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Nicol Williamson was an enormously talented actor who was considered by some critics to be the finest actor of his generation in the late 1960s and the 1970s, rivaled only by Albert Finney, whom Williamson bested in the classics. Williamson's 1969 "Hamlet" at the Roundhouse Theatre was a sensation in London, considered by many to be the best limning of The Dane since the definitive 20th-century portrayal by John Gielgud, a performance in that period, rivaled in kudos only by Richard Burton's 1964 Broadway performance. In a sense, Williamson and Burton were the last two great Hamlets of the century. Finney's Hamlet was a failure, and while Derek Jacobi's turn as The Dane was widely hailed by English critics, he lacked the charisma and magnetism -- the star power -- of a Williamson or Burton.
Playwright John Osborne, whose play "Inadmissible Evidence" was a star vehicle for Williamson in London's West End and on Broadway, called him "the greatest actor since Marlon Brando." While it was unlikely that Williamson could ever achieved the film reputation of Brando (who but Brando did?) or the superstar status that Burton obtained and then lost, his inability to maintain a consistent film career most likely is a result of his own well-noted eccentricities than it is from any deficiency in acting skills.
The great critic and raconteur Kenneth Tynan (Laurence Olivier's first dramaturg at the National Theatre) wrote a 1971 profile of Williamson that elucidated the problem with this potentially great performer. Williamson's Hamlet had wowed Prime Minister Harold Wilson, and Wilson in turn raved about his performance to President Richard Nixon. Nixon invited Williamson to stage a one-man show at the White House, which was a success. However, in the same time period, Williamson's reputation was tarred by his erratic behavior during the North American tour of "Hamlet". In Boston he stopped during a performance and berated the audience, which led one cast member to publicly apologize to the Boston audience. Williamson would be involved in an even more famous incident on Broadway a generation later.
Even before the Boston incident, Williamson had made headlines when, during the Philadelphia tryout of "Inadmissible Evidence," he struck producer David Merrick whilst defending Anthony Page. In 1976 he slapped a fellow actor during the curtain call for the Broadway musical "Rex." Fifteen years later, his co-star in the Broadway production of "I Hate Hamlet" was terrified of him after Williamson whacked the actor on his buttocks with a sword, after the actor had abandoned the choreography.
A great stage actor, who also did a memorable "Macbeth" in London and on Broadway, Williamson was twice nominated for Tony Awards as Best Actor (Dramatic), in 1966 for Osborne's "Inadmissible Evidence" (a performance he recreated in the film version) and in 1974 for a revival of "Uncle Vanya." On film, Williamson was superb in many roles, such as the suicidal Irish soldier in The Bofors Gun (1968) and Tony Richardson's Hamlet (1969). He got his chance playing leads, such as Sherlock Holmes in The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (1976) and Castle in Otto Preminger's The Human Factor (1979), and was competent if not spectacular, likely diminished by deficiencies in the scripts rather than his own talent. Richardson also replaced Williamson's rival as Hamlet, Burton, in his adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov's Laughter in the Dark (1969).
It was in supporting work that he excelled in film in the 1970s and 1980s. He was quite effective as a supporting actor, such as his Little John to Sean Connery's Robin Hood in Richard Lester's Robin and Marian (1976), was brilliant in I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can (1982) and gave a performance for the ages (albeit in the scenery-chewing category as Merlin) in Excalibur (1981). His Merlin lives on as one of the most enjoyable performances ever caught on film.
Then it was over. While the film work didn't dry up, it didn't reach the heights anymore. He failed to harness that enormous talent and convert it into memorable film performances. He did good work as Louis Mountbatten in a 1986 TV-movie, but the roles became more sporadic, and after 1997 this great actor no longer appeared in motion pictures.
Williamson's eccentricities showed themselves again in the early 1990s. When appearing as the ghost of John Barrymore in the 1991 Broadway production of Paul Rudnick's "I Hate Hamlet" on Broadway in 1991, Williamson's co-star quit the play after being thumped on the buttocks with a sword during a stage fight. Although critics hailed the performances of the understudy as a "vast improvement" it caused a sensation in the press. Despite good reviews, the play lasted only 100 performances.
