Piet Ooms

Date of birth
11-12-1884
Date deceased
14-02-1961

Biography

Piet Ooms first became well known as a competitive swimmer, and took part in the Olympic Games of 1908. As an extra in the film Weergevonden, he saved the hero from drowning.

For years, Ooms was the administrative manager of the theatre companies of Louis Bouwmeester and Esther de Boer - van Rijk, before becoming a representative for Paramount Films in 1926.

In October 1940, he took a job in the film rental department of the Algemeen Amsterdams Film Agentschap (AAFA).

filmography

  1. 1911
    Person (on screen)
  2. 1914
    Actor
    Man who rescues Lea and her father
  3. 1953
    Producer

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