Given the question: Facts: - death place: fulham , london , england , uk - caption: van the dark '' -lrb- 1953 -rrb- eyssen in trailer for '' three steps in - birth name: matthew john du toit van eyssen - yearsactive: 1950-1991 - death date: 13 november 1995 - spouse: shirley goulden -lrb- divorced 1977 -rrb- - children: david van eyssen - birth date: 19 march 1922 - partner: ingrid bergman - name: john van eyssen - image size: 220 - image: john-van-eyssen-trailer . jpg - birth place: fauresmith , south africa - occupation: actor literary agent producer Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of john van eyssen .
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john van eyssen -lrb- born matthew john du toit van eyssen , 1922-1995 -rrb- was a south african born actor , agent and film production executive .he moved to britain following the second world war , attending the central school of speech and drama .van eyssen appeared in films from 1950 as well as on stage -lrb- playing cassio in orson welles ' 1951 production of '' othello '' , for example -rrb- but achieved his greatest fame as an actor when he portrayed jonathan harker in the hammer film productions version of '' dracula '' -lrb- released as '' horror of dracula '' in the us -rrb- in 1958 .he left acting in 1961 to become head of the grade organisation literary agency .his subsequent clients were franco zeffirelli , tennessee williams and arthur miller .he left the business in 1965 to work for the uk division of columbia pictures , eventually becoming managing director in july 1969 .among the films he oversaw were '' a man for all seasons '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , '' born free '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , '' georgy girl '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- , '' to sir , with love '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , '' the taming of the shrew '' -lrb- 1967 -rrb- , and '' oliver ! ''-lrb- 1968 -rrb- .both '' oliver ! ''and '' a man for all seasons '' won best picture academy awards .in 1970 , he was promoted to worldwide head of production -lrb- ex-usa -rrb- and moved to new york .after his tenure at columbia , van eyssen became an independent producer , returning to the uk in 1991 to establish britain 's premier showcase for talented young filmmakers , the chelsea film festival .he was longtime companion to ingrid bergman in the years before her death in 1982 .his son , david van eyssen , is a us-based producer and director known for the webseries '' rcvr '' .