Surprisingly, Williamson never won an Oscar nomination, yet that never was a game he seemed to play. In 1970, after his Hamlet triumph, he turned down a six-figure salary to appear as Enobarbus in Charlton Heston's film of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra (1972)_. The role was played by Eric Porter, but his choice was justified in that the film was derided as a vanity production and savaged by critics).
Williamson had been a staple on Broadway, even using his fine singing voice to appear as Henry VIII in the Broadway musical "Rex" In 1976. He has not appeared on the Great White Way since his own one-man show about John Barrymore that he himself crafted, "Jack: A Night on the Town with John Barrymore," which had enormously successful runs, both at the Criterion Theater in London, and The Geffen Theater in Los Angeles playing to packed houses, before closing on Broadway after only 12 performances in 1996.
The "I Hate Hamlet" and "Jack" shows are still talked about on Broadway. Williamson has joined the ranks of Barrymore, Burton, and Brando, in that they have become phantoms who haunt the theater and film that they they served so admirably on the one hand but failed on the other. All enormously gifted artists, perhaps possessed of genius, they were discombobulated by that gift that became their curse, the burden of dreams -- the dreams of their audiences, their collaborators, their critics. While there is a wistfulness over the loss of such greatness, there is a relief offered, not so much from a moral tale, but as a release from guilt for the run-of-the-mill artists lacking such genius. One can be comforted by the fact that while one lacks the pearl of such a talent, they also lack the irritating genius that engenders that pearl.- Cinematographer
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Robby Müller was born on 4 April 1940 in Willemstad, Curaçao, Netherlands Antilles. He was a cinematographer and actor, known for Breaking the Waves (1996), Paris, Texas (1984) and Repo Man (1984). He died on 3 July 2018 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Director
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George Sluizer was born on 25 June 1932 in Paris, France. He was a director and producer, known for The Vanishing (1988), La balsa de piedra (2002) and Dying to Go Home (1996). He was married to Anne Sluizer. He died on 20 September 2014 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Music Department
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Chet Baker started his career in the late forties. He became famous with the Gerry Mulligan Quartet in 1952. His solo in "My funny valentine" is a classic of the west coast jazz in the fifties. When Mulligan was arrested in 1953, Chet led the group until 1955, when he went to Europe. He also sang on many records. In Europe he recorded with many musicians in different countries. His career was interrupted many times for personal problems with drugs and he was arrested many times for his addiction. In 1974 he come back to music after three years in obscurity, playing in a concert in Carnegie Hall with his old friend, Gerry Mulligan. After this he started a "new career", but his problems with drugs were continuous. His death today is a mystery, one possibility is suicide but another says he was killed by trafficants in Amsterdam, Holland.- Director
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- Actor
Theo van Gogh was born on 23 July 1957 in Wassenaar, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for Blind Date (1996), May 6th (2004) and 1-900 (1994). He died on 2 November 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Linda van Dyck was born on 18 May 1948 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Ciske the Rat (1984), Zwarte tulp (2015) and De grens (1984). She was married to Jaap Nolst Trenité. She died on 17 December 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Studied Dutch Modern Literature, Philosophy and Dramaturgy at the Amsterdam University [1990]. That same year he started to study at the Amsterdam Dramaschool, and finished it in 1994. From then on he has been working in both the theatre and film & television. After three years playing in one of Holland's most famous police-series "Grijpstra & de Gier", he decided to go back to the theatre, and to spend more time on other film- and tv-projects.
