John Wengraf
44 movies · 23 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 22, 1897
- Died
- May 4, 1974 (age 77)
- Place of birth
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
Biography
Emigrating to England in 1933 as the Nazis began their rise to power, Wengraf appeared unbilled in a couple of films there, as well as in some of the first BBC live-television shows ever presented but his career began to languish. In late 1941, however, he had the good fortune of appearing on Broadway with Helen Hayes in "Candle in the Wind" and decided to stay. The following year he headed west and settled permanently in the Los Angeles area. A dark, cold-eyed, thin-lipped player with a precise, meticulous air about him, he found himself invariably playing the very characters he detested. Some of his more nefarious nasties surfaced in such films as the Humphrey Bogart classic Sahara (1943/I), as well as The Boy from Stalingrad (1943), U-Boat Prisoner (1944) and Till We Meet Again (1944). In postwar years, he was often spotted portraying ethnic professionals (scientists, doctors, professors, foreign royalty). Some of the more quality pictures he enhanced were Tomorrow Is Forever (1946); Count Von Papen in 5 Fingers (1952); and Ronchin in the Ethel Merman musical Call Me Madam (1953). Although Wengraf never made it to the very top of the Hollywood character ranks, he remained a throughly strong and reliable player. In the 1950s and 1960s he transferred his talents to TV, appearing on a number of dramatic showcases and on such popular programs as "The Untouchables" (1959), "Hawaiian Eye" (1959), "The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1964) and "The Time Tunnel" (1966). His last few films included minor roles in the war-themed Judgment at Nuremberg (1961), Hitler (1962) and Ship of Fools (1965). He retired in 1966, and died in Santa Barbara, California, at age 77, on May 4, 1974.
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Known for
John Wengraf: movies and TV shows
Acting (67)
- 1966
- 1966
- 1965 Ship of Fools
as Graf
- 1964
- 1963 The Prize
as Hans Eckhart
- 1962 Hitler
as Dr. Morell
- 1961 Judgment at Nuremberg
as Karl Wieck
- 1960 Portrait in Black
as Dr. Kessler
- 1960 12 to the Moon
as Dr. Erich Heinrich
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1959
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958
- 1958 The Return of Dracula
as John Merriman
- 1957
- 1957 The Disembodied
as Dr. Carl Metz
- 1957 Valerie
as Mr. Louis Horvat
- 1957 The Pride and the Passion
as Sermaine
- 1957
- 1957 Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
as Dr. Krauss
- 1956
- 1956 Never Say Goodbye
as Prof. Zimmelman
- 1955
- 1955 The Racers
as Dr. Tabor
- 1955
- 1954 The Gambler from Natchez
as Nicholas Cadiz
- 1954 Gog
as Dr. Zeitman
- 1954 Paris Playboys
as Vidal
- 1954 The French Line
as Commodore Renard
- 1954 Hell and High Water
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953 The Desert Rats
as German Doctor (uncredited)
- 1953
- 1953
- 1953 Tropic Zone
as Lukats
- 1952
- 1952
- 1952 5 Fingers
as Count Franz Von Papen
- 1952
- 1950
- 1949 The Lovable Cheat
as Pierquin
- 1948 Wake of the Red Witch
as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1948 Sealed Verdict
as German Doctor
- 1948 Sofia
as Peter Goltzen
- 1947 T-Men
as 'Shiv' Triano
- 1946 The Razor's Edge
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
- 1946 Tomorrow Is Forever
as Dr. Ludwig
- 1945 Week-End at the Waldorf
as Alex
- 1944 Strange Affair
as Rudolph Kruger
- 1944 Till We Meet Again
as Gestapo Chief
- 1944 U-Boat Prisoner
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
- 1944 The Seventh Cross
as Overkamp
- 1943 Sahara
as Maj. von Falken
- 1943 The Boy from Stalingrad
as German Major
- 1943 Mission to Moscow
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
- 1942 Lucky Jordan
as Herr Kesselman
- 1940 Sailors Three
as German Captain
- 1940 Convoy
as Commander Deutschland
- 1940 Night Train to Munich
as KL Physician (uncredited)
- 1940 All Hands
as German
- 1940 Dangerous Comment
as German Radio Operator
- 1938 The Moon in the Yellow River
as Tausch
- 1935 Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
as Paul Rainer