Peter van Eyck
Biography
Peter van Eyck was a German-born actor who also held American citizenship. Born in Prussian Pomerania, he relocated to the United States during the 1930s and built a career as a character actor. He had studied music in Berlin, and he later found radio work and small film roles. In 1943 he became a US citizen, and after World War II he returned to Germany, becoming a popular leading man in West German films. He gained international recognition for the lead in Henri-Georges Clouzot's The Wages of Fear (1953). Later credits included The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Mr. Arkadin (1955), The Longest Day (1962), and appearances in the Dr. Mabuse thrillers. English-language movies often typecast him as a Nazi or another unsympathetic character. He received two nominations for Best Actor at the German Film Awards, for Blind Justice (1961) and The River Line (1964).
57years old at death
- Born Kamienny Jaz
- Died Männedorf
- Star sign: CancerThe sign runs June 21 to July 22
- Götz von Eick (birth name)Also credited as Peter Götz von Eick
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 26 years1943 to 1969
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Big break
Van Eyck got his start in Hollywood radio through the help of director Billy Wilder, who then gave him small film roles.
A change of course
Van Eyck left Berlin in 1931 and lived in Paris, London, Tunis, Algiers and Cuba before he settled in New York. There he made a living at the piano in a bar and composed and wrote for revues and cabarets, among them songs for Madame Spivy.
A change of course
Van Eyck was a stage manager and production assistant for Irving Berlin, and he also worked as an assistant director for Orson Welles Mercury Theatre company.
Peter van Eyck movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Roy Boulting directed two of these films. Bernard Lee appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Bernard Lee's page
Akim Tamiroff's page
Steven Geray's page
Niall MacGinnis's page
Michael Rennie's page
Grégoire Aslan's page
Roy BoultingDirector, 2 films, 1953 to 1956
All films by Roy Boulting
Also two films together4 more actors
- Buddy EbsenAttack (1956) and Night People (1954)
- John HorsleyNight People (1954) and Sailor of the King (1953)
- Marianne KochThe Devil's Agent (1962) and Night People (1954)
- Philip AhlmThe Desert Fox: The Story of Rommel (1951) and Five Graves to Cairo (1943)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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Official profiles and reference pages.