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Piet Römer was born on 2 April 1928 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and producer, known for Baantjer (1995), 't Schaep Met De 5 Pooten (1969) and Citroentje met suiker (1972). He was married to Penina Siebers. He died on 17 January 2012 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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Luk van Mello was born on 1 September 1950 in Opbrakel, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Medisch Centrum West (1988), Vrouwenvleugel (1993) and Wittekerke (1993). He died on 15 August 2020 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Actress
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Kitty Courbois was born on 30 July 1937 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Op hoop van zegen (1986), Leedvermaak (1989) and Qui vive (2001). She died on 11 March 2017 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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- Composer
Wim Sonneveld was born on 28 June 1917 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for Silk Stockings (1957), Het wonderlijke Leven van Willem Parel (1955) and Ferry (2021). He died on 8 March 1974 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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Jeroen Willems was born on 15 November 1962 in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Ocean's Twelve (2004), Majesteit (2010) and Die Patin - Kein Weg zurück (2008). He died on 3 December 2012 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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Jaap Stobbe was born on 7 November 1936 in The Hague, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and producer, known for Medisch Centrum West (1988), Amsterdamned (1988) and Baantjer (1995). He died on 21 February 2020 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Lex van Delden was born on 21 June 1947 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for De kleine zielen (1969), Hollands glorie (1977) and A Bridge Too Far (1977). He died on 6 October 2010 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Rijk de Gooyer was born on 17 December 1925 in Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for In voor- en tegenspoed (1991), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979) and Beppie (1989). He was married to Tonny Domburg. He died on 2 November 2011 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Yojiro Harada was born on 6 August 1972 in Yokohama, Japan. He was an actor, known for Dele (2018), World Wide Tribe (2009) and Miami Ink (2005). He was married to Bridgette Harada and Bonnie Minkus. He died on 26 March 2019 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- Wim Verstappen was born on 5 April 1937 in Gemert, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was a writer and director, known for De minder gelukkige terugkeer van Joszef Katus naar het land van Rembrandt (1966), Liefdesbekentenissen (1967) and Blue Movie (1971). He died on 24 July 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Tom van Beek was born on 26 December 1931 in Maastricht, Limburg, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Soldier of Orange (1977) and Goede tijden, slechte tijden (1990). He died on 20 January 2002 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Cox Habbema was born on 21 March 1944 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Medisch Centrum West (1988), Eolomea (1972) and Die unverbesserliche Barbara (1977). She was married to Herman van Gunsteren, Rob van de Vijver and Eberhard Esche. She died on 18 April 2016 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Bea Meulman was born on 1 February 1949 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Vrouwenvleugel (1993), Sam Sam (1994) and Medisch Centrum West (1988). She was married to Arthur Boni. She died on 6 July 2015 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Writer
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- Director
Oswalt Kolle was born on 2 October 1928 in Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. He was a writer and producer, known for Oswalt Kolle - Zum Beispiel: Ehebruch (1969). He was married to Marlies Kolle. He died on 24 September 2010 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Elisabeth Versluys was born on 27 December 1923 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Toen was geluk heel gewoon (1994), Oorlogswinter (1975) and Oppassen!!! (1991). She died on 18 November 2011 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Gijs de Lange was born on 3 November 1956 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for Het klokhuis (1988), De gelukkige huisvrouw (2010) and Showponies: De Alex Klaasen Revue (2019). He died on 25 May 2022 in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.- Actor
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Willem Nijholt was born on 19 July 1934 in Gombong, Kedoe, Dutch East Indies [now Gombong, Central Java, Indonesia]. He was an actor and director, known for Oebele (1968), Havinck (1987) and Rouw past Electra (1980). He died on 23 June 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Rufus Collins was born on 11 August 1935 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for The Hunger (1983), The Professionals (1977) and Shock Treatment (1981). He died on 4 November 1996 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Charles Holland was born on December 29, 1909 in Norfolk, Virginia. Originally a lyric tenor, he began singing at the early age of14. But his race made it impossible to pursue a classical singing career. He sang with both Fletcher Henderson's and Benny Carter's bands. After he signed a contract with NBC for a thirteen week radio show, his raised profile landed him major roles in Marc Connelly's "Green Pastures" and Virgil Thomson's "Four Saints In Three Acts". At his New York recital debut in 1940, Ross Parmenter of The New York Times called him ''a refined and delicate artist with a light voice which was sweet and true.''
However, racism blunted his career. In the film "Hullabaloo" he sang two numbers, but had to wear a bellhop uniform to sing the famous aria "Vesti la gubbia" from "Pagliacci". He left America and settled in France. In Europe he founded success. Holland made his European operatic debut in "The Magic Flute" at the Paris Opera in 1954. The next year he became the first black singer to appear at the Opera-Comique.
