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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Judgment at Nuremberg

Karl Wieck

Película 1961

12 to the Moon

Dr. Erich Heinrich

Película 1960

Gog

Dr. Zeitman

Película 1954

The French Line

Commodore Renard

Película 1954

The Return of Dracula

John Merriman

Película 1958

The Lovable Cheat

Pierquin

Película 1949

Valerie

Mr. Louis Horvat

Película 1957

The Boy from Stalingrad

German Major

Película 1943

Week-End at the Waldorf

Alex

Película 1945

The Moon in the Yellow River

Tausch

Película 1938

5 Fingers

Count Franz Von Papen

Película 1952

Hitler

Dr. Morell

Película 1962

Oh, Men! Oh, Women!

Dr. Krauss

Película 1957

Paris Playboys

Vidal

Película 1954

Tropic Zone

Lukats

Película 1953

The Disembodied

Dr. Carl Metz

Película 1957

The Desert Rats

German Doctor (uncredited)

Película 1953

Tomorrow Is Forever

Dr. Ludwig

Película 1946

Convoy

Commander Deutschland

Película 1940

U-Boat Prisoner

Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent

Película 1944

Sahara

Maj. von Falken

Película 1943

Strange Affair

Rudolph Kruger

Película 1944

The Gambler from Natchez

Nicholas Cadiz

Película 1954

Sofia

Peter Goltzen

Película 1948

The Racers

Dr. Tabor

Película 1955

Sealed Verdict

German Doctor

Película 1948

Mission to Moscow

Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)

Película 1943

Sailors Three

German Captain

Película 1940

Dangerous Comment

German Radio Operator

Película 1940

All Hands

German

Película 1940

Night Train to Munich

KL Physician (uncredited)

Película 1940

Hell and High Water

Col. Schuman (uncredited)

Película 1954

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The Time Tunnel

Dr. Hans Kleinemann

Tv 1966

77 Sunset Strip

Tv 1958

Bourbon Street Beat

Tv 1959

The Rogues

Drozhin

Tv 1964

General Electric Theater

Tv 1953

Hawaiian Eye

Tv 1959

The Millionaire

Count Victor Turec

Tv 1955

Lux Video Theatre

Landau

Tv 1950

Matinee Theater

Tv 1955

Bat Masterson

Colonel Anders Dorn

Tv 1958

The Detectives

Tv 1959

Telephone Time

Tv 1956

The Walter Winchell File

Tv 1957

Dangerous Assignment

Tv 1952

Panic!

Tv 1957

Jericho

Tv 1966

The Third Man

Tv 1959

Behind Closed Doors

Von Elm

Tv 1958

Lux Video Theatre

Max von Mayerling

Tv 1950

Four Star Playhouse

Denoir

Tv 1952