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Philip Dorn(1901-1975)

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Philip Dorn
In 1943, an American fishing boat has a fateful encounter with a seriously damaged Danish schooner off of Canada's Atlantic coast.
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Sealed Cargo (1951)
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A former matinee idol in Holland and Germany, he fled to America before WWII and portrayed anti-Nazi patriots and continental romancers in Hollywood. Forced to retire after suffering an injury while on stage in Holland 1955, he lived out the rest of his life in relative seclusion. Dogged by ill health (phlebitis) in post-war years, he suffered the first of a series of heart attacks in 1945.
BornSeptember 30, 1901
DiedMay 9, 1975(73)
BornSeptember 30, 1901
DiedMay 9, 1975(73)
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Photos61

Philip Dorn in Covered Tracks (1938)
Philip Dorn in Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Philip Dorn and Hans Schumm in Escape in the Desert (1945)
Rudolph Anders, Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, Kurt Kreuger, and Hans Schumm in Escape in the Desert (1945)
Rudolph Anders, Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, Samuel S. Hinds, Kurt Kreuger, and Hans Schumm in Escape in the Desert (1945)
Philip Dorn, Samuel S. Hinds, and Blayney Lewis in Escape in the Desert (1945)
Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, and Samuel S. Hinds in Escape in the Desert (1945)
Philip Dorn in Random Harvest (1942)
Greer Garson and Philip Dorn in Random Harvest (1942)
Philip Dorn in Random Harvest (1942)
Hedy Lamarr and Philip Dorn in Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Philip Dorn, Martin Kosleck, and Anna Sten in The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)

Known for

I Remember Mama (1948)
I Remember Mama
7.9
  • Papa (Lars Hanson)
  • 1948
Humphrey Bogart in Passage to Marseille (1944)
Passage to Marseille
6.8
  • Renault
  • 1944
Greer Garson and Ronald Colman in Random Harvest (1942)
Random Harvest
7.9
  • Dr. Jonathan Benet
  • 1942
Sven Hugo Borg, Philip Dorn, Patricia Prest, Merrill Rodin, and Anna Sten in The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
The Fighting Guerrillas
6.5
  • General Draja Mihailovitch
  • 1943

Credits

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Actor

  • Salto Mortale (1953)
    Salto Mortale
    • (as Frits van Dongen)
  • Der träumende Mund (1953)
    Der träumende Mund
    • (as Frits van Dongen)
  • Philip Dorn and Gisela Uhlen in Türme des Schweigens (1952)
    Türme des Schweigens
    • (as Frits van Dongen)
  • The Unholy Intruders (1952)
    The Unholy Intruders
    • (as Frits van Dongen)
  • Dana Andrews, Claude Rains, and Carla Balenda in Sealed Cargo (1951)
    Sealed Cargo
  • Robert Douglas, Howard Duff, Walter Slezak, and Märta Torén in Spy Hunt (1950)
    Spy Hunt
  • John Wayne and Vera Ralston in The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
    The Fighting Kentuckian
  • I Remember Mama (1948)
    I Remember Mama
  • I've Always Loved You (1946)
    I've Always Loved You
  • Helmut Dantine, Philip Dorn, and Jean Sullivan in Escape in the Desert (1945)
    Escape in the Desert
  • Gloria Grahame and Philip Dorn in Blonde Fever (1944)
    Blonde Fever
  • Humphrey Bogart in Passage to Marseille (1944)
    Passage to Marseille
  • George Sanders, Philip Dorn, and Brenda Marshall in Paris After Dark (1943)
    Paris After Dark
  • Sven Hugo Borg, Philip Dorn, Patricia Prest, Merrill Rodin, and Anna Sten in The Fighting Guerrillas (1943)
    The Fighting Guerrillas
  • Reunion in France (1942)
    Reunion in France

Videos5

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Official Trailer
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Official Trailer
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I Remember Mama
Trailer 1:47
I Remember Mama
Passage To Marseille
Trailer 2:17
Passage To Marseille

Personal details

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    • September 30, 1901
    • Scheveningen, 's-Gravenhage, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands
    • May 9, 1975
    • Los Angeles, California, USA(heart attack)
    • November 30, 1933 - May 9, 1975 (his death)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
  • Publicity listings
    • 3 Print Biographies
    • 4 Articles
    • 2 Pictorials
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    After Dorn suffered a serious injury on a stage in Holland in 1955, he had to withdraw from acting and spent the rest of his life more or less isolated.

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