- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- August 13, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Duffel, Flanders, Belgium
- Died
- January 15, 1995
Jef Bruyninckx
Jef Bruyninckx (1919–1995) was a Belgian actor, film editor, and director, born on 13 August 1919 in Duffel and died on 15 January 1995 in Antwerp. He became widely known for his iconic performance as Whitey (De Witte) in the 1934 film adaptation of Ernest Claes’ novel, a role that made him a household name in Flanders. From the late 1930s onward, Bruyninckx also worked behind the camera as an assistant director, editor, and later director, contributing to both film and television in Belgium. His career spanned several decades, during which he became involved in numerous comedies, documentaries, and short films.
Filmography
movieDe Ordonnans
1962 · Editor
movieHet geluk komt morgen
1958 · Director, Editor
movieBachelor with 40 children
1958 · Editor, Director
movieWhat Do We Do With Love?
1957 · Director, Writer, Editor
De Gouden Gondel
movieDe Gouden Gondel
1957 · Director
movieThe Tale of the Good Murderer
1956 · Director, Editor, Writer
movieFire, Love and Vitamins
1956 · Director, Writer, Editor
The Theft of Hop-Marianneke
movieThe Theft of Hop-Marianneke
1955 · Writer, Editor
movieIt's a Cruel World!
1954 · Editor, Second Unit Director
movieAntwerp Through and Through
1953 · Editor
Ah! How good it is with us
movieAh! How good it is with us
1951 · Editor
movieThe Damned
1949 · Editor
moviePilgrimage to Hell
1946 · Editor
movieAntoon, de flierefluiter
1942 · Editor
movieGood Luck, Monique!
1941 · Editor
movieA Nice Case
1941 · Editor
movieWhite is Trump
1940 · Editor
movieJanssens en Peeters dikke vrienden
1940 · Editor
movieEen Engel Van Een Man
1939 · Monneke
movieJanssens versus Peeters
1939 · Tony Peeters
movieMet den helm geboren
1939 · Jan
movieMusic in the Harbour
1937 · Jefke
movieUilenspiegel Still Lives
1935 · Guske
movieAlleen voor U
1935 · Willy Smet
movieWhitey
1934 · De witte