Philip Van Zandt

Biography

Philip Van Zandt was a Dutch-American actor of stage, film, and television, born Philip Pinheiro in Amsterdam and brought to the US at five months old. He made his stage debut in 1925 as an assistant to magician Howard Thurston, later landing on Broadway with 10 productions between 1931 and 1938. Van Zandt's Hollywood career spanned nearly two decades, including notable roles in "The Pride and the Passion" (1957), "His Kind of Woman" (1951), and "A Thousand and One Nights" (1945).