---
name: "John Van Eyssen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-van-eyssen"
fi1m_id: "john-van-eyssen"
imdb_id: "nm0886881"
tmdb_id: 106989
wikidata_id: "Q6261758"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 March 1922"
died: "13 November 1995"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T08:50:04.219409+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# John Van Eyssen

## Identity

John Van Eyssen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-van-eyssen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-van-eyssen
- **IMDb ID:** nm0886881
- **TMDB ID:** 106989
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6261758
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Eyssen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106989

Actor. Born 19 March 1922 in Fauresmith, South Africa. Died 13 November 1995.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 March 1922, Fauresmith, South Africa
- **Died:** 13 November 1995
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Van_Eyssen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6261758, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0886881/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106989

## Biography

John Van Eyssen was a South African-born British actor who later worked as a literary agent and film production executive. He moved to Britain after the Second World War and trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. His stage work included playing Lucifer in the York Cycle of Mystery Plays in 1951 and 1954, and Cassio in Orson Welles's 1951 production of Othello.

Van Eyssen appeared in British films from 1950, including *Quatermass 2* (1957), *The One That Got Away* (1957), *I'm All Right Jack* (1959), *Carry On Nurse* (1959) and *The Criminal* (1960). He is best known for portraying Jonathan Harker in the Hammer production *Dracula* (1958). He left acting in 1961 to become a literary agent, later joining Columbia Pictures UK, where he rose to managing director in 1969.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Dracula* (1958), Fi1m 81, as Jonathan Harker — [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Hammer: The Studio That Dripped Blood* (1987), as Jonathan Harker (archive footage)
- *Godspell* (1973), Executive Producer
- *Partners in Crime* (1961), as Merril
- *Marriage of Convenience* (1960), as John Maudle
- *The Criminal* (1960), as Formby
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Captain Flormann
- *I'm All Right Jack* (1959), as Reporter
- *Blind Date* (1959), as Insp. Westover
- *Carlton-Browne of the F.O.* (1959), as Hewitt
- *Carry On Nurse* (1959), as Mr. Stephens
- *Moment of Indiscretion* (1958), as Corby
- *The Whole Truth* (1958), as Archer
- *Dracula* (1958), as Jonathan Harker — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/dracula-1958.md)
- *The One That Got Away* (1957), as German Prisoner
- *Account Rendered* (1957), as Clive Franklyn
- *Quatermass 2* (1957), as The Plant Tour Guide
- *Brothers in Law* (1957), as Mr. Forbes (uncredited)
- *The Traitor* (1957), as Lieut. Grant
- *Kitty Clive* (1956), as Robert Wilks
- *The Cockleshell Heroes* (1955), as Marine Bradley
- *The Men of Sherwood Forest* (1954), as Will Scarlett
- *Three Steps In The Dark* (1953), as Henry Burgoyne
- *Four Sided Triangle* (1953), as Robin
- *The Dybbuk* (1952), as Chennoch
- *Murder in the Cathedral* (1951), Actor

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