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Bobby Van is a Actor American born on 6 december 1928 at the Bronx (USA)

Bobby Van

Bobby Van
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Birth name Robert Jack Stein
Nationality USA
Birth 6 december 1928 at the Bronx (USA)
Death 31 july 1980 (at 51 years) at Los Angeles (USA)

Bobby Van (December 6, 1928 – July 31, 1980) was a musical actor, best known for his career on Broadway in the 1950s and 1970s. He was also a game show host.

Usually with

Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
(4 films)
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
(4 films)
Cedric Gibbons
Cedric Gibbons
(4 films)
Debbie Reynolds
Debbie Reynolds
(4 films)
Gene Kelly
Gene Kelly
(2 films)
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Filmography of Bobby Van (13 films)

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Actor

Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1973)
, 2h30
Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure, Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Peter Finch, John Gielgud, Liv Ullmann, Sally Kellerman, Olivia Hussey, Charles Boyer
Roles Harry Lovett
Rating52% 2.60362.60362.60362.60362.6036
This version is much closer to the 1937 film than to the original James Hilton novel. It tells the story of a group of travellers whose airplane is hijacked while fleeing a bloody revolution. The airplane crash lands in an unexplored area of the Himalayas, where the party is rescued and taken to the lamasery of Shangri-La. Miraculously, Shangri-La, sheltered by mountains on all sides, is a temperate paradise amid the land of snows. Perfect health is the norm, and inhabitants live to very old age while maintaining a youthful appearance.
Doomsday Machine
Doomsday Machine (1972)
, 1h23
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction
Themes Space adventure films, Space opera, Venus in film
Actors Denny Miller, Ruta Lee, Grant Williams, James Craig, Mala Powers, Henry Wilcoxon
Roles Danny
Rating26% 1.325241.325241.325241.325241.32524
A spy (Essie Lin Chia) discovers that the Chinese government has created a doomsday device (the "key" to which, "only Chairman Mao has") capable of destroying the Earth and it will be activated in 72 hours. Soon after, Astra – a two year return mission to Venus by the United States Space Program – has its time of launch speeded up and half of the male flight crew are replaced by women shortly before take-off, including one Russian. Shortly before blastoff military alerts are put into effect.
Lost Flight
Lost Flight (1970)
, 1h44
Directed by Leonard Horn
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action
Themes Transport films, Aviation films
Actors Lloyd Bridges, Bobby Van, Anne Francis, Ralph Meeker, Andrew Prine, Truman Linden Chiles
Roles Eddie Randolph
Rating59% 2.99282.99282.99282.99282.9928
Captain Steve Bannerman (Lloyd Bridges) has been asked to fly one last passenger flight from Hawaii to Australia for Trans-Pacific Airline. During a violent electrical storm, he crashes the jet airliner on an uninhabited South Pacific island. Bannerman takes charge of the survivors and teams with Merle Barnaby (Billy Dee Williams), a black marine returning from combat duty in Vietnam, to try to find a way to survive on the island. Among the surviving passengers and crew, they have the support of Gina Talbot (Anne Francis) and Beejay Caldwell (Jennifer Leak) but oil magnate Glenn Walkup (Ralph Meeker), nightclub entertainer Eddie Randolph (Bobby Van) and Jonesy (Andrew Prine) begin to cause trouble.
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters
The Navy vs. the Night Monsters (1966)
, 1h27
Directed by Jon Hall, Michael A. Hoey
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Mamie Van Doren, Anthony Eisley, Biff Elliot, Billy Gray, Bobby Van, Pamela Mason
Roles Ens. Rutherford Chandler
Rating36% 1.8241451.8241451.8241451.8241451.824145
A group of scientists with Operation Deep Freeze discover frozen prehistoric trees and other specimens in the Antarctic dating back to the first Ice Age. They collect samples of each for further study and load them aboard their C-47 military transport.
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis
The Affairs of Dobie Gillis (1953)
, 1h12
Directed by Don Weis
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Debbie Reynolds, Bobby Van, Barbara Ruick, Bob Fosse, Lurene Tuttle, Hanley Stafford
Roles Dobie Gillis
Rating60% 3.0488753.0488753.0488753.0488753.048875
At Grainbelt University, a Midwestern university, freshman Dobie Gillis (Bobby Van) and his pal Charlie Trask (Bob Fosse) court cute coeds Pansy Hammer (Debbie Reynolds) and Lorna Ellingboe (Barbara Ruick). Pansy's wealthy father George (Hanley Stafford) can't stand Dobie and does everything in his power to keep them apart. Along the way, Dobie and Pansy manage to blow up the chemistry lab, while Dobie's officious English professor Pomfritt (Hans Conried) is misled to believe that the feckless Gillis is a literary genius.
Kiss Me, Kate
Kiss Me, Kate (1953)
, 1h49
Directed by George Sidney
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Romantic comedy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Théâtre, Musical films, Films based on plays, Films based on musicals, Films based on works by William Shakespeare
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore
Roles 'Gremio'
Rating69% 3.4956153.4956153.4956153.4956153.495615
Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, a divorced couple, meet at Fred's apartment to hear the score for the Cole Porter (Ron Randell) musical version of "The Taming of the Shrew". Lois Lane, who is to play Bianca, arrives and sings "Too Darn Hot". Lilli almost decides against performing in the show, as she fears it might interfere with her honeymoon. But when she overhears Cole and Fred promising Lois the part, she decides to play Katherine after all.
Small Town Girl
Small Town Girl (1953)
, 1h32
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Jane Powell, Farley Granger, Ann Miller, S.Z. Sakall, Billie Burke, Robert Keith
Roles Ludwig Schlemmer
Rating62% 3.1468853.1468853.1468853.1468853.146885
Rick Belrow Livingston (Farley Granger), in love with self-obsessed Broadway star Lisa (Ann Miller), is sentenced to 30 days in jail for speeding through a small town. Quite by accident, he meets the daughter of the judge, Cindy Kimbell (Jane Powell). He persuades her to let him out for one night, so that he can visit Lisa on the premise he is seeing his "poor sick mother" (Billie Burke) on her birthday. After tracking him down and bringing him back to town, Cindy starts to fall for Livingston, but Dr. Schlemmer (S.Z. Sakall) wants her to marry his son (Bobby Van) even though he desperately wants a career on Broadway.
Because You're Mine
Because You're Mine (1952)
, 1h43
Directed by Alexander Hall
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Doretta Morrow, James Whitmore, Dean Miller, Bobby Van, Rita Corday, Jeff Donnell
Roles Artie Pilcer
Rating59% 2.952992.952992.952992.952992.95299
Opera singer superstar Renato Rossano (Mario Lanza) is drafted into the U.S. Army. His Sergeant, "Bat" Batterson (James Whitmore) is an opera fan who admires Rossano and wishes Rossano to appraise his sister's (Doretta Morrow) singing voice. The rest of his platoon as well as the company commander disapproves of Batterson's showing favourtism to Rossano by excusing him from normal training. Rossano also schemes to have Master Sgt Batterson allow him to go to New York supposedly to have his manager appraise Batterson's sister, Brigit's singing voice but in reality allowing him to do a performance.