John Van Eyssen (1922-1995) was a South African born actor, agent and executive. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Republic of South Africa (also known by other official names) is a country located at the southern tip of the continent of Africa
He moved to England following World War II.
Van Eyssen appeared in films from 1950 as well as on stage and perhaps achieved most of his fame as an actor when he portrayed Jonathan Harker in Hammer Film Productions Dracula ( Horror of Dracula in the US) in 1958. Jonathan Harker is a fictional character and the Protagonist in the 1897 novel Dracula by Bram Stoker (though other productions show Hammer Film Productions is a film production company based in the United Kingdom. Dracula is an 1897 novel by Irish author Bram Stoker, featuring as its primary Antagonist the vampire Count Dracula. Dracula is a 1958 British Horror film, and the first of a series of Hammer Horror films inspired by the Bram Stoker novel He left acting in 1961 to become a literary agent. His subsequent clients were Franco Zeffirelli, Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. Franco Zeffirelli, KBE (born Gianfranco Corsi on February 12, 1923) is an Italian Film director. Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26 1911 &ndash February 25 1983 better known as Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright who received many of the top theatrical Arthur Asher Miller (October 17 1915 &ndash February 10 2005 was an American Playwright and Essayist. He left the business in 1965 to work for the UK division of Columbia Pictures eventually becoming the managing director responsible for Romeo and Juliet, To Sir With Love (1967), Born Free (1966), Georgy Girl (1966), Oliver! and A Man For All Seasons (1966). }} Columbia Pictures Industries Inc is an American Film production and distribution company Romeo and Juliet ( 1968) is a movie adaptation of the William Shakespeare play Romeo and Juliet. To Sir with Love ( 1967) is a British film starring Sidney Poitier that deals with social and racial issues in an Inner city school Born Free ( 1966) is an Open Road Films Ltd / Columbia Pictures Feature film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Georgy Girl is a 1966 British film based on a novel by Margaret Forster. Oliver! is a 1968 Musical film directed by Carol Reed. The film is based on the Stage musical Oliver!, with A Man for All Seasons is a 1966 film based on Robert Bolt 's play of the same name about Sir Thomas More.
He later moved to New York and became an independent producer. Van Eyssen returned to England in 1991 and helped establish Britain's premiere showcase for talented young filmmakers, the Chelsea Film Festival.
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