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Peter van Eyck

January 04, 2023

Peter van Eyck (born Götz von Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969) was a German-born film actor. He was perhaps best known (in English-language films) for his roles in the 1960s features The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Shalako and The Bridge at Remagen.

Peter van Eyck
Born
Götz von Eick

(1911-07-16)16 July 1911
Steinwehr, Pomerania (today in Poland)
Died15 July 1969(1969-07-15) (aged 57)
Männedorf, near Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationActor
Years active1943–1969
Spouse(s)Ruth Ford
(m. 1940; div. 194?)
Inge von Voris
(m. 19??)
Children3

Biography

Van Eyck was born into an aristocratic German family from Pomerania (since 1945 part of Poland).[1] After graduating from high school he studied music in Berlin.

While studying music in Berlin, Van Eyck purportedly had a brief liaison with Jean Ross, a cabaret singer who inspired the fictional character of Sally Bowles.[2][3] Ross became pregnant with Eyck's child and, when Eyck departed Weimar-era Berlin, Ross had an abortion authorized by gay author Christopher Isherwood who falsely claimed to be her impregnator.[2][3] These factual events served as the genesis for a short story by Isherwood which later became the 1937 novella Sally Bowles and was later adapted into the 1966 Cabaret musical and the 1972 film of the same name.[4][5]

In 1931, after leaving Berlin, Van Eyck lived in Paris, London, Tunis, Algiers and Cuba, before settling in New York. He earned a living playing the piano in a bar, and wrote and composed for revues and cabarets, including several songs for Madame Spivy with lyricist John LaTouche. He worked for Irving Berlin as a stage manager and production assistant, and for Orson Welles Mercury Theatre company as an assistant director.[6]

Van Eyck went to Hollywood where he worked as a truck driver. He initially found radio work with the help of Billy Wilder, who later gave him small film roles.[7] In 1943, he took US citizenship and was drafted into the U.S. Army as a commissioned officer. At the end of World War II, he returned to Germany as a control officer for film and remained there until 1948 as director of the film section. He completed training at Camp Ritchie and is considered to be one of the Ritchie Boys. [6] In 1949, he appeared in his first German film Hallo, Fräulein![8]

He gained international recognition with a leading role in the 1953 film Le Salaire de la peur (The Wages of Fear) directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot.[9] He went on to appear in episodes of several US TV series including The Adventures of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Presents.[10] In English-language films he was most often typecast as a Nazi or other unsympathetic type, while in Germany he was a popular leading man in a wider range of films, including several appearances in the Doctor Mabuse thriller series of the 1960s.[1][11]

Personal life

Van Eyck was married to the American actress Ruth Ford for a short time in the 1940s.[12] With his second wife, Inge von Voris, he had two daughters, Kristina [de], also an actor, and Claudia.[13]

Death

He died in 1969 in Männedorf, Switzerland, of septicaemia, caused by an untreated relatively minor injury.[citation needed] a day before his 58th birthday.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ a b Davidson, John; Hake, Sabine (2008), Framing the Fifties: Cinema in a Divided Germany, Berghahn Books, p. 47, ISBN 9781845455361
  2. ^ a b Parker, Peter (September 2004). "Ross, Jean Iris (1911–1973)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/74425. Retrieved 18 June 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)(subscription required)
  3. ^ a b Thomson, David (21 March 2005). "The Observer as Hero". The New Republic. New York City. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  4. ^ Lehmann, John (1987). Christopher Isherwood: A Personal Memoir. New York: Henry Holt and Company. pp. 28—9. ISBN 0-8050-1029-7.
  5. ^ Izzo, David Garrett (2005). Christopher Isherwood Encyclopedia. London: McFarland & Company. pp. 97, 144. ISBN 0-7864-1519-3.
  6. ^ a b Bock, Hans-Michael; Bergfelder, Tim (2009), The Concise Cinegraph: Encyclopaedia of German Cinema, Berghahn Books, p. 496, ISBN 9780857455659
  7. ^ Erickson, Hal. "Peter Van Eyck - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  8. ^ "Peter Van Eyck". British Film Institute.
  9. ^ "Gestorben Peter Van Eyck" [Obituary Peter Van Eyck]. Der Spiegel. 21 July 1969.
  10. ^ "Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Season 1, Episode 21 Safe Conduct". TV Guide.
  11. ^ "The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960) - Fritz Lang - Synopsis, Characteristics, Moods, Themes and Related - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  12. ^ "Ruth Ford", The Telegraph, 17 August 2009
  13. ^ "In Biographical Summaries of Notable People, Kristina van Eyck", MyHeritage

