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John Van Eyssen (born Matthew John Du Toit Van Eyssen,〔(BFI biodata )〕 1922-1995) was a South African born actor, agent and film production executive. He moved to Britain following the Second World War, attending the Central School of Speech and Drama. Van Eyssen appeared in films from 1950 as well as on stage (playing Cassio in Orson Welles' 1951 production of ''Othello'', for example〔Othello (Orson Welles stage production)〕) but achieved his greatest fame as an actor when he portrayed Jonathan Harker in the Hammer Film Productions version of ''Dracula'' (released as ''Horror of Dracula'' in the US) in 1958. He left acting in 1961 to become head of the Grade Organisation literary agency.〔'Van Eyssen named MD Columbia (British)', ''Kinematograph Weekly'' vol 625 no 3223 19 July 1969〕 His subsequent clients were Franco Zeffirelli, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. He left the business in 1965 to work for the UK division of Columbia Pictures, eventually becoming Managing Director in July 1969.〔 Among the films he oversaw were ''A Man for All Seasons'' (1966), ''Born Free'' (1966), ''Georgy Girl'' (1966), ''To Sir, with Love'' (1967), ''The Taming of The Shrew'' (1967), and ''Oliver!'' (1968). Both ''Oliver!'' and ''A Man for All Seasons'' won Best Picture Academy Awards. In 1970, he was promoted to Worldwide Head of Production (ex-USA) and moved to New York. After his tenure at Columbia, Van Eyssen became an independent producer, returning to the UK in 1991 to establish Britain's premier showcase for talented young filmmakers, the Chelsea Film Festival. He was longtime companion to Ingrid Bergman in the years before her death in 1982. His son, David Van Eyssen, is a US-based producer and director known for the webseries ''RCVR''.〔RCVR〕 ==Selected filmography== * ''The Angel with the Trumpet'' (1950) * ''Murder in the Cathedral'' (1952) * ''Three Steps in the Dark'' (1953) * ''Four Sided Triangle'' (1953) * ''The Men of Sherwood Forest'' (1954) * ''The Cockleshell Heroes'' (1955) * ''Brothers in Law'' (1957) * ''The Traitor'' (1957) * ''Quatermass 2'' (1957) * ''Account Rendered'' (1957) * ''The One That Got Away'' (1957) * ''Dracula'' (1958) * ''The Whole Truth'' (1958) * ''Carry On Nurse'' (1959) * ''Carlton-Browne of the F.O.'' (1959) * ''I'm All Right Jack'' (1959) * ''Blind Date'' (1959) * ''Make Mine Mink'' (1960) * ''The Criminal'' (1960) * ''Exodus'' (1960) * ''A Story of David'' (1961) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Van Eyssen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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