Bernhard Droog (5 January 1921 in Cologne, Germany â€" 22 December
2009 in Ede, Netherlands) was a Dutch actor who appeared in 17 films,
including the 1997 Academy Award-winning Character, and numerous
television and theatre roles. Droog was a recipient of the Order of
Orange-Nassau in 1970.Droog was born to Dutch parents living in
Germany. He lived there until 1936, when the family decided to return
to the Netherlands and moved to the city of Haarlem. Droog took up
employment in a chemist's laboratory, and continued this work after
another move to The Hague. He initially studied singing, with a view
to joining an opera company (his parents had worked as
semi-professional opera singers) but in 1945 he became a member of a
theatre group run by Pierre Balledux, for whom he would make over 300
appearances.Droog's film debut came in 1955 in the role of Leraar in
Ciske de Rat, based on a famous children's novel by author Piet
Bakker, which in terms of cinema admissions remains one of the most
popular films in Dutch history. He would appear in two comedy films,
Kleren Maken de Man and Fanfare, followed by a leading role in the
1958 Academy Award-nominated Dorp aan de rivier. He also appeared in
1962 World War II drama De Overval.After the early 1960s, Droog's film
appearances became sporadic as he worked mainly in theatre and
television. However he made notable appearances in Wat zien ik, a 1971
comedy centred on the lives of two Amsterdam prostitutes (and the
first feature film directed by Paul Verhoeven), and another World War
II feature, 1978's Pastorale 1943. Droog's final screen appearance
came in 1997 in Character, which went on to win that year's Academy
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