External links

 
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This article includes a list of references related reading or external links but its sources remain unclear because it lacks inline citations Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations March 2013 Learn how and when to remove this template message Peter van Eyck born Gotz von Eick 16 July 1911 15 July 1969 was a German born film actor He was perhaps best known in English language films for his roles in the 1960s features The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Shalako and The Bridge at Remagen Peter van EyckTrailer for Five Graves to Cairo 1943 BornGotz von Eick 1911 07 16 16 July 1911Steinwehr Pomerania today in Poland Died15 July 1969 1969 07 15 aged 57 Mannedorf near Zurich SwitzerlandOccupationActorYears active1943 1969Spouse s Ruth Ford m 1940 div 194 Inge von Voris m 19 Children3 Contents 1 Biography 2 Personal life 3 Death 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 External linksBiography EditVan Eyck was born into an aristocratic German family from Pomerania since 1945 part of Poland 1 After graduating from high school he studied music in Berlin While studying music in Berlin Van Eyck purportedly had a brief liaison with Jean Ross a cabaret singer who inspired the fictional character of Sally Bowles 2 3 Ross became pregnant with Eyck s child and when Eyck departed Weimar era Berlin Ross had an abortion authorized by gay author Christopher Isherwood who falsely claimed to be her impregnator 2 3 These factual events served as the genesis for a short story by Isherwood which later became the 1937 novella Sally Bowles and was later adapted into the 1966 Cabaret musical and the 1972 film of the same name 4 5 In 1931 after leaving Berlin Van Eyck lived in Paris London Tunis Algiers and Cuba before settling in New York He earned a living playing the piano in a bar and wrote and composed for revues and cabarets including several songs for Madame Spivy with lyricist John LaTouche He worked for Irving Berlin as a stage manager and production assistant and for Orson Welles Mercury Theatre company as an assistant director 6 Van Eyck went to Hollywood where he worked as a truck driver He initially found radio work with the help of Billy Wilder who later gave him small film roles 7 In 1943 he took US citizenship and was drafted into the U S Army as a commissioned officer At the end of World War II he returned to Germany as a control officer for film and remained there until 1948 as director of the film section He completed training at Camp Ritchie and is considered to be one of the Ritchie Boys 6 In 1949 he appeared in his first German film Hallo Fraulein 8 He gained international recognition with a leading role in the 1953 film Le Salaire de la peur The Wages of Fear directed by Henri Georges Clouzot 9 He went on to appear in episodes of several US TV series including The Adventures of Ellery Queen and Alfred Hitchcock Presents 10 In English language films he was most often typecast as a Nazi or other unsympathetic type while in Germany he was a popular leading man in a wider range of films including several appearances in the Doctor Mabuse thriller series of the 1960s 1 11 Personal life EditVan Eyck was married to the American actress Ruth Ford for a short time in the 1940s 12 With his second wife Inge von Voris he had two daughters Kristina de also an actor and Claudia 13 Death EditHe died in 1969 in Mannedorf Switzerland of septicaemia caused by an untreated relatively minor injury citation needed a day before his 58th birthday Selected filmography EditHitler s Children 1943 Arresting Sergeant uncredited The Moon Is Down 1943 Lieutenant Tonder Edge of Darkness 1943 German Soldier uncredited Five Graves to Cairo 1943 Lieutenant Schwegler Action in the North Atlantic 1943 German Ensign uncredited Hitler s Madman 1943 Gestapo uncredited The Impostor 1944 Hafner Address Unknown 1944 Heinrich Schulz Resisting Enemy Interrogation 1944 Capt Granach Young Nazi Officer uncredited Hello Fraulein 1949 Tom Keller Royal Children 1950 Paul Konig Blondes for Export 1950 Rolf Carste The Orplid Mystery 1950 Steward Stefan Lund Furioso 1950 Peter von Rhoden Third from the Right 1950 Renato The Desert Fox The Story of Rommel 1951 German officer uncredited Heart of the Casbah 1952 Jo The Wages of Fear 