Jaap van de Merwe was born on September 14, 1924 in Rotterdam, Zuid-Holland, Netherlands. He was a writer and actor, known for Stiefbeen en zoon (1963), Tot de dood ons scheidt (1969) and Wim Sonneveld met Willem Nijholt en Corrie van Gorp (1973). He died on February 19, 1989 in Oosterhout, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.