His voice darkened, so he sang "Otello" and toured Europe in "Carmen," "Boris Godunov" and Gounod's "Faust." Holland performed recitals, concerts, and sang on radio and television. In 1969 he returned to America. Conductor Dennis Russell Davies promoted Holland's career. In 1981, at the age of 72, Holland gave a recital at Carnegie Hall. Holland became discovered by the avant-garde and continued to sing until 1984.
Holland died at his home in Amsterdam in 1987.- Actress
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Will van Kralingen was born on 1 October 1951 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Havinck (1987), Storm in mijn hoofd (2001) and Flikken Maastricht (2007). She was married to Eric Schneider. She died on 9 November 2012 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Producer
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Josine van Dalsum was born on 14 July 1948 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. She was a producer and actress, known for Die Wache (1994), Kant aan m'n broek! (1978) and Rouw past Electra (1980). She was married to John van de Rest. She died on 17 November 2009 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actor
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Gerard Thoolen was born on 14 February 1943 in Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was an actor and writer, known for De mannetjesmaker (1983), Private Resistance (1985) and The Illusionist (1983). He died on 12 October 1996 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Hans van Tongeren was born on 18 January 1955 in Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for Spetters (1980), Summer Lovers (1982) and De smaak van water (1982). He died on 25 August 1982 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Ghislaine Pierie was born on 13 September 1969 in Ede, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress and director, known for Diepe gronden (2022), Rozengeur & wodka lime (2001) and Flikken Maastricht (2007). She was married to Patrick Neumann. She died on 27 January 2023 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Actor
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Lex Goudsmit was born on 15 March 1913 in Brussels, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Citroentje met suiker (1972), Q & Q (1974) and De Stichting Durmazon presenteerd: Dur mag zoveel niet. (1974). He was married to Ans Adelaar and Erna Weiss. He died on 10 December 1999 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Siem Vroom was born on 22 April 1931 in Beemster, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), De Kris Pusaka (1977) and The Lift (1983). He died on 6 June 1985 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Theo Frenkel made more than 220 films between 1908 and 1925, but only a few have survived, making it impossible properly to assess his artistic importance. He was a director on a European scale, producing a vast body of work spanning Britain, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Frenkel preferred to call himself Theo Bouwmeester after his mother, who came from a well-known theatrical family in the Netherlands. Before entering the film industry, he worked as a stage actor in many countries. He directed his first film in Cecil Hepworth's filmstudio in Walton-on-Thames (England) in 1908. He soon had his own troupe of actors and made more than fifty pictures in a variety of genres, mostly writing the scripts himself. In 1910 he became head of Charles Urban's studio's in Hove near Brighton (UK) and in Nice (France), where he directed more than 120 films in two years, many of them in colour, using one of the earliest colour systems, Kinemacolor. To enhance the spectacle aspect of his films, he selected stories that demanded glamorous costumes and monumental landscapes, like Greek myths, biblical tales and historical romances. Frenkel cast his first wife Julie Meijer (1878-1963) in many leading roles and he himself seized every opportunity to appear with her in front of the camera. These films never made a profit, however, and Frenkel had to move on. He worked for the British Pathé studios in 1912, moved to Berlin in 1913, and finally returned to neutral Holland at the outbreak of the World War I. In his own country he was one of the most experienced directors at the time, and he waisted no time creating several sensational dramas such as Het wrak van de Noordzee (The Wreck of the North Sea, 1915), Genie tegen geweld (Genius Against Violence, 1916) and Pro domo (1918). After the war, Frenkel returned to Berlin to direct German-Dutch co-productions such as Alexandra (1922) and Frauenmoral (1923), but his international career was over. Since the Netherlands could not support his ambitions either, he retired from film-making in 1925, only returning to direct his last feature in 1928.- Actor
