Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p John Van Eyssen (born Matthew John Du Toit Van Eyssen; 19 March 1922 – 13 November 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 (appearing as Cassio in Orson Welles' 1951 production of Othello) but perhaps achieved most of his fame as an actor when he portrayed Jonathan Harker in the Hammer Film Productions production Dracula (released as Horror of Dracula in the US to avoid confusion with Tod Browning's 1931 film) in 1958.He left acting in 1961 to become a literary agent. 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 the Head of International Production responsible for Romeo and Juliet (1968), To Sir, with Love (1967), Born Free (1966), Georgy Girl (1966), Oliver! (1968), and A Man For All Seasons (1966). Both Oliver! and A Man For All Seasons won Best Picture Academy Awards. In 1971, 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 premiere 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.. }
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- John_Van_Eyssen abstract "John Van Eyssen (born Matthew John Du Toit Van Eyssen; 19 March 1922 – 13 November 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 (appearing as Cassio in Orson Welles' 1951 production of Othello) but perhaps achieved most of his fame as an actor when he portrayed Jonathan Harker in the Hammer Film Productions production Dracula (released as Horror of Dracula in the US to avoid confusion with Tod Browning's 1931 film) in 1958.He left acting in 1961 to become a literary agent. 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 the Head of International Production responsible for Romeo and Juliet (1968), To Sir, with Love (1967), Born Free (1966), Georgy Girl (1966), Oliver! (1968), and A Man For All Seasons (1966). Both Oliver! and A Man For All Seasons won Best Picture Academy Awards. In 1971, 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 premiere 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.".