1953 Bimba Sailor of the King also known as Single Handed 1953 Kapitan Ludvik von Falk Alarm in Morocco 1953 Howard La chair et le diable 1953 Mathias Valdes Night People 1954 Capt Sergei Petey Petrochine Flesh and the Woman 1954 Fred Tarzan s Hidden Jungle 1955 Dr Celliers A Bullet for Joey 1955 Eric Hartman Sophie et le Crime fr 1955 Franck Richter Mr Arkadin 1955 Thaddeus Jump into Hell 1955 Lt Heinrich Heldman The Cornet 1955 Monchschreiber The Rawhide Years 1956 Andre Boucher Run for the Sun 1956 Dr Van Anders Colonel Von Andre Attack 1956 SS Captain Burning Fuse 1957 Pedro Wassewich Fric frac en dentelles fr 1957 Peter Simon Retour de manivelle 1957 Eric Freminger The Glass Tower 1957 John Lawrence Anyone Can Kill Me 1957 Cyril Glad Doctor Crippen Lives 1958 Kriminalkommissar Leon Ferrier Rosemary 1958 Alfons Fribert Schmutziger Engel 1958 Studienrat Dr Torsten Agast The Snorkel 1958 Paul Decker Schwarze Nylons Heisse Nachte de 1958 Alexandre Your Body Belongs to Me de 1959 Alexander Rommel Calls Cairo 1959 Capt Graf von Almassy Lockvogel der Nacht de 1959 Karl Amsel The Rest Is Silence 1959 Generaldirektor Paul Claudius Crime After School 1959 Dr Knittel Labyrinth 1959 Ron Stevens The Black Chapel 1959 Robert Golder Rebel Flight to Cuba 1959 Captain Pink Roberti Sweetheart of the Gods 1960 Dr Hans Simon The Thousand Eyes of Dr Mabuse 1960 Henry B Travers Foxhole in Cairo 1960 Cont Almasky World in My Pocket 1961 Bleck Legge di guerra it 1961 Hauptmann Langenau La Fete espagnole fr 1961 Michel Georgenko Die Stunde die du glucklich bist de 1961 Bonisch Blind Justice 1961 Prosecutor Dr Robert Kessler The Constant Wife de 1962 Dr Fred Calonder The Devil s Agent 1962 Georg Droste The Longest Day 1962 Lt Col Ocker The Brain 1962 Dr Peter Corrie Station Six Sahara 1962 Kramer Ostrava 1963 Peter Scotland Yard Hunts Dr Mabuse 1963 Major Bill Tern Das grosse Liebesspiel de 1963 Chef An Alibi for Death 1963 Gunther Rohn The Secret of Dr Mabuse 1964 Maj Bob Anders The River Line 1964 Major Barton Kidnapped to Mystery Island 1964 Captain McPherson The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 1965 Hans Dieter Mundt The Dirty Game 1965 Petchatkin Die Herren 1965 Colonel episode Die Soldaten Duel at Sundown 1965 Don McGow Living It Up 1966 Peter von Kessner Requiem for a Secret Agent 1966 Oscar Rubeck High Season for Spies 1966 Kramer Jack Haskins L Homme qui valait des milliards de 1967 Muller Red Roses for the Fuhrer 1968 Oberst Kerr Tevye and His Seven Daughters 1968 Priest Assignment to Kill 1968 Walter Green Shalako 1968 Baron Frederick Von Hallstatt The Bridge at Remagen 1969 Generaloberst von Brock final film role References Edit a b Davidson John Hake Sabine 2008 Framing the Fifties Cinema in a Divided Germany Berghahn Books p 47 ISBN 9781845455361 a b Parker Peter September 2004 Ross Jean Iris 1911 1973 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online ed Oxford University Press doi 10 1093 ref odnb 74425 Retrieved 18 June 2017 Subscription or UK public library membership required subscription required a b Thomson David 21 March 2005 The Observer as Hero The New Republic New York City Retrieved 2 October 2019 Lehmann John 1987 Christopher Isherwood A Personal Memoir New York Henry Holt and Company pp 28 9 ISBN 0 8050 1029 7 Izzo David Garrett 2005 Christopher Isherwood Encyclopedia London McFarland amp Company pp 97 144 ISBN 0 7864 1519 3 a b Bock Hans Michael Bergfelder Tim 2009 The Concise Cinegraph Encyclopaedia of German Cinema Berghahn Books p 496 ISBN 9780857455659 Erickson Hal Peter Van Eyck Biography Movie Highlights and Photos AllMovie AllMovie Peter Van Eyck British Film Institute Gestorben Peter Van Eyck Obituary Peter Van Eyck Der Spiegel 21 July 1969 Alfred Hitchcock Presents Season 1 Episode 21 Safe Conduct TV Guide The 1000 Eyes of Dr Mabuse 1960 Fritz Lang Synopsis Characteristics Moods Themes and Related AllMovie AllMovie Ruth Ford The Telegraph 17 August 2009 In Biographical Summaries of Notable People Kristina van Eyck MyHeritageExternal links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Peter van Eyck Peter van Eyck at IMDb Photographs of Peter van Eyck Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Peter van Eyck amp oldid 1129206299, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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