John Wengraf
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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.
Known for
Credits
Sailors Three (1940)
as German Captain
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as Karl Wieck
Convoy (1940)
as Commander Deutschland
Valerie (1957)
as Mr. Louis Horvat
Sahara (1943)
as Maj. von Falken
5 Fingers (1952)
as Count Franz Von Papen
Ship of Fools (1965)
as Graf
Night Train to Munich (1940)
as KL Physician (uncredited)
The Razor's Edge (1946)
as Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
The Pride and the Passion (1957)
as Sermaine
Hell and High Water (1954)
as Col. Schuman (uncredited)
The Prize (1963)
as Hans Eckhart
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
as Prosecuting Attorney
Oh, Men! Oh, Women! (1957)
as Dr. Krauss
T-Men (1947)
as 'Shiv' Triano
The Seventh Cross (1944)
as Overkamp
Never Say Goodbye (1956)
as Prof. Zimmelman
The Return of Dracula (1958)
as John Merriman
Tomorrow Is Forever (1946)
as Dr. Ludwig
Week-End at the Waldorf (1945)
as Alex
Gog (1954)
as Dr. Zeitman
The Gambler from Natchez (1954)
as Nicholas Cadiz
The Racers (1955)
as Dr. Tabor
Mission to Moscow (1943)
as Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
Hitler (1962)
as Dr. Morell
The Disembodied (1957)
as Dr. Carl Metz
The French Line (1954)
as Commodore Renard
Till We Meet Again (1944)
as Gestapo Chief
Portrait in Black (1960)
as Dr. Kessler
The Desert Rats (1953)
as German Doctor (uncredited)
Sealed Verdict (1948)
as German Doctor
U-Boat Prisoner (1944)
as Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
The Lovable Cheat (1949)
as Pierquin
Lucky Jordan (1942)
as Herr Kesselman
Paris Playboys (1954)
as Vidal
12 to the Moon (1960)
as Dr. Erich Heinrich
Tropic Zone (1953)
as Lukats
Sofia (1948)
as Peter Goltzen
Strange Affair (1944)
as Rudolph Kruger
Dangerous Comment (1940)
as German Radio Operator
The Boy from Stalingrad (1943)
as German Major
The Moon in the Yellow River (1938)
as Tausch
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten (1935)
as Paul Rainer
All Hands (1940)
as German