John Wengraf
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.
Fotos
Películas (44)
Ship of Fools
1965 · Graf
The Prize
1963 · Hans Eckhart
Hitler
1962 · Dr. Morell
Judgment at Nuremberg
1961 · Karl Wieck
Portrait in Black
1960 · Dr. Kessler
12 to the Moon
1960 · Dr. Erich Heinrich
The Return of Dracula
1958 · John Merriman
The Disembodied
1957 · Dr. Carl Metz
Valerie
1957 · Mr. Louis Horvat
The Pride and the Passion
1957 · Sermaine
Oh, Men! Oh, Women!
1957 · Dr. Krauss
Never Say Goodbye
1956 · Prof. Zimmelman
The Racers
1955 · Dr. Tabor
The Gambler from Natchez
1954 · Nicholas Cadiz
Gog
1954 · Dr. Zeitman
Paris Playboys
1954 · Vidal
The French Line
1954 · Commodore Renard
Hell and High Water
1954 · Col. Schuman (uncredited)
The Desert Rats
1953 · German Doctor (uncredited)
Tropic Zone
1953 · Lukats
5 Fingers
1952 · Count Franz Von Papen
The Lovable Cheat
1949 · Pierquin
Wake of the Red Witch
1948 · Prosecuting Attorney
Sealed Verdict
1948 · German Doctor
Sofia
1948 · Peter Goltzen
T-Men
1947 · 'Shiv' Triano
The Razor's Edge
1946 · Joseph - Gray & Isabel's Butler
Tomorrow Is Forever
1946 · Dr. Ludwig
Week-End at the Waldorf
1945 · Alex
Strange Affair
1944 · Rudolph Kruger
Till We Meet Again
1944 · Gestapo Chief
U-Boat Prisoner
1944 · Gunther Rudehoff, Gestapo Agent
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Overkamp
Sahara
1943 · Maj. von Falken
The Boy from Stalingrad
1943 · German Major
Mission to Moscow
1943 · Polish Ambassador Grzybowski (uncredited)
Lucky Jordan
1942 · Herr Kesselman
Sailors Three
1940 · German Captain
Convoy
1940 · Commander Deutschland
Night Train to Munich
1940 · KL Physician (uncredited)
All Hands
1940 · German
Dangerous Comment
1940 · German Radio Operator
The Moon in the Yellow River
1938 · Tausch
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten
1935 · Paul Rainer
Series (23)
Jericho
1966 · Monseigneur Paul
The Time Tunnel
1966 · Dr. Hans Kleinemann
The Rogues
1964 · Drozhin
The Detectives
1959 · Varchek
Hawaiian Eye
1959
Bourbon Street Beat
1959
The Third Man
1959
One Step Beyond
1959 · Ernest, Felix Borgner
77 Sunset Strip
1958
Bat Masterson
1958 · Colonel Anders Dorn
Behind Closed Doors
1958 · Von Elm
The Walter Winchell File
1957
Panic!
1957
Telephone Time
1956
Matinee Theater
1955
The Millionaire
1955 · Count Victor Turec
The Danny Thomas Show
1953 · Victor Waingraft
General Electric Theater
1953
You Are There
1953 · Dr. Zimmerman
Cavalcade of America
1952 · German Colonel, Von Schwarz
Four Star Playhouse
1952 · Denoir
Dangerous Assignment
1952
Lux Video Theatre
1950 · Landau, Max von Mayerling