11-11
A young prizefighter finds himself being squeezed on all sides to throw a fight.
Target Unknown
1951-02-08
World War II drama about members of an American bomber squadron who are captured and held prisoners
City of Missing Girls
1941-03-27
A female reporter goes undercover to investigate the series of mysterious disappearances of young wo
Easy Come, Easy Go
1947-03-07
Comedy about an Irish father, who enjoys betting on horses, who keeps interfering with his daughter'
Three for Jamie Dawn
1956-07-08
Three jurors are ripe for bribery by the lawyer of a playgirl up for murder.
Playgirl
1954-04-21
If you remember Shelley Winters from "The Poseidon Adventure" or "Bloody Mama," you might tend to fo
Hangmen Also Die!
1943-04-15
During the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia, surgeon Dr. Franticek Svoboda, a Czech patriot, assass
All Through the Night
1942-01-10
Broadway gamblers stumble across a plan by Nazi saboteurs to blow up an American battleship.
Prisoners of the Casbah
1953-11-03
A low-born thief loves a Moroccan Princess. She must marry to escape death at the hands of her enemi
Sweet Smell of Success
1957-07-04
New York City newspaper writer J.J. Hunsecker holds considerable sway over public opinion with his B
The Lonely Man
1957-06-21
Aging gunslinger Jacob Wade hopes to settle down with his estranged son, but his old enemies have ot
The Living Bible
1952-01-01
Witness the story of Jesus, beginning with his birth in Bethlehem, to his crucifixion, death, and tr
The Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel
1951-10-16
The life and career of Erwin Rommel and his involvement in the plot to assassinate Hitler.
Nazi Agent
1942-03-01
Humble stamp dealer Otto Becker has little to do with international politics, so when he receives a
Dancing Co-Ed
1939-09-29
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his
Gilda
1946-04-25
A gambler discovers an old flame while in Argentina, but she's married to his new boss.
G.I. Dood It
1955-02-17
Joe Besser has a fight with an army sergeant before he is drafted, and when he arrives at camp, find
Army Daze
1956-03-22
Joe is drafted into the army of Starvania, and falls in love with Olga, a beautiful Starvanian WAC,
House of Frankenstein
1944-12-01
Deranged scientist, Gustav Niemann, escapes from prison and overtakes the director of a traveling ch
So You Want to Be a V.P.
1955-10-29
Joe McDoakes is employed as the seventh vice-president in a firm that only makes promotions from the
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946-02-21
Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil,
Wake Island
1942-08-11
In late 1941, with no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to ke
Yukon Gold
1952-08-30
In this Yukon adventure, a gold mining community is rocked by a murder. A Mountie investigates and e
Because of You
1952-12-04
A female ex-con falls in love and hesitates to reveal her past.
Life with Buster Keaton
1951-02-10
Buster's shenanigans running a sporting goods store and his antics in a local theatre group.
Viva Zapata!
1952-02-07
The story of Mexican revolutionary Emiliano Zapata, who led a rebellion against the corrupt, oppress
Somewhere in the Night
1946-06-12
George Taylor returns from WWII with amnesia. Back home in Los Angeles, he tries to track down his o
The Night of January 16th
1941-11-28
Accused of killing her employer, financier Bjorn Faulkner, Kit is championed by wisecracking sailor-
April Showers
1948-03-27
A married couple who have a song-and-dance act in vaudeville are in trouble. Their struggling act is
Macao
1952-04-11
Nick Cochran, an American in exile in Macao, has a chance to restore his name by helping capture an
Calling Dr. Gillespie
1942-08-01
Dr. Kildare's friend Dr. Gillespie is called in to investigate when a young man suffering from menta
The Lady from Shanghai
1947-12-24
A romantic drifter gets caught between a corrupt tycoon and his voluptuous wife.
Paris Calling
1941-12-04
Marianne Jannetier, a well-to-do Parisian, engaged to Andre Benoit, a high-ranking government offici
Ride on Vaquero
1941-04-18
The Cisco Kid is captured while keeping a rendezvous with cantina dancer Dolores but is released by
Winners of the West
1940-07-02
Beyond Hell's Gate Pass is territory controlled by a man who calls himself King Carter; he uses a va
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1953-11-20
With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resen
The Lady in Question
1940-08-07
When a jury member takes in the defendant he couldn't convict, she has a bad influence on his son.
Around the World in 80 Days
1956-10-17
Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the wor
Indian Territory
1950-09-29
Columbia's final release for 1950 was the Gene Autry western Indian Territory. Set during the Recons
The Blonde Bandit
1949-12-22
A duped bride joins a bookie in love and crime.