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Donald Jones was born on 24 January 1932 in Harlem, New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Dag dag heerlijke lach (1974), Mik-Mak (1962) and Obsessions (1969). He was married to Adèle Bloemendaal. He died on 5 November 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Peter Holland was born on 6 January 1917 in Nijmegen, Gelderland, Netherlands. He was an actor and director, known for Memorandum van een dokter (1963), De klop op de deur (1970) and Het grote begin (1963). He died on 17 May 1975 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Ramses Shaffy was born on 29 August 1933 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France. He was an actor and composer, known for Laat maar zitten (1988), Pride and Prejudice (1961) and Willem van Oranje (1984). He died on 1 December 2009 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Director
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Heddy Honigmann was born on 1 October 1951 in Lima, Peru. She was a director and writer, known for Forever (2006), Oblivion (2008) and Crazy (1999). She was married to Frans van de Staak, Henk Timmermans and Gustavo Riofrio . She died on 21 May 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.- Actor
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English stage and screen actor, the son of J. Arthur Rank scriptwriter Sidney Derek Salamon and housewife Sarah Sotnick. David was schooled in Edinburgh, studied drama at the Sorbonne and began his acting career in the mid-50s on the Shakespearean stage (at the London Old Vic in Henry V, Julius Caesar, Othello, The Merry Wives of Windsor and The Winter's Tale). He first appeared on screen from 1957 in BBC TV productions, had a recurring supporting part in the science fiction series The Andromeda Breakthrough (1962) and made his motion picture breakthrough as a resentful youth in Loss of Innocence (1961) (opposite Susannah York in her first leading role). During the 60s, David worked both in front and behind the camera (as a director) for BBC television. He subsequently became a free-lancer, working out of New York and setting up shop in Amsterdam where he had established a film production company in 1977. Latterly, he also took on voice-over work. David was married to the actress Jacqueline Chan between 1962 and 1989.- Onno Molenkamp was born on 17 January 1923 in Fort de Kock, Dutch East Indies. He was an actor, known for Lifespan (1975), The Lift (1983) and Parfait amour (1985). He was married to Joss Flühr. He died on 10 July 1990 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Willem Oltmans was born on 10 June 1925 in Huizen, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for JFK (1991), De 100% ab show (2002) and Dit was het nieuws (1996). He died on 30 September 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Pieter Verhoeff was born on 4 February 1938 in Lemmer, Friesland, Netherlands. He was a director and writer, known for De brief voor de koning (2008), Het teken van het beest (1980) and Van geluk gesproken (1987). He died on 17 April 2019 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Additional Crew
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Peter R. de Vries (1956) was the best-known crime reporter in the Netherlands for decades. As a journalist of newspapers and magazines, author of non-fiction books and presenter of his television program Peter R. de Vries: Crime Reporter, De Vries had numerous scoops to his name, and covered a long list of high profile cases-many of which also drew attention abroad. In 2008, De Vries was awarded an International Emmy Award in Current Affairs for his coverage of the Natalee Holloway Case. He was accompanied to the award ceremony by Natalee's mother, Beth Holloway.
De Vries was a specialist in cold cases and high profile affairs. His television program helped solve more than a dozen murder cases. He also solved many disappearances and exposed fraudsters, scammers, extortionists and sex offenders. De Vries also brought to light one of the biggest miscarriages of justice in Dutch history. Two men were wrongly convicted in a murder case. De Vries fought eight years for their freedom and justice and made more than 40 broadcasts about the case until he succeeded in 2002. The Dutch Supreme Court acquitted the two innocent men of the murder after a review of the case. The real perpetrator has been convicted.
In 2003, De Vries revealed that royal princess Mabel Wisse Smit had had closer ties to deceased Dutch drug lord and mobster Klaas Bruinsma than she had previously admitted. Wisse Smit's husband, Prince Friso was second in line to the Dutch throne at the time of the revelations regarding his wife's past, but was forced to renounce his claim to the throne in the wake of the affair.
Peter R. de Vries was the author The Kidnapping of Alfred Heineken, which has become the number one selling crime book of all time in the Netherlands since its release in 1987. The book tells the story of the kidnapping of the heir and driving force of the Heineken empire from the perspective of lead kidnapper Cor van Hout. De Vries interviewed Van Hout over a period of several weeks and managed to get the inside story from 'the brain' of the kidnapping. American production company Informant Media bought the rights of the book and made a film adaption. De Vries was involved in the writing process as a creative consultant. In the summer of 2013, Informant Media announced that Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins (as Alfred Heineken), Jim Sturgess (as Cor van Hout), Sam Worthington and Ryan Kwanten were signed up to star in the movie adaptation, Kidnapping Mr. Heineken (2015).
