John Van Dreelen (1922 - 1992)
Holocaust survivor.
Film Deaths:[]
- The Leech Woman (1960) [Bertram Garvay]: Killed when Coleen Gray takes his pineal gland fluid using her ring (to order to 'de-age') as John is sinking in quicksand.
Television Deaths:[]
- Michael Shayne: Murder Plays Charades (1960) [Voltane]: Shot to death by Marianne Stewart.
- Thriller: Man of Mystery (1962) [Joel Stone]: Fatally injured (off-camera) by Walter Burke. He dies after staggering out of a room and falling down a flight of stairs, as Mary Tyler Moore looks on in horror.
- The Twilight Zone: The Jeopardy Room (1964) [Commissar Vassiloff]: Killed in a explosion, along with Bob Kelljan, when Bob picks up the phone in Martin Landau's room after it rings, setting off the bomb that John had planted in the phone.
- 12 O'Clock High: Decision (1964) [Col. Alfred Hoeptner]: Burned to death when Tim O'Connor lights a trail of gasoline as a signal fire for Robert Lansing's bomber, but not before John mortally wounds Tim with his pistol.
- 12 O'Clock High: P.O.W.: Part Two (1965) [Capt. Staufman]: Shot to death with a pistol by Alf Kjellin when John refused to rescind the order to have Robert Lansing, James Farentino and Peter Haskell shot once they were recaptured.
- The F.B.I.: The Defector: Part 2(1966) [Alex Yustov]: Stabbed in the chest by James Frawley. Dies shortly after running out of the embassy.
- Combat!: Anniversary (1967) [Lt. Kramer]: Shot to death with a M1 Carbine by Rick Jason when John gets his pistol working and tries to shoot Rick inside a chapel.