John Wengraf
Age: 77 | From: Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
Person Details
Birthday: 1897-04-23 04:40:54
Death: 1974-05-04 04:40:54
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Vienna, Austria-Hungary, now Austria
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Movie Involvements: 32
TV Involvements: 10
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Lux Video Theatre
(1950) Max von Mayerling
Cavalcade of America
(1952) Von Schwarz
One Step Beyond
(1959) Felix Borgner
Bat Masterson
(1958) Colonel Anders Dorn
The Time Tunnel
(1966) Dr. Hans Kleinemann
The Millionaire
(1955) Count Victor Turec
The Rogues
(1964) Drozhin
Judgment at Nuremberg
(1961) Karl WieckActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | N/A | |
| Dr. Hans Kleinemann | ||
| 1965 | Graf | |
| 1964 | Drozhin | |
| 1963 | Hans Eckhart | |
| 1962 | Dr. Morell | |
| 1961 | Karl Wieck | |
| 1960 | Dr. Kessler | |
| Dr. Erich Heinrich | ||
| 1959 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| N/A | ||
| Felix Borgner | ||
| Ernest | ||
| 1958 | N/A | |
| Colonel Anders Dorn | ||
| N/A | ||
| John Merriman | ||
| 1957 | N/A | |
| Dr. Carl Metz | ||
| Mr. Louis Horvat | ||
| Sermaine | ||
| N/A | ||
| Dr. Krauss | ||
| 1956 | N/A | |
| Prof. Zimmelman | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| Dr. Tabor | ||
| Count Victor Turec | ||
| 1954 | Nicholas Cadiz | |
| Dr. Zeitman | ||
| Vidal | ||
| Commodore Renard | ||
| Col. Schuman (uncredited) | ||
| 1953 | German Doctor (uncredited) | |
| N/A | ||
| Lukats | ||
| 1952 | Von Schwarz | |
| German Colonel | ||
| N/A | ||
| Denoir | ||
| Count Franz Von Papen | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1950 | Landau | |
| Max von Mayerling | ||
| 1949 | Pierquin | |
| 1948 | Prosecuting Attorney | |
| German Doctor | ||
| Peter Goltzen | ||
| 1947 | 'Shiv' Triano | |
| 1946 | Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler | |
| Dr. Ludwig | ||
| 1945 | Alex | |
| 1944 | Rudolph Kruger | |
| Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent | ||
| Overkamp | ||
| 1943 | Major von Falken | |
| German Major | ||
| Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited) | ||
| 1942 | Herr Kesselman | |
| 1940 | German Captain | |
| Commander Deutschland | ||
| KL Physician (uncredited) | ||
| German | ||
| German Radio Operator | ||
| 1938 | Tausch | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