The kidnapping of Alfred Heineken is one of the many high profile cases de Vries covered. After his coverage of the kidnap in leading Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, de Vries went on to become one of the best known (crime) reporters in the Netherlands. In 1994, De Vries tracked down one of the other Freddy Heineken kidnappers, Frans Meijer, in Paraguay. Until De Vries located Meijer, the fugitive had been the most wanted criminal of the Netherlands for more than 10 years.
From 2006 till 2008, De Vries devoted several broadcasts to the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, an Alabama college student gone missing on holiday in Aruba, as well as prime suspect Joran van der Sloot.
On 31 January 2008, De Vries stated publicly that he knew what had happened in the Natalee Holloway case. He shared his findings with the Dutch police, stating that he would publicly show this newfound evidence in a special episode of his television program. On February 3, 2008, De Vries broadcast hidden camera-footage showing Van der Sloot's admittance that he had been present during Holloway's death. The show was watched by 7 million viewers in the Netherlands and was the most watched non-sports program in Dutch television history. Filmed unwittingly while riding in a friend's car, Van der Sloot said that Holloway had suffered some kind of seizure while having sex with him on the beach. After failing to revive her, Van der Sloot said that he summoned a friend who loaded her body onto a boat and dumped it into the Caribbean Sea. The Holloway program was sold worldwide and was broadcast in the USA by ABC.
On September 22, 2008 in New York, De Vries accepted an International Emmy Award in Current Affairs for his coverage while accompanied by Natalee's mother, Beth Holloway.
In 2003, De Vries was voted Media Personality of the Year in the Netherlands. In 2008 he won the award for Male TV Personality of the Year.
In 2012 de Vries quit his successful program Peter R. de Vries: Crime Reporter after seventeen years (1995-2012). He later worked as an independent media entrepreneur, and was a frequent guest on talk shows and news programs about crime, politics, sports, media and current affairs.- Actress
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Mary Dresselhuys was born on 22 January 1907 in Tiel, Gelderland, Netherlands. She was an actress and writer, known for Slippers (1975), Pygmalion (1976) and Zo maar een dag in de lente (1960). She was married to A. Viruly, Cees Laseur and Joan Remmelts. She died on 19 May 2004 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Johan te Slaa was born on 15 June 1906 in Hilversum, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was an actor, known for A Bridge Too Far (1977), Dagboek van een herdershond (1978) and De glazen stad (1968). He died on 18 May 1980 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Michel van Dousselaere was born on 30 November 1947 in Gent, Flanders, Belgium. He was an actor, known for Aspe (2004), Vriendinnen (2014) and Ons geluk (1995). He was married to Irma Wijsman. He died on 26 July 2021 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
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Johan van der Keuken was born on 4 April 1938 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. He was a director and editor, known for Face Value (1991), Amsterdam Global Village (1996) and The Eye Above the Well (1988). He was married to Noshka Van der Lely. He died on 7 January 2001 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- Actress
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Sylvia de Leur was born on 30 May 1933 in Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]. She was an actress, known for Reagan: Let's Finish the Job (1986), De vloek van Woestewolf (1974) and De overval (1962). She died on 20 April 2006 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.- André P. Brink was born on 29 May 1935 in Vrede, Transvaal, South Africa. He was a writer, known for Hanna X, A Dry White Season (1989) and Somer (1975). He was married to Karina Magdalena Szczurek, Marésa de Beer, Sophia (Alta) Albertina Miller, Salomina (Salomi) Louw and Estelle Naudé. He died on 6 February 2015 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands.
- Henny Orri was born on 16 June 1925 in Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands. She was an actress, known for Puppet on a Chain (1970), Dokter Pulder zaait papavers (1975) and Vroeger kon je lachen (1983). She was married to Theo Kling and Ton Lensink. She died on 4 January 2022 in Amsterdam, Netherlands.