Van Layden — North West Frontier Character Profile

About Van Layden

Disguised as a Dutch journalist but secretly a half-Indonesian Muslim seeking an Islamic India. He repeatedly attempts to endanger the prince, seizes control of the train in a tunnel with a machine gun, and is fatally shot by Mrs. Wyatt.

Character Facts

Played by

Herbert Lom

Appears in

North West Frontier (1959)

Role

Supporting

More characters from North West Frontier

• Capt. Scott (Kenneth More)
• Catherine Wyatt (Lauren Bacall)
• Bridie (Wilfrid Hyde-White)
• Aide-de-Camp (Basil Hoskins)
• Gupta (I.S. Johar)
• Peter's Contact at Kalapur Station (uncredited) (Howard Marion-Crawford)
• Monocled Officer (uncredited) (Allan Cuthbertson)
• British Correspondent (Moultrie Kelsall)
• American Correspondent (Lionel Murton)
• Lady Windham (Ursula Jeans)
• Indian Correspondent (Jaron Yaltan)
• Indian Correspondent (Homi Bode)