John Wengraf actor
- All known tv series 25
- Total known movies 42
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.
Karl Wieck
Movie 1961
Dr. Erich Heinrich
Movie 1960
Dr. Zeitman
Movie 1954
Commodore Renard
Movie 1954
John Merriman
Movie 1958
Pierquin
Movie 1949
Mr. Louis Horvat
Movie 1957
German Major
Movie 1943
Alex
Movie 1945
Tausch
Movie 1938
Count Franz Von Papen
Movie 1952
Dr. Morell
Movie 1962
Dr. Krauss
Movie 1957
Vidal
Movie 1954
Lukats
Movie 1953
Dr. Carl Metz
Movie 1957
German Doctor (uncredited)
Movie 1953
Dr. Ludwig
Movie 1946
Commander Deutschland
Movie 1940
Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
Movie 1944
Maj. von Falken
Movie 1943
Rudolph Kruger
Movie 1944
Nicholas Cadiz
Movie 1954
Peter Goltzen
Movie 1948
Dr. Tabor
Movie 1955
German Doctor
Movie 1948
Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
Movie 1943
German Captain
Movie 1940
German Radio Operator
Movie 1940
German
Movie 1940
KL Physician (uncredited)
Movie 1940
Col. Schuman (uncredited)
Movie 1954
Dr. Hans Kleinemann
Tv 1966
Tv 1958
Tv 1959
Drozhin
Tv 1964
Tv 1953
Tv 1959
Count Victor Turec
Tv 1955
Landau
Tv 1950
Tv 1955
Colonel Anders Dorn
Tv 1958
Tv 1959
Tv 1956
Tv 1957
Tv 1952
Tv 1957
Tv 1966
Tv 1959
Von Elm
Tv 1958
Max von Mayerling
Tv 1950
Denoir
Tv 1952