Last Frontier Uprising
1947-02-01
Singing cowboy Monte Hale plays "himself" in the Republic western Last Frontier Uprising. Actually,
In Old Colorado
1941-03-14
Joe Weller has instigated a conflict over water rights between two ranchers. The idea is to have the
Our Miss Brooks
1956-04-24
The big-screen translation of the successful television show of the 1950's. Arden stars as Connie Br
Northwest Rangers
1942-10-28
Boyhood friends grow up into different professions: one a dedicated Canadian Mountie, the other a no
Copper Canyon
1950-11-15
A group of copper miners, Southern veterans, are terrorized by local rebel-haters, led by deputy Lan
They Dare Not Love
1941-05-16
An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a bea
So Ends Our Night
1941-02-27
An anti-Nazi refugee on the run and a young Jewish couple race across Europe trying to escape Hitler
A Thousand and One Nights
1945-07-20
On the run after being found sweet-talking the Sultan's daughter, Aladdin comes upon a lamp which, w
New York Town
1941-10-31
Victor Ballard, a happy-go-lucky albeit impoverished sidewalk photographer, shares a New York City s
Avalanche
1946-06-30
Two T-men track a tax evader and his money to an Idaho ski resort, where a raven tends bar.
The Devil with Hitler
1942-10-18
Adolf Hitler, Benito and Suki Yaki are placed in a series of Three-Stooges routines, with the premis
The Midnight Story
1957-06-04
Beloved priest Father Thomasino is murdered in a San Francisco alley, and the police have few clues.
Sudan
1945-04-18
A desert pickpocket, his sidekick, and an escaped slave help an incognito queen in danger.
Above Suspicion
1943-05-31
Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
Alias Nick Beal
1949-03-04
After straight-arrow district attorney Joseph Foster says in frustration that he would sell his soul
Where Did You Get That Girl?
1941-01-03
In this musical comedy, a motley band of musicians have only their extreme poverty in common. They e
A Guy Named Joe
1949-01-08
A cocky U.S. Army Air Force pilot stationed in England during World War II falls for a daring female
The Shanghai Chest
1948-07-11
Charlie attempts to solve a triple murder in which a dead man's finger prints show up at all three m
Old Acquaintance
1943-11-27
Two writers, friends since childhood, fight over their books and lives.
Man of a Thousand Faces
1957-08-15
The turbulent life and professional career of vaudeville actor and silent screen horror star Lon Cha
Joe Palooka, Champ
1946-05-26
After losing heavyweight contender Al Costa to mob boss Florini fight promoter Knobby Walsh recruits
The Hard Way
1943-01-13
Helen Chernen pushes her younger sister Katherine into show business in order to escape their small
Submarine Command
1951-11-01
Submarine commander Ken White is forced to suddenly submerge, leaving his captain and another crew m
Dragon's Gold
1954-02-10
Murder and intrigue follow an insurance investigator Mack Rossiter (John Archer) after he is dispatc
The Flame and the Arrow
1950-07-07
Dardo, a Robin Hood-like figure, and his loyal followers use a Roman ruin in Medieval Lombardy as th
Reunion in France
1942-12-25
French woman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris, hides a downed
Embraceable You
1948-08-21
Eddie, a small-time hoodlum is forced to care for Marie, the woman he accidentally hit with his car
The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04
As the Japanese sweep through the East Indies during World War II, Dr. Wassell is determined to esca
California
1947-02-21
"Wicked" Lily Bishop joins a wagon train to California, led by Michael Fabian and Johnny Trumbo, but
Apache
1954-07-09
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for t
Yankee Pasha
1954-04-17
Tale of an adventurer trying to rescue a damsel kidnapped by pirates.
Maisie Gets Her Man
1942-06-01
Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a b
Red, Hot and Blue
1949-09-05
In her attempts to make a splash on Broadway, a lively would-be-actress lands herself in hot water w
So You Want to Be a Musician
1953-01-10
Joe McDoakes can't find a job as a bassoonist, so he pawns his instrument.
Ride, Vaquero!
1953-07-17
Two Mexican outlaws, Rio and Esqueda, raised as stepbrothers, have a showdown over the issue of whet
Till We Meet Again
1944-08-30
An American pilot is shot down over Nazi-occupied France and is taken to a convent by the Resistance
Shine on Harvest Moon
1944-03-10
Biographical movie about the early 20th century broadway stars Nora Bayes and Jack Norworth.
None Shall Escape
1944-02-03
Through flashbacks going as far back as the end of WW1, the story of a Nazi war criminal is exposed
Shoot-Out At Medicine Bend
1957-05-04
In Medicine Bend, a crooked businessman has the town mayor and sheriff in his pocket while his hench
Son of Ali Baba
1952-08-15
In ancient Persia the son of Ali Baba (of forty thieves fame), Kashma Baba is a military